Asgard
2 paths to expand is not good for PvZ, dunno why they still doing this after fail of Tears of The Moon. Also it seems that it's easy to contain Protoss in TvP. So, not good map for Protoss...

Matchpoint
This map reminds me of Blue Storm. It seems that Terran will have advantage on this map because of 2 bases on each side are under cliff and it's hard to defend them versus tanks. This makes map imba for Terran a little

Moon Glaive
2 paths to expand and cliff near it... It's mix of Tears Of The Moon and ROTK that makes this map so bad for Protoss both PvZ and PvT...

Roadrunner
O my god, they rebuilt Destination and made it for 4 players ;D Seems rather balanced and funny map. Easy to take expansions and there is a place for strategical moves. Seems like my favourite map of this map pool.

Judgement Day
Seems like remake of one old map (forgot its name). Mineral and gas expansions should be replaced and it will be nice macro map.

Acro
Another macro Andromeda-like map. Mineral and gas expansions should be replaced like in previous map and it will be nice.

Tornado
Very standart GodsGarden-like map. One thing is I dont like cliffs near the expansions because it makes Terran to contain Protoss easily.

Silver Sky
Another standart GodsGarden-like map. Nothing special on it. As for me i dont like 4players map with 3 mineral lines on each side. And also they all have gas that makes map a Zerg imba a little.

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

August 28 2009 05:43 GMT

#26

Lol, Judgement Day looks so much like Guillotine. But overall they look pretty good. Hopefully we see less zergs around, which would make me completely happy.

Maps look a lot better than your standard boring macro maps.

NastyMarine

United States1252 Posts

August 28 2009 05:44 GMT

#27

Ive seen some of these maps a few months ago on mapdori. First one that comes to mind is RoadRunner. These maps look great - very fresh and stylish

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

August 28 2009 05:44 GMT

#28

Cool maps, though some look a little imbalanced. Love the names though.

We MUST watch Nada play on Tornado.

GhostKorean

United States2330 Posts

August 28 2009 05:45 GMT

#29

Just played a game on Moon Glaive that map is sex

GTR

51497 Posts

August 28 2009 05:47 GMT

#30

D/D+ Terran looking to play test maps;
I'm idle on Iccup under the name SoShiSiCa-

29 fps

United States5724 Posts

August 28 2009 05:49 GMT

#31

arco and judgment day are the only ones that seem different from a standard map. nothing really screams "new strategies!" like outsider, though

n.DieJokes

United States3443 Posts

August 28 2009 05:50 GMT

#32

A lot of these maps look tough for ZvP, some don't have gas at the 3rd, others have a bunch of points of attack... down a ramp

ExSoldier

378 Posts

August 28 2009 05:55 GMT

#33

lol toss gonna get owned in asgard~ got a feel terran is gonna reign with these maps~

ArvickHero

10387 Posts

August 28 2009 05:56 GMT

#34

lol.. these maps seem much more macro-heavy than last season's, with all those bases

I liked how last season there were a lot of conceptually exciting and strategical maps that were made. Seems like the pendulum has swung back to the macro maps though..

decafchicken

United States20075 Posts

August 28 2009 06:01 GMT

#35

Well as a zerg player, i will not be playing on moon glaive, asgard, roadrunner, or judgement day.

Some of them are pretty sexy though. Silversky is hotttttt

So no fek

United States3001 Posts

August 28 2009 06:01 GMT

#36

I really like Asgard and Silver Sky.

MuffinDude

United States3837 Posts

August 28 2009 06:03 GMT

#37

Judgment day is impossible pvz no way can toss secure his natural with just 2 cannons. Probably have to settle for min only which blows the whole point of fe.

Seems slightly terran friendly as flanking distance is sort of long in some map.

On August 28 2009 15:04 Hyperionnn wrote:
Is it me or all of these maps are unplayable for protoss and they are terran favored?

I agree.

Hyperionnn

Turkey4968 Posts

August 28 2009 06:04 GMT

#38

Is it me or all of these maps are unplayable for protoss and they are terran favored?

Rostam

United States2552 Posts

August 28 2009 06:08 GMT

#39

Asgard and Match Point look really cool, I think the overall quality of these maps is really great and I can't wait to see some games played on them.

I could see them going with a terran-favored map pool because it's been a while since the individual leagues have really seen much Terran success, but people seem to say every map is Terran imba the first time they see it so I'm going to reserve judgement until I actually see some games played.

Hyde

Australia14568 Posts

August 28 2009 06:12 GMT

#40

On August 28 2009 15:04 Hyperionnn wrote:
Is it me or all of these maps are unplayable for protoss and they are terran favored?

That's what I thought, but before that I actually want to test them out. These maps look bloody awesome, I can't wait for the season to start, maps look interesting as!