Grand line looks like it'll be my favorite map so far.
(partially cause it reminds me of the one piece "grandline" =D)

it'll be interesting to see how TvT works on that map =0

Itachii

Poland12466 Posts

March 13 2010 17:37 GMT

#42

They look really great :O at least something new, hope there won't be many balance issues

Megalisk

United States6095 Posts

March 13 2010 17:39 GMT

#43

Grand line looks so damn AMAZING I can't wait to play on it.

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

March 13 2010 17:42 GMT

#44

LOL HOLY crap wtf are these maps these are crazy.

ok these are my thoughts...im not super pro sc player or anyhting but oh well.

ok acutally i have no ide abotu checkmate apart frmo that it looks hilarious

eaarly-miod game zvt looks like the natural will be mutalisk harass heaven for zerg :D:D cuz air distance is so close... while late game if terran can get a billion tanks and hold the top areas it will be really hard for .. P or Z to break -_- little bridges, and ton of high and low groudn ups and downs.

polaris looks friggin sweet haha, like matchpoint vs sin chupung ryeong.. players will have to be moving around all the time!

inferno just looks like some standard 3 player macro thing...seems like arrangement of the expansions will favour terran in tvp? can push along one route towards the enemy.

grandline.. holdin the centre will be important ~~

FORTRESS i have a feeling it will be bad cuz it reminds me of Sin Pioneer Period.. super 'small' map with super small push distances... z and p in for a hard time/

Wineandbread

United States2065 Posts

March 13 2010 17:43 GMT

#45

Lmao what is Checkmate haha
Helpful labeling for game analysis B)

I'm liking the look of Ghost Line and Grand Line. Fortress seems incredibly terran imba to me

Avidkeystamper

United States8552 Posts

March 13 2010 17:45 GMT

#46

Lolol, Checkmate was so confusing they had to label the pods so players would know where they were.

Xxio

Canada5565 Posts

March 13 2010 17:46 GMT

#47

All in all some really cool maps, Ghost Path and Inferno my favorite just looking at them. Checkmate and Fortress, on the other hand, look like crap.
How is zerg supposed to get a 3rd on Fortress? take an island?

Disregard

China10252 Posts

March 13 2010 17:50 GMT

#48

Checkmate screams Terran abuse.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

March 13 2010 17:51 GMT

#49

On March 14 2010 01:53 JWD wrote:

Show nested quote +

Chill's principle of map analysis in action here

How to determine if a map is terran favored:

Does it have the extension .scm or .scx? If so, then yes.

konadora

Singapore66216 Posts

March 13 2010 17:53 GMT

#50

On March 14 2010 02:46 Xxio wrote:
How is zerg supposed to get a 3rd on Fortress? take an island?

yep either that or main

besides, if u get a fast third at the islands, there's nothing the opponent can do about it except to drop, which by then there will already be mutalisks.

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

March 13 2010 17:56 GMT

#51

Haha Checkmate looks rofltastic. So does Fortress, but at least it has a cool semi-island mechanic. If you make a map called Inferno, why do you draw Solomon's seal instead of a pentagram?

I think carriers could be very strong on Ghost Path, anyone agree?

okum

France5778 Posts

March 13 2010 17:59 GMT

#52

Love the creativity. Can't wait for the new strategies that will be developed for some of these maps.

Weasel-

Canada1556 Posts

March 13 2010 18:19 GMT

#53

Ghost Path kind of looks like a map out of Advance Wars with how it's laid out. Looks really fun.

ArvickHero

10387 Posts

March 13 2010 18:24 GMT

#54

I hope these maps are balanced, at the very least

Urth

United States1250 Posts

March 13 2010 18:25 GMT

#55

I actually like all of these maps.

They look exciting with tons of new ideas

kane]deth[

Canada368 Posts

March 13 2010 18:26 GMT

#56

I'm thinking storm drops will be really good at the main's in fortress.

Insight

19 Posts

March 13 2010 18:27 GMT

#57

Checkmate and Fortress seem horrid and imbalanced, hope they never make it into pro game (I'm tempted to put Ghost Path there as well cause main+nat are so open and vulnerable to muta/reaver sort of harassments and cause of 2 nat entrances on completely opposite sides)

Polaris looks very interesting, I don't like that 3rd is so hard to defend (think tvp) but it would be a blast in late game

avaTar[

Mexico301 Posts

March 13 2010 18:28 GMT

#58

I am never, in my life, going to play on checkmate. Nuff said.

Gregsen

Germany667 Posts

March 13 2010 18:29 GMT

#59

wow I simply love Ghost Path and Polaris...can't wait to play on those!!!