BlizzCon Map Contest winner maps presented

On September 07 2005 13:57 AiurZ wrote:
since they posted the selection process, are they going to also post a list of the maps submitted and how well the maps did within the contest?

On September 07 2005 13:46 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Let's turn this into another super-canada-nationalistic tfums thread oO

On September 07 2005 15:26 Teroru wrote:
i was quoted twice! woot!

On September 07 2005 15:11 Tfums wrote:


WTF does that have to do with anything idiot? Open your eyes, shut your mouth, the world will be a better place.

http://www.realestniggas.com/ringtones/TXT_Ringtones/YouAreAnIdiot.wav

On September 07 2005 16:02 FrozenArbiter wrote:

If someone took your keyboard away, tl.net would be a better place, that's good enough for me.

On September 07 2005 16:06 Liquid`Drone wrote:
erm lings can pass through?

isn't that like a slightly larger distance than bloodbath for ling rushes then? of course you would have thought about this which is why im expecting you to have a good reason!

On September 07 2005 15:44 Travin wrote:

hehe i hope you know that zerglings are able to pass through the mineral wall

On September 07 2005 16:11 nvnplatypus wrote:


There will be a final iteration of all 5 maps before BlizzCon. Anything like that zergling issue, minor issues, wall-in problems at certain positions etc will be tweaked.

On September 07 2005 16:10 Travin wrote:

well its to balance out the obvious difficulty later game for zergs with those pos, otherwise terrs and ps could also easy get the mineral blockade. However now they may have to cannon/bunk at start if they scout early pool when pushing probe/scv through.

On September 07 2005 16:19 Travin wrote:
well i dont think you need to send 2 just one will pass through i think

On September 07 2005 17:11 lowfi( wrote:


how?

On September 07 2005 16:02 FrozenArbiter wrote:

If someone took your keyboard away, tl.net would be a better place, that's good enough for me.

On September 08 2005 07:54 Tfums wrote:

You swedes aren't much better and you aren't being a very good representative if you can't put up a logical explanation why bill's map isn't in the map pool except that for some reason I'm a super-nationalist out for world domination, starting with every SC community site! muahahahhaha

On September 08 2005 09:08 FrozenArbiter wrote:
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Yeah, because I was talking about canadians being nationalistic.. oh wait, no I wasn't - I was talking about YOU.

Why isn't Bill's map in the map pool then? Because he finished 6th that's why (well, 'tied' for 5th with travin but since travin's map is being used it's the same as finishing 6th TT). The judges liked the other maps more, end of story -o-;;

And I never said Bill's map isn't in there because you are a nationalist, I said you probably just said what you said because you love anything canadian -_-

No offense meant to Bill with any of this btw ;o Just that Tfums is annoying, and has been annoying in every single thread in which he has posted so far so yeah, I made a pretty tame remark which might not have been entirely on topic ;O

EDIT: But let's make this a topic about the maps that actually DID WIN and not some stupid flame war which I even started this time, hehe ;o

On September 08 2005 09:29 Tfums wrote:

You don't know me, I'm not really nationalistic, I just post in certain threads. My favorite players are mostly European.

Bill's map is better, my judgement is a lot better than yours. I think it's sad that the judges picked the others, I'm entitled to my opinion.

You OBVIOUSLY tried to make it look like I was sheltering bill because he's Canadian, and taht's bullshit if you think otherwise. Actually there's a lot wrong with Canada, stop talking with your head up your ass and you might notice this.

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if you can't put up a logical explanation why bill's map isn't in the map pool except that for some reason I'm a super-nationalist out for world domination..

Deal with it, everything was fine until you amrched in talking shit so don't cry for it to end, you started it so put up or shut up. If you can't take it back just keep that big mouth shut. And of course now that you said you were gonna stop, you'll post right after mine again.

Good work to the map makers, I'm not so sure antigua prime should be in there though.

On September 08 2005 12:57 FrozenArbiter wrote:
1 pylon can block. 1 Gateway can block. 1 Forge can block.

Bill307 Signal - trcc these mineral formations are too slow and need to be fixed (talking about the ones in the mains, though some of the others might be bad too). Please, even for the rough versions of your maps, arrange the minerals in normal formations.

On September 08 2005 19:03 Physician wrote:


The mineral formations, among its many other features is what makes the map stand out above the others. "normal formations" is like a prison forcing the game to become standarized - screw that - I want to see maps with 500 minerals per patch, and 1v1 in 192 192 maps etc.. if I want to play on the same "board" always - I stick to chess.

On September 08 2005 20:03 HnR)Insane wrote:
Interestingly enough, Bill came and said almost the exact same thing as I did xD. The only thing I'd like to add is that I'd rather the island map have two lines of minerals (with a bit of space in between so that you can't build a pylon there) to prevent workers from jumping early on. ZvP on islands is hard enough as it is! Might as well block up lings that way too.
(Also, the reason he said the same thing is probably b/c we tried the maps out together :D)

On September 08 2005 18:14 Bill307 wrote:
Some of these maps have very serious problems in their current state. These things should be fixed in the final versions, though. In fact, some of these are so bad, I'm sure they'll justify releasing second-beta versions of the maps in the near future, so that people can playtest them without the issues below.

Issues with the maps:

King of the Abyss - The 2 o'clock nat is blocked by a doodad. You cannot place a CC there.

Nightlight - The 3 o'clock nat gets blocked up by a CC/nexus/hatch, with only a TINY pathway to let you move across. And if you build an addon there is NO pathway across. This excludes trying to move through your mining workers because everyone knows that won't work.

Roads to Antiga Prime - You basically get 2 gas: your main and your nat. The rest are very difficult to hold on to since they're essentially in the centre of the map. Will make ZvT very hard.

Signal - trcc these mineral formations are too slow and need to be fixed (talking about the ones in the mains, though some of the others might be bad too). Please, even for the rough versions of your maps, arrange the minerals in normal formations.

Crusader - Name of existing ladder map . Actually there were no such glaring issues with Crusader that must be addressed, at least not in my 1 game on the map.

On September 08 2005 18:17 Bill307 wrote:


Would zealots still be able to hit the lings (attacking the structure) if the entrance is blocked with one of these?