Thanks for the kind word of encouragement... And the tips on how to be an asshole ap0calypse. Just follow the tutorials that were listed and make your way.
Best way to learn is to do it, and as you learn, improve the map.
Whoaw, I'm not trying to discourage... one of my first projects was an ORPG and it got approved!
It started out as a crappy map, with all knowledge I had (which was basically nothing), I built my way up, because I couldn't let that project fail...
I gained a lot of experience (I have learned about terraining, descriptions, object data - also due to hundreds of test-maps in which I changed object data and most of all triggering... I've learned how to code efficiently and
HOWEVER: I did
not upload the map on the hive, not until I was sure it was good enough.
As a map mod, I can say that only 2-3% of all people who upload maps here do that, only 2-3% of everyone here got their first map on the hive approved.
My point is: an ORPG requires more knowledge and dedication than you can possible imagine...
Starting an ORPG without thinking what the hell you are doing and then uploading it is wrong.