How do you all feel about the special fx, especially juicy on a competitive map, personally i am building a map on forgeworld at the moment and feel it emphasises the colour of the lights (yes i used lights too) and makes a welcome change from the endless grey of forgeworld. I know alot of you will disagree and associate the fx with badly made infection maps where you can't see a thing. Im just curious whether it would put you off a map if it had a juicy fx + lights on, even if the framerate did not suffer as a result?
Im not a big fan of juicy, but thats just me. I have seen some maps that pull it off nicely, but it really depends on your map. Color is great but the juicy effect just looks a bit to casual for a competitive map IMO.
I personally believe juicy depends on how it fits in your map. Remember that Fx can sometimes be the difference in your map quality
Only the black and white or near black and white are useful, IMHO. All the others are for play, but nothing serious.
Purple can make a nice night feel for infection maps and occasionally some other competitive type maps, but true competitive maps never have fx on. I hate juicy for competitive maps as do many other people I know so it's best to leave it off.
For Infection, I commonly use Juicy, Next Gen and Colorblind. These together make a nice gloomy feel, but is light enough to see the map. Not too dark, just right. IMO.