CS-Nation has posted about the results of a recent competition where mappers were asked to produce maps where the only consideration was that they had to look stunning.
Take a look at:
http://csnation.counter-strike.net/#news4429 (http://csnation.counter-strike.net/#news4429)
The article contains a link to a map pack of the winning entries. I'm D/Ling now to take a peek.
WOW!! 8O
That castle looks particularly impressive.
Map pack on its way down!
Hehe. Most of the maps are unplayable. Some are unloadable :(
and they won a map creating contest?! What is the world coming too?