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The Zerg Are In My School+ A BW island question

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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-29 12:45:32
May 29 2011 12:33 GMT
#1
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The zerg are in my school! Sarah Kerrigan has born children. One boy and one girl. Their names are Katie Kerrigan(turned 12 last wednesday) and Jake Kerrigan(age unknown). They both go to 3FFA's school and I recently saw Katie on the screen we have in the lunch room that shows birthdays of the week. 12 year old Katie is in 6th grade. Could Kerrigan be planning an invasion? Is there infested terran among my class mates? Is New Jersey about to become the center of a war? Have I been playing star craft too much for my own good? Vote!

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Poll: Which is true?

I hate polls (7)
 
32%

3FFA has been playing star craft way too much for his own good (5)
 
23%

all of the above (3)
 
14%

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9%

There is infested terran among 3FFA's class mates (2)
 
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none of the above (2)
 
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Your vote: Which is true?

(Vote): Kerrigan is planning an invasion
(Vote): There is infested terran among 3FFA's class mates
(Vote): New Jersey is about to become the center of a war
(Vote): 3FFA has been playing star craft way too much for his own good
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(Vote): 2 and one
(Vote): 3 and two
(Vote): none of the above
(Vote): all of the above
(Vote): I hate polls



BW Players ONLY!!!
Now some of my friends and I want to play some island maps but we don't know what are the most balanced maps to play. So please post below what island maps you consider to be the most balanced to play on along with any builds you have that I could use to surprise my friends . Thanks for reading!

3FFA


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"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9540 Posts
May 29 2011 14:34 GMT
#2
Most balanced island maps are probably those used in pro games:

Giant Steps - Missing
Dire Straits - Missing
Space Odyssey - Download
Crimson Isles - Download
Symmetry of Psy - Download
Neo Forbidden Zone - Download
Indian Lament - Download
Isles of Siren - Missing
Charity - Download
Paradoxxx 2 - Download
Parallel Lines - Download
Gorky Island - Download
Dream of Balhae - Download
Desert Fox - Download

RAR pack of all maps above - Download


As for strategy? Make air units.
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FractalsOnFire
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1756 Posts
May 29 2011 14:52 GMT
#3
Island map? Hallucination recall yo! =D



YAAAAAA KANG MIN!!!
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
May 29 2011 15:02 GMT
#4
Why does she have to be infested and not just a young ghost?
HuK
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1591 Posts
May 29 2011 15:06 GMT
#5
MOM GET ME SOME SCISSORS ROFL
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StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-29 15:29:05
May 29 2011 15:17 GMT
#6
On May 29 2011 23:34 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Most balanced island maps are probably those used in pro games:

Giant Steps - Missing
Dire Straits - Missing
Space Odyssey - Download
Crimson Isles - Download
Symmetry of Psy - Download
Neo Forbidden Zone - Download
Indian Lament - Download
Isles of Siren - Missing
Charity - Download
Paradoxxx 2 - Download
Parallel Lines - Download
Gorky Island - Download
Dream of Balhae - Download
Desert Fox - Download

RAR pack of all maps above - Download


As for strategy? Make air units.


Oh, hell no. I'm pretty sure I have a few lengthy posts about the most imbalanced island/semi-island maps somewhere. Anyway, most of those are absolutely terrible, lol.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=133945&currentpage=3#43

That's all I could find and that was my rant about Protoss favored maps. :[

Some simple cookie-cutter openings:

- 2 Fact Goliath with +1 weapon upgrade dropship play
- Reaver/Cosair opening
- 2 Lair Den, speed/drop upgrade. Once your going air against toss it's important to get +2 armor right away. :/

Anyway, there is a really good reason why we don't see Island maps in the PL,OSL, MSL map pool anymore. Sometimes we'll see some semi-islands/neutral buildings, but it's very rare.
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-29 17:43:59
May 29 2011 17:40 GMT
#7
Ok. Thanks (and thanks for not being one of those guys that always gives me a 1 star without even reading anything >.>) for all the great information guys .

@Huk: lol yeah I'm glad you enjoyed it. I watched those 2 first vods in order for the first time a few weeks a go and immediately thought "these go perfect in order I need to put this in my next blog!"

@Star Struck: I saw one discussion before on island maps where the top like 10 worst island maps were listed and everyone discussed it. However, I still need help finding a well-balanced island map. Any ideas for what to look for? Also, any ideas for what future island map makers should look for to make the map more balanced?(Goes hand in hand)

@Poll: Ok maybe Moms right about me playing star craft too much >.>'
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
May 30 2011 10:35 GMT
#8
[quote=ccou]There was a nifty version where it showed all the maps together with colored bars showing imbalance. And you can sort them with the various imbalances.[/quote]

I just found this by looking more in depth into the link star struck gave me. What happened to the imbalanced bars?
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66363 Posts
May 30 2011 10:59 GMT
#9
Charity, Parallel Lines, Gorky Island, Dream of Balhae, Desert Fox, Neo Hall of Valhalla

those are the maps i prefer
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corumjhaelen
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
France6884 Posts
May 30 2011 11:40 GMT
#10
On May 30 2011 19:59 konadora wrote:
Charity, Parallel Lines, Gorky Island, Dream of Balhae, Desert Fox, Neo Hall of Valhalla

those are the maps i prefer

Listen to kona, he has a pretty big experience in playing stupid fun maps if I'm not mistaken.
I think desert fox was the last attempt at an island pro map, and it still ended up pretty imba.
But hey, there was a pretty fun game on it : http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/1667_Hwasin_vs_sAviOr/main, really wanted to try that map ZvT after watching it.
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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
May 30 2011 23:05 GMT
#11
Thanks kona!

@corum thanks for your response and the sweet game.
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
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