Arctic Dusk

Arctic Dusk is a map that features in 3 game modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag.

This map is closed which means you cannot fall out of the world and has 4 portals with 2 different links.
There are two hovering platforms on either side. The bottom platform contains a health box and a hand grenade kit. The top one is bare. The central base is protected by a long sandbag, and has a health box and a snowball pack. Lower down on the slopes there are snowball packs. The portals can be reached from the base by falling down the small chute behind the central base (this chute contains a snowball pack). This leads to the portals on top of the map, which drop down onto the upper platforms at either side. These portals are two-way portals so you can enter from both sides. In the middle of the map there is a wooden bridge with a cluster grenade pack in the middle. The bridge overhangs a small island in the very bottom of the middle. Underneath this island is a cluster grenade pack and a hand grenade pack, and lots of primary weapons. Because of the two two-way portals, the largely available items (especially snowballs) and the many guns that can be easily collected, this map can easily make your team win or lose.

###### Strategies

A CTF tactic is to bombard the base by coming down from the top portal at your base, skimming by the platforms to avoid meeting people down below and hitting the central base quite quickly. This method is also used for escaping with the flag home. However, this method is overused and sometimes people camp with the chainsaw at the portal to defy this method.

Using the M60, you can take out opponents coming from both above and below; as the path of the bullets of the M60 makes it hard to dodge. Also, using a chainsaw as your secondary weapon can help incase people get pass your M60. Another tactic (with the Flamer/Chainsaw weapon combination) is to pass through the portal on top of the enemy team base and rocket down while holding down both your left and right click with S. Anyone who gets pass you can be killed with the chainsaw (if this doesn't work, then it's best to flee/run/retreat).

Or, with the RPG instead of the chainsaw, using the portal on top of the enemy team base, aim for where the flag is and shoot. It should kill anyone defending their team's flag and rally up the survivors to go looking for you. After that, swoop in (try to avoid the enemy team's bullets) and grab the flag. Don't try to go through the portals because, even though it may seem safe, it'll be much safer if you're surrounded by your teammates; as they can protect you (and get your team's flag back incase it was stolen as well) and give you time to hide with your flag (if your team's flag was stolen; otherwise, immediately score a point for your team).

There is a very smart strategy if you go to the bottom (where all of the guns are). You are able to multiply the guns. First, drop all of your guns. Second, press F repeatedly. Lastly, the gun that you choose to multiply will start to build up. In CTF, it's very smart to do that because your whole team can have the same gun.

## Trivia

* Arctic Dusk is one of the four ice/snow themed maps in the game, with the other three being Sleet, Igloo, and ColdFusion.
* It has possibly the fewest sandbags out of any map in the game.