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On an SC2 ICCUP mapmaking team

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PrinceXizor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States17713 Posts
July 27 2010 04:50 GMT
#1
I am both happy, and concerned about such a quick Mapmaking team for Starcraft 2.

ON the positive side, there will be alot of maps out there quickly for competitions.

On the negative side, the new ICCUP mapmaking team will shoulder the responsibility of being THE maps that the pros will play on, they will likely dictate every future map idea to come out of the game in the near future. It is also possible that players will be unwilling to try other mapmakers, unless they under the ICCUP umbrella, as ICCUP is such a huge name in our community that other mapmakers will not be given the same chance. This will create a desperate situation, especially considering the incredibly useless map system that blizzard has introduced, where if a map is not played, it will not be played, and if the map is played it will be more played. This will force mapmakers' new and old creations to the bottom of lists and will likely never get the exposure needed to be considered in competitive play, or to the eyes of ICCUP to add the artist to their team to allow their map to be played. in short, it will produce high quality maps, as defined by ICCUP, but it adds yet another significant road block for up and coming mapmakers to get their work out there.

Not only am i posting this to explain this idea, but to plead players to check TL, and also to click more maps quite a few times in your spare time to discover new maps and give us ALL the chance we deserve and not just those chosen few selected by ICCUP, seemingly based on ability to reproduce current brood war maps (all three names produced very high quality remakes check them out!) Creativity and competition need to be rewarded.

Good luck to the ICCUP mapmaking team, and i wish you the best and have all the confidence in the world in you guys. Don't forget the huge responsibility you and ICCUP have taken in deciding the future of Starcraft 2 for the next few years.

Tabbris
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Bangladesh2839 Posts
July 27 2010 04:55 GMT
#2
Wait? Iccup makes maps? Wut?
Polar_Nada
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1548 Posts
July 27 2010 05:14 GMT
#3
On July 27 2010 13:55 Tabbris wrote:
Wait? Iccup makes maps? Wut?

for sc2 they have a team now
[ReD]NaDa and fnaticMSI.SEn fighting~! ::POlar @ UC Irvine::
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
July 27 2010 05:26 GMT
#4
mapdori?
WarChimp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia943 Posts
July 27 2010 05:52 GMT
#5
sounds good ill always check for new maps :D too bad we cant play these ladder
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
July 27 2010 05:58 GMT
#6
On July 27 2010 13:50 PrinceXizor wrote:
the new ICCUP mapmaking team will shoulder the responsibility of being THE maps that the pros will play on


What? Why do you think this? The pros will most likely play on the korean made maps which will probably be more balanced
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
July 27 2010 06:01 GMT
#7
While we may be focused on remakes mainly at the moment we will be providing all types of fresh maps. I will come back and elaborate further but the SC2 campaign calls!
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Channel56k
Profile Joined June 2010
United States413 Posts
July 27 2010 06:44 GMT
#8
For one it is worth stating that the iCCup map team is a collaboration effort. We are only a couple of guys and the community has been the driving force behind the map making from the beginning.

The idea here is not to alienate the community. If someone has an idea, we are interested in it. If you like making maps and want to test our maps and give feedback on them, we are listening. If you think you've got a great idea but aren't the type to get into the editor, run it by us and you will be credited.

iCCup is taking a leap in endorsing a map making team because they want to provide the community with amazing maps. Remember, iCCup may endorse a map, but its the community that decides whether or not that map stays or goes.

We really look forward to all the feedback the community can provide.
"Do yourself a favor, and don't listen to me."
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
July 27 2010 15:18 GMT
#9
btw the way you put it sounds like iccup has a monopoly or something but they really dont. we'd have to choose to play their maps first of all, second of all, they have to be approved by blizzard before becoming official ladder maps.
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