God i miss that map. So many epic games - for a weirdish map is was pretty balanced overall - each race just had a higher than normal winrate in their favored matchup.

Katsuge

Singapore7730 Posts

April 21 2011 06:37 GMT

#43

beltway looks really interestingg...will like to see how players do with the 4 expansions in the middle..
does look that mutas will own on the map tho.

5unrise

New Zealand646 Posts

April 21 2011 06:41 GMT

#44

seems like pretty good maps to me, should be decent for all 3 matchups

gen.Sun

United States539 Posts

April 21 2011 06:43 GMT

#45

Beltway looks amazing, both the name and the look. Not fond of the cliff though, that's nasty.

mizU

United States12125 Posts

April 21 2011 07:04 GMT

#46

What..
Beltway confuses me.
Backdoor ish, that opens to... nothing?

And I suppose it won't take long before they realize that a handful of tanks can shut down the whole center (4 expos).

SilverJohnny

United States885 Posts

April 21 2011 07:05 GMT

#47

Alternative looks like it'll be really easy to turtle on 3base, I think it'll favor mech pretty heavily, and maybe even be skewed towards T in TvP a bit.

Beltway I like the look of but I have no idea how it play out.

gen.Sun

United States539 Posts

April 21 2011 07:07 GMT

#48

On April 21 2011 16:04 mizU wrote:
What..
Beltway confuses me.
Backdoor ish, that opens to... nothing?

And I suppose it won't take long before they realize that a handful of tanks can shut down the whole center (4 expos).

Backdoor to cliff that tanks and mutas can abuse. For said abuse, check out stork vs flash in pro league forgot wit map.

PrinceXizor

United States17713 Posts

April 21 2011 07:20 GMT

#49

<3 Alternative. that map will produce great Protoss games.

Kenpachi

United States9908 Posts

April 21 2011 07:21 GMT

#50

bleh. not liking Beltway. Alternative on the other hand, is pretty neat.

okum

France5778 Posts

April 21 2011 07:32 GMT

#51

The road on Beltway shall be known as the vulture autobahn.

butter

United States785 Posts

April 21 2011 07:33 GMT

#52

On April 21 2011 14:36 Kanil wrote:
Alternative looks really interesting, and I won't miss Fortress too much... well, maybe a little -- but not too much.

I'm surprised they worked on Aztec/Bloody Ridge/EotS but didn't touch Icarus.

For what it's worth, Rose.of.dream did mention Icarus on Twitter along with New EotS.

Hyde

Australia14568 Posts

April 21 2011 07:34 GMT

#53

I wonder how much gas is in 12, 3, 6, and 9 on Beltway.
Not really a fan of those thin walls on Alternative, but damn that map does look fun

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

April 21 2011 08:11 GMT

#54

I was excited for these, but the longer I look at them, the more I start to worry. Beltway looks too open, and I think it will become the new central plains, but watching a terran push down the very straight lines in TvP should make some good games I think. The island on alternative seems impossible to take vs terran, far to exposed, and a super long arc connecting the nat to shelling range. The map seems to be begging zerg to go 2 hatch lurker drop. There are so many drop lanes, not only is the lift distance short, but the air distance is short making slow drops more viable. mineral lines are positions so lurkers can easily get behind, it give the zerg 3 gas off of one choke, and it prevents toss from taking the island until essentially the late game. I think it will end up being more common than 3 hatch muta into 5 hatch hydra.

edit: oh, and I agree that matchpoint was awesome, and underrated as a map. I will hesitantly say it was my favorite.

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

April 21 2011 08:23 GMT

#55

Gonna miss benzene

Not much else, looks like descent maps

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

April 21 2011 08:28 GMT

#56

I have to say, the maps looks Terran favoured. =/

slappy

United States1271 Posts

April 21 2011 09:01 GMT

#57

i was thinking that it was an alternative map, being the alternative to Beltway, as if they were going to choose one or the other lol

Beltway looks really cool though, I'd like to play on that map for sure

taxi

United States8 Posts

April 21 2011 09:23 GMT

#58

What do we qualify as tank imba? In my opinion, Beltway will be an excellent map for aggressive play and flanking. But that temple blocking the cliff behind the natural is just asking for mineral line shelling/harassment =P (tanks, hmm actually muta too). Really confused by the island expos on Alternative + the far third (long reinforce distance), I don't know how zergs will fare ... only time will tell!