Before anyone else assumes that 'On the whole' means 'absolutely all', I'll just state right now that I do not think all remakes are rubbish.
DT's remakes are very good, they show purpose, thought, technical skill, originality in the changes, etc...
Shazam Remake, on the otherhand is an example of a totally pointless remake (even though its credited with the 2 original designers too, though i dont know if this is just because it was based on their map or what). Its very unlikely Websters remake is going to be a DT level remake, and its drastically more likely its going to be a Shazamr, or an Sdcup. Or how about the pretty amateur remake of Grave called Churches or something.
His new attempts probably will suck, as do everyones first maps - its just he'll learn more if he's developing his own ideas as well as his technical skills.
- Dagless
edit:
Whats the point Webster? the existing Shazam22 is already fully distributed across practically every server and is popular. The chances of your minor graphical fix BSP penetrating the servers to the same level is slim to none as no-one has any reason to replace the Shazam22.bsp they have already with yours. If you name it differently, it'll never get played because anyone who wants Shaz22 will just type what they always have done. Spend your time more wisely.