Mapmaker Appreciation: January 2013

iamcaustic

Canada1509 Posts

January 26 2013 21:30 GMT

A thread was recently made by upcoming mapmaker Drake Merrwin with the goal of appreciating maps and mapmakers for the month of January.

Needless to say, there were some disagreements with the way he went about it, so I thought I'd blog my own appreciation for all of the mapmaking efforts that were produced this January thus far. Well, at least in the realm of melee mapmaking (sorry all you fantastic Arcade map developers out there!).

I've broken everything down into three categories for easy viewing: mapmaking team maps, "polished" maps, and "novice" maps. Mapmaking team maps are naturally those made by members of a mapmaking team such as ESV, TPW, DF, Crux, Galaxy, etc. Both polished maps and novice maps are made by mapmakers who are not a part of any mapmaking team (to the best of my knowledge). Polished maps are maps I considered to be of a higher quality than novice maps purely in terms of aesthetic design (doodad work, terrain formation, texturing, etc.) and have nothing to do with my personal thoughts on balance or anything of the sort. If she looks slick, it'll likely be categorized as polished.

If you like a map you see, please show your appreciation by using the respective link to go to the map's overview thread and leaving a comment. Us mapmakers also love it when you play our maps and send us replays of your games.

Lots of thanks!

Mapmaking Team Maps
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DF Yeonsu by eTcetRa
Published on: [SEA]
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DF Hunting Valley by ScorpSCII
Published on: [EU] [HOTS]
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DF Cyclone by NewSunshine
Published on: [HOTS]
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Icarus by ATTx
Published on: [KR]
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Crux Templar Archive by Ovalient
Published on: [KR]
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Gemini Heights by iamcaustic
Published on: [NA] [EU]
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TPW Valley of Nis by Meltage & Samro
Published on: [EU]
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Polished Maps
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Svampet by Ferisii
Published on: [HOTS]
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All Our Sins Remembered by SiskosGoatee
Published on: [HOTS]
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Space Circuit by Semmo
Published on: [Nowhere]
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Apollo by Semmo
Published on: [Nowhere]
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Honourable Mention:
Technically this map was announced on December 29th, but close enough! A lot of hard work was put into it.

Cloud Atlas by Uvantak
Published on: [NA] [HOTS]
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Novice Maps
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Aiur Caverns by cacho56
Published on: [NA]
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Babylone by lil emo
Published on: [EU]
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Djinn's Delight by Fatam
Published on: [HOTS]
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Meteorite Magic by DilemaH
Published on: [NA]
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Mulgur by mogoh
Published on: [NA] [EU]
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MaestroSC

United States2073 Posts

January 27 2013 01:28 GMT

I used to LOVE making maps. Problem is you will never get anyone to ever play your maps -.-.

Really wish Tournaments would force pro's to start practising on maps THEY choose. I mean i understand the whole "ladder maps are necessary cause they are what pro's practise on" but in reality if a BIG tournament said "learn this map!" they will.

Wish tournaments would start bringing on map makers, and creating their own maps for their own tournaments, Would also add a bit of flavor to their games vs other tournaments.

wishful thinking =)

iamcaustic

Canada1509 Posts

January 27 2013 01:31 GMT

On January 27 2013 10:28 MaestroSC wrote:
I used to LOVE making maps. Problem is you will never get anyone to ever play your maps -.-.

Really wish Tournaments would force pro's to start practising on maps THEY choose. I mean i understand the whole "ladder maps are necessary cause they are what pro's practise on" but in reality if a BIG tournament said "learn this map!" they will.

Wish tournaments would start bringing on map makers, and creating their own maps for their own tournaments, Would also add a bit of flavor to their games vs other tournaments.

wishful thinking =)

Actually, IPL has been doing some good stuff with the TL mapmaking community. They're running a map tournament, at least two of which will be included in the next IPL. My team, Galaxy, is also working together with the guys at ISTL; we'll see if that bears any fruit.

It's admittedly been a slow process, though.

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