This is a good, solid map - the layout is (obviously) pretty basic, but you've managed to avoid being overly symmetrical so it doesn't look or feel boring. Should make for some nice 1on1s!
Personally I found a few texturing choices to be "not perfect" - I wouldn't know how to do it better though .. so I won't even mention them .. it's only in some details anyway, during a battle you'll never notice!!
Maybe the jumppads could use just a tad more power .. and I kept thinking I might want one or two more, to have quicker access to the other side .. but this is a serious decision (for "tactical" reasons) since now once you've spotted a player he can't just suddenly bounce over your head out of your gun-sights .. then again, you might want to do that yourself at times .. pro's 'n con's ..

Oh. BTW - you left a single cube in a top corner of your map (skybox-textured) .. you could (slightly) reduce your filesize by filling the entire air around your arena with such cubes!

The "arcades" to the one side (at the back of your screenshot) feel like one should be able to reach them from the y-armour .. maybe make the clip-material less of a "realism suprise" .. somehow visibly blocking access.

Last (and least!) you included two "Thumbs.db" files in your ZIP.

Rating this is a toughie - it's nearly 4 stars just from looking at it .. I'd test-play it with bots but you didn't include any waypoints .. maybe after some action on it I'd upgrade it to 4 .. but for now it's a 3-star map (but a seriously good one!) in my book. Don't feel bad though, I'm VERY stingy with stars!

The map is not only very nice looking but easily playable for ffa and insta.
This is the kind of quality of mapping that needs to be posted more often

the map overall is nice, its got good lightning, nice details.
only some points that i dislike:
-(no)clipping went a bit 2 far, some parts (like those windows on those small bunkers, the clip above that small roof with a nade and a rifle supply under it or the clip above those pillars).
-the gamelay, flow it good, but i think this map is 2 open, like most of ur maps (but lets keep the comment only at this map :P). i know camping is populair now, because the much teamplay modes on sauer, but plz dont make those campers happy at deathmatch maps to D:! its already bad people camp at teamplay maps =s. (btw, i heard once from sum1, a map is mirrored to its own creator i hope thats not the part on here... ;P).

furhter, nice map, but plz try to make it less open and less (no)clip.

i give 80 points now, plz fix/improve it at those points, then ill give 100 :D...

open map =/= camping map, in fact it's quite the opposite in many cases
then only reason this map would be campy is because of it's size and the skill level of the players which may be playing it.
imo I works fine for insta and ffa

MAKE IT STARRED CONTENT :D

nuff said

nice map seems like it would be very good for ffa/insta i like it

(delete thumbs.db files from .zip please)

first of all I wish to thank you for your comments. I'm sorry for packing "thumbs.db" into the zip, I didn't noticed it.
Actually I am modifying the map, since MeatRome gave me some nice hints to follow, but I have to work too so I am a bit in late. I will upload the modified version within a day or two.

Updates 2009-07-14:
- slightly increased jumppads power;
- added fences on the YA side;
- added covers along the perimetral walkway;
- filled the space with transparent cubes.

ive downloaded it agian, and its just the same? =s

@suicizer: omg... read the updates list, of course it's the same map, it has just some improvements/modifications. Maybe you just looked at the screenshot, if so you're right: it's still the old one.