To share a personal story of mine:

My friends and I were vaguely aware of esports, though never aware of just how big the OSL/MSL or even how important iccup was to the scene. We'd grab random replays to watch (be sure to count down from 3 to sync!) and give our own analysis - looking back from now it was hilariously bad but we enjoyed it none the less. I remember running across texcoco (had no idea what its name was till today) and being blown away by the eggs between the natural and third. Ended up looking for as many replays as we could on that map just because we thought it was so neat.

Flash forward a few years and I had no idea it was the same guy making testbug and cloud kingdom. I was never a true BW fan but its neat to follow your legacy from one game to the next. Thanks for the maps and the hard work!

The_Unseen

France1923 Posts

September 26 2012 03:49 GMT

#143

Thank you for this wonderful map Cloud Kingdom, gl in whatever goals you follow !

Stancel

Singapore15360 Posts

September 26 2012 04:02 GMT

#144

I'm no hipster so I can't say anything about the BW maps, but Testbug and CK are iconic for me because of MC vs Idra at Columbus, and CK is... well, CK.

Thanks for everything you've done!

Cyro

United Kingdom20274 Posts

September 26 2012 04:03 GMT

#145

Respect.

As stupid as it sounds, i really love cloud kingdom for the natural wall, flat, no ramp, 9 square up/down, cliff on either side, it feels so much nicer than walling at the top of a ramp, forge-gateway-1squaregap-pylon and a few suprisingly effective building placements that make it easier to hold, balancing out the lack of ramp somewhat, although its not really a major vunerability blabla ranting

Your map is good and you should feel good :D

You will be missed.

SolarJto

United States260 Posts

September 26 2012 05:03 GMT

#146

You're awesome!

blacksheepwall

China1530 Posts

September 26 2012 05:18 GMT

#147

Great post and thanks for all the maps.

ThreeActPlay

United States249 Posts

September 26 2012 05:30 GMT

#148

cloud kingdom is great. thanks for making it

ToD

France222 Posts

September 26 2012 05:31 GMT

#149

thanks for all the hard work good luck with your future endeavors =)

figq

12519 Posts

September 26 2012 05:45 GMT

#150

Unexpected, good luck!

Since your work is used by Blizzard, let's hope they notice your message about SC2 and actually do something.

Lomm

Sweden33 Posts

September 26 2012 05:56 GMT

#151

Great read and great map!

KiNGxXx

7928 Posts

September 26 2012 06:01 GMT

#152

CK is a cool map even though I have hard times vs P.

Good luck in the future and thanks for your work!

Aerisky

United States12128 Posts

September 26 2012 06:02 GMT

#153

Best of luck bro, your maps are fantastic ^^

See you around~

DarKFoRcE

Germany1215 Posts

September 26 2012 07:16 GMT

#154

Really hated Testbug, but Cloud Kingdom is a very nice map, good job

!
hope you'll come back some time

Majynx

United States1431 Posts

September 26 2012 07:44 GMT

#155

A great read. Congrats on your success with Cloud Kingdom, an excellent map. Best of luck in the future and hope you come back to create more maps

Wintex

Norway16835 Posts

September 26 2012 07:48 GMT

#156

Thank you for everything. You created some fucking awesome maps, and as the creator of my favorite map (even as a terran), I wish you luck in whatever you do!

Hope you come back tho <3 Can't have enough of anyone that's this amazing.