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.

Corvi

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

Russian Federation405 Posts

March 10 2010 16:54 GMT

#27

[TLFE] for sure!

hyst.eric.al

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.

Saturnize

United States2473 Posts

March 10 2010 17:48 GMT

#29

Thanks for the great read

rererebanned

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

Canada4122 Posts

March 10 2010 20:58 GMT

#31

Beautiful read, thank you

zeppelin

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)

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

Canada100 Posts

March 11 2010 00:56 GMT

#34

On March 11 2010 06:24 zeppelin wrote:

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MUTTON.PUD

lmao ... awesome!

HazMat

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.

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

March 11 2010 03:53 GMT

#36

nice read, thanks for putting this together

Jonoman92

United States9110 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

Calgary25998 Posts

March 11 2010 03:55 GMT

#38

On March 11 2010 06:24 zeppelin wrote:

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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.

PobTheCad

Australia893 Posts

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!!