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Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-10 15:37:55
March 10 2010 15:37 GMT
#21
On March 11 2010 00:09 konadora wrote:
Am I a nerd if I can recognise most of the maps?


Naw, dedicated RTS fan.

Gosh those old Sc maps brought nostalgia...
In the woods, there lurks..
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25997 Posts
March 10 2010 15:45 GMT
#22
I honestly never knew. What an interesting read, Thank you.
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XsebT
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Denmark2980 Posts
March 10 2010 15:54 GMT
#23
That was actually a very nice read. Casual, but interesting... Beautiful!
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JodoYodo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1772 Posts
March 10 2010 16:02 GMT
#24
Awesome article.
Dance dance dance 'till we run this town!
Impervious
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada4216 Posts
March 10 2010 16:37 GMT
#25
You forgot Gauntlet, they basically copied it, with a few changes, on the desert tileset due to the wider bridges, and it was used in the pro scene for a bit.

You missed the map (5)Diablo..... It's actually a really fun map for 2v2, although the centre is poorly designed.

I can list a few more you missed. And I've only been into the SC scene for about a year :S (technically, I've had the game since it was out, but I wasn't really into it)

Blizzard really did do a lot with their maps. Although, I don't know how much innovation they can have in SC2 - a lot has already been done with the original, and in many respects, the games are similar. Although, maybe some of the concepts which were flops in the original could be amazing in SC2. We'll have to wait and see.
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Corvi
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Germany1406 Posts
March 10 2010 16:49 GMT
#26
if you talk about blizzard and evolution of map making you cant skip wc3 ...

even without dota there are hundreds of amazing custom maps and i guess im not the only one who had more fun with wc3 custom maps than with the real game. with the sc2 editor being even more powerful, i can see the same happening to me for sc2.
nonduc
Profile Joined May 2009
Russian Federation405 Posts
March 10 2010 16:54 GMT
#27
[TLFE] for sure!
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hyst.eric.al
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2332 Posts
March 10 2010 17:12 GMT
#28
what a great write-up. ah, challenger brought back humble memories of my first game of starcraft ever, where i learned, versus a computer, of the homosexuality that is 16 speedlots.
Leta , BeSt, Calm fan forever! 김정우, I am sorry I ever lost faith in you.
Saturnize
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States2473 Posts
March 10 2010 17:48 GMT
#29
Thanks for the great read
"Time to put the mustard on the hotdog. -_-"
rererebanned
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
67 Posts
March 10 2010 18:52 GMT
#30
blood bath is so damn entertaining (despite the fact it turns into a TvT fest on high level of play lol)

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Abenson
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada4122 Posts
March 10 2010 20:58 GMT
#31
Beautiful read, thank you
zeppelin
Profile Joined December 2007
United States565 Posts
March 10 2010 21:24 GMT
#32
On March 10 2010 19:58 PobTheCad wrote:
good writeup although i think there was also a crazy critters style map for warcraft 2


MUTTON.PUD
Storm)
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada14 Posts
March 10 2010 21:39 GMT
#33
Good read. Shows how far maps have really come. and gunna be honest alot more balanced for most part
Chillz
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada100 Posts
March 11 2010 00:56 GMT
#34
On March 11 2010 06:24 zeppelin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2010 19:58 PobTheCad wrote:
good writeup although i think there was also a crazy critters style map for warcraft 2


MUTTON.PUD


lmao ... awesome!
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
March 11 2010 03:39 GMT
#35
Wow great read, never knew that Lost Temple was a map made by Blizzard. Makes sense that it's in sc2.

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Off topic but does anyone know if Blizzard could remake sc:bw maps for sc2 if they weren't the ones who created them? I'm guessing yes since it's their game but just wondering.
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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
March 11 2010 03:53 GMT
#36
nice read, thanks for putting this together
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9107 Posts
March 11 2010 03:55 GMT
#37
I've played a few of those maps but a lot of them like black hole I haven't ever heard of. Interesting.

Was just actually playing some 3 man FFAs on Overlook a few weeks ago. Even though 3 man ffas are the worst.
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25997 Posts
March 11 2010 03:55 GMT
#38
On March 11 2010 06:24 zeppelin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2010 19:58 PobTheCad wrote:
good writeup although i think there was also a crazy critters style map for warcraft 2


MUTTON.PUD

Seriously. My friends and I had a Mutton tourney in high school. Turns out Mutton is imbalanced since one of the starting positions doesn't have an area full of critters so you can place your first building easily.
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PobTheCad
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Australia893 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-11 08:28:39
March 11 2010 08:28 GMT
#39
On March 11 2010 12:55 Chill wrote:

Seriously. My friends and I had a Mutton tourney in high school. Turns out Mutton is imbalanced since one of the starting positions doesn't have an area full of critters so you can place your first building easily.

at least mutton gives you something to do whilst you wait 5 mins for your first hall to build
kill as many sheep as you can with clicks!!
Once again back is the incredible!
iNfeRnaL *
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Germany1908 Posts
March 11 2010 08:41 GMT
#40
This was an excellent read.
Someone better make this a FE for sure.
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