It's really sad to see you go. But I'm not surprised though, because you seemed very frustrated with the community when I read your comments in the "dream forge" thread.

But damnit! Why are so much good people retiring lately

chaosTheory_14cc

Canada1270 Posts

September 25 2012 20:23 GMT

#103

Thanks for all your contributions and hard work over the years!

fenrysk

United States364 Posts

September 25 2012 20:27 GMT

#104

thanks for all the good times, Cloud Kingdom definitely my favorite map in the ladder pool to play, and my favorite to watch in tournament play

Finlux

Norway35 Posts

September 25 2012 20:35 GMT

#105

Thank you for everything. Cloud Kingdom is my absolute favourite map, not only the aesthetically beautiful, but balanced really well. (*cough* if one disregards the PvT matchup *cough*

)

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

September 25 2012 20:37 GMT

#106

Thank you for your priceless contributions to the community Superouman. Your rise to the top of the mapmaking world is truly inspirational. Cloud Kingdom is THE best map in use right now in terms of the overall balance between racial balance and entertainment value. Best of luck to you in school and I hope SC2 improves to the point where you'd want to come back and make maps for us again one day.

jtp118

United States137 Posts

September 25 2012 20:47 GMT

#107

can you "retire" from something that doesn't actually pay anything? are there "highest levels" of people who make custom maps for video games?

SigmaoctanusIV

United States3313 Posts

September 25 2012 20:54 GMT

#108

Such an awesome blog, I loved reading every bit. The last bit also made me scared because I've read that sentiment everywhere about how stale and boring the gameplay of SC2 has become.

I hold out hope. Best of luck to you hope you come back and make another baller map for HOTS

Nutmegg

11 Posts

September 25 2012 20:59 GMT

#109

Thanks for you're work! Good luck at school.

Dhy

16 Posts

September 25 2012 21:01 GMT

#110

NO WAY MY SUPEROUMAN WHY YOU LEAVE MAPMAKING ?

MavercK

Australia2181 Posts

September 25 2012 21:11 GMT

#111

those bw maps were amazing, no idea you had such a long career making maps, although i should of known considering how good you were. <3

good luck.

WArped

United Kingdom4845 Posts

September 25 2012 21:21 GMT

#112

Oh man, this is unfortunate. The community was relying on you to make the next generation of ladder and tournament maps, I swear Blizzard should of hired your team a long time ago. Regardless, good luck with school, thank you for all the work you've done!

aiuradun

Denmark115 Posts

September 25 2012 21:38 GMT

#113

ahh sad to see such a great mapmaker go, hopefully legacy of the void wil change the game enough to make you come back, one can only hope

gl hf!

Dumboprime

985 Posts

September 25 2012 22:15 GMT

#114

cya man and an interesting read!

BretZ

United States1510 Posts

September 25 2012 22:19 GMT

#115

Stuff like this makes me miss BW and the good ass maps. Thanks so much for your revolutionary take on current SC2 maps and even shaping our metagame.

Hopefully you come back :D

ClysmiC

United States2192 Posts

September 25 2012 22:38 GMT

#116

Awesome write-up. I never knew that you created Testbug... I always thought that Testbug made it lol. I remember hearing someone say that on a shoutcast... maybe HDStarcraft? Anyways, all your maps rock. Sucks to see you go, but good luck with whatever you do!

XiGua

Sweden3085 Posts

September 25 2012 22:42 GMT

#117

Great work, man.

Cloud Kingdom was one of the first good maps. Be proud! :D

BlackVelvet

51 Posts

September 25 2012 22:48 GMT

#118

I don't understand why people even bother with SC2 when it seems predominantly labelled as inferior in terms of gameplay and strategic dynamic compared to Brood War (the OP cited lack of interest in the gameplay as one reason for his retirement). I say this as someone who only got into SC after WoL. It's confusing because with CS 1.6 (roughly the same age as BW), it is highly renowned/regarded by gamers, and correspondingly draws more players and outdoes its sequels on a daily basis (see http://store.steampowered.com/stats/). Yet with SC, 90% of the players play WoL even though there's this overarching love for BW, and sometimes I see bitterness surface over the state of the game.

I don't want to detract the thread from its intended topic or anything, but I am still new to SC and TL relative to most so hopefully I can get a quick explanation ITT. When I read things like what I plucked from OP's post it can be somewhat discouraging.

[F_]aths

Germany3947 Posts

September 25 2012 22:49 GMT

#119

I am sad that you retire from map making. You made an impact on the scene.

Thank you for the insight and good luck in the future.

Keytar

Canada156 Posts

September 25 2012 22:54 GMT

#120

I will miss you :< ESV maps are best maps. Getting your map into the ladder pool must have felt spectacular.

Even if the tileset makes me think the map is covered in creep. Every damn time.