On November 18 2011 18:17 Kenpachi wrote:
god damn it. the fake maps looked so good :< these look less interesting now that i saw those lol
Outlier looks cool though o_o

Which fake maps? I haven't been keeping with sc stuff lately.

wishbones

Canada2600 Posts

November 18 2011 21:59 GMT

#302

oh c'mon I could not resist, lol.

does anyone remember if new maps become available before the actual season starts, or do they always wait until after?

I do not recall.

Black Gun

Germany4482 Posts

November 18 2011 22:23 GMT

#303

chain reaction looks like a very complex map. outlier will probably make terrans cry hard vs zerg. circuit breaker 2.0 will be the typical slugfest map. genericnoun-ridge is ugly imho.

but lets see how they play out.

stambe

Bulgaria492 Posts

November 18 2011 22:40 GMT

#304

On November 19 2011 06:59 wishbones wrote:
oh c'mon I could not resist, lol.

does anyone remember if new maps become available before the actual season starts, or do they always wait until after?

I do not recall.

Yeah, good question. Could someone shed some light on that ? Cant wait to try the new maps, i mean if they postpone Proleague from 19th to 26th, at least the can cut us some slack and release the maps earlier for fans' enjoyment

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

November 18 2011 22:48 GMT

#305

The fake maps were posted earlier in the thread:

On November 12 2011 13:28 konadora wrote:
According to a rumor on fomos, these were some maps that were in the nomination pool, but idk which one made it or not.

THESE ARE NOMINATED MAPS (ACCORDING TO RUMORS), NONE ARE CONFIRMED

trance-

United States46 Posts

November 19 2011 00:18 GMT

#306

I see a lot of twilight terrain in our future.

rslee

Canada226 Posts

November 19 2011 08:26 GMT

#307

On November 18 2011 21:57 BLinD-RawR wrote:
I just noticed that you can mineral walk on outlier to the expos blocked by the temples.

Also, probably not a big deal at all, but those expos on that map aren't symmetrical. The top base is left with both of outside expos closest to it having the geysers closest to their base. Not a big deal but I'm just a fan a symmetry haha

konadora

Singapore66355 Posts

November 20 2011 07:50 GMT

#308

ragnarokvalkyrie has been getting very lazy lately... Earthattack's maps on the other hand has been getting sexier by each round and season

infinity2k9

United Kingdom2397 Posts

November 20 2011 09:55 GMT

#309

New maps made me think about design a bit, and i made my first map ever with the thought of ZvZ in mind. Could a map be designed so hive play was the suitable strategy? And just trying to keep everything else reasonably balanced at the same time.

Design:
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I think the key would definitely be easy to defend mineral lines.. it's much easier to be safe when spores cover so well and you have highground to put sunks on if needed. What do you guys think, is it enough difference to allow safe tech, maybe so much that both Z's would do it? Also other matchups, i did think about all of them so don't need to point out anything too obvious like 12nexus and 14CC being very easy.

Also should note i did have alternate entrance to main with stacked mins blocking, it caused pathing issues. But would a backdoor be better or worse, does it need it?

BroodWarHD

136 Posts

November 20 2011 10:25 GMT

#310

well, karate i think already showed some innovation with his 4 hatch hydra+queens zvz timing attack, this kind of map could make it even more powerful

infinity2k9

United Kingdom2397 Posts

November 20 2011 10:34 GMT

#311

Yeah i hadn't even though of hydra being better instead, but that kind of play does sacrifice map control/mobility. I tried playing some games but i don't know ZvZ in the first place, would be nice if anyone else wanted to give it a try though.

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50532 Posts

November 20 2011 11:04 GMT

#312

On November 20 2011 19:25 BroodWarHD wrote:
well, karate i think already showed some innovation with his 4 hatch hydra+queens zvz timing attack, this kind of map could make it even more powerful

huh? any VODs?

nvm,watching him play vs pike.

fat chance that can happen in a korean ZvZ.

thenexusp

United States3721 Posts

November 20 2011 19:10 GMT

#313

On November 19 2011 17:26 rslee wrote:

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They do this because geysers to the top or to the left mine slightly faster than geysers placed at the bottom or to the right. If the mapper doesn't think the geyser position will affect balance that much, he'll break symmetry in favor of equal mining rates.

Ideas

United States8136 Posts

November 20 2011 19:15 GMT

#314

are these maps out for download yet? I can' wait to play on them!

Arco

United States2090 Posts

November 20 2011 19:30 GMT

#315

Why does Sniper Ridge have a swastika on it? Offensive...

maybe

257 Posts

November 20 2011 19:47 GMT

#316

On November 21 2011 04:30 Tump wrote:
Why does Sniper Ridge have a swastika on it? Offensive...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

Release

United States4397 Posts

November 20 2011 19:51 GMT

#317

Map: Ground Zero

PvT: 0-100 (0%)

The position of the third gas really makes it easy for terran to defend against ground imo

Ideas

United States8136 Posts

November 20 2011 19:57 GMT

#318

On November 21 2011 04:51 Release wrote:
Map: Ground Zero

PvT: 0-100 (0%)

The position of the third gas really makes it easy for terran to defend against ground imo

to add to that it looks super easy to have a really good simcity for ZvP. yea I don't see protoss being used on that map much.