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Mapping is quite possibly the poor man's game development.
While modeling and programming generally have steeper learning curves, it's far easier to open a level editor and create something playable that you can pass out to your friends. I also saw a lot of mappers either being rejected or just not reviewed by level review sites. I wanted to give all mappers a fair go and a review of their work, to try and help them out as much as possible. I also didn't like the one sided reviews that sites give of a levels and wanted to allow anyone to comment and give feedback on a map publicly. The biggest problem with Tony Hawk is the lack of development tools, but it's still fun to edit levels for.