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[STPL] Map Contest

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Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom11790 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-19 09:52:31
April 18 2020 22:54 GMT
#1
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The Map Man looks for your assistance…

I’ve been called the Map Man by one of the devs and the community knows STPL and my other tournaments as tournaments that love to really put focus on lesser used maps to show the world how good games can be on a map that many people may not have heard of. It’s been a long time coming honestly, but I’ve finally decided to open this up to community made maps rather than just the maps used in the pro scene. With the addition of Core Breach into the STPL Map 3 pool this was 100% the right way to go moving forward.

One issue I’m aware of for map makers is finding players to actually play on their maps and this is a fantastic opportunity to have some coverage on a long running tournament format where your map is guaranteed to get a lot of play! In any given Season of STPL there are usually 8 maps chosen overall and I’m planning to open up 2-4 slots depending on how things go for maps picked from this contest. Depending on interest we could take the decision down to a final public vote although I reserve the right to pick the maps I think will fit also.

What are we looking for?

STPL is known for having a mix of standard, semi standard and non standard maps so overall we’re looking for a mix. There will be two categories in the tournament Standard and Experimental.

Standard includes all maps that would be considered “Standard or Semi-Standard”. Good examples of pro maps that fit this criteria are maps such as La Mancha, Grand Line SE, Horizon Lunar Colony, Escalade, Neo Sylphid, Neo Aztec, Blue Storm or Match point.

Experimental includes all maps that do not fit the above criteria and try to think outside the box. This can either be with an interesting layout never before seen or my personal preference is to use spells and neutral buildings to achieve something different. Good examples of pro maps that fit this criteria are Persona, Holy World SE, Neo Arkanoid, Triathlon, Plasma and Core Breach (Inner Coven).

When are the maps due?
Mappers will have until Monday the 25th of May 2020 at 21:00CEST.

Submission Rules
  • This contest is open to all applicants, Non-Korean and Korean.
  • This contest is open to maps that work in a Standard 1v1 Top vs Bottom game.
  • This contest is open to all map tilesets.
  • This contest is open to your older maps, but newer maps are highly encouraged.
  • This contest is not open to maps that have been used in other tournaments.
  • You may submit maps that are based on other maps, but they may not be duplicates (see Sylphid and Athena as good examples).
  • You may submit as many maps as you like, but please keep the submissions high quality!
  • You may only submit your own work
  • First versions should be fully playable with functional components of the map (functional terrain* and resources) in place, no abusable unfinished terrain (like dropholes), and no mining issues for the most significant bases (mains and nats).

*Functional terrain includes unwalkable and unbuildable areas, ramps, bridges, choke points, vision blocking or cover providing terrain and generally anything that requires specific tile flags etc.

How will this work?
  • Appointed judges from the community alongside myself will evaluate the entries and decide on the top maps. I aim to select around 10 maps, 5 of each category although this will vary depending on number and quality of submissions.
  • Mappers will then be given 4 weeks to fix any issues found by the judges and decorate the maps.
  • The maps will then be played in a Map Test tournament and will be uploaded and released for people to test publically.
  • We will then host a public vote to decide on 4 maps, 2 from each category to determine the top 4 maps.

I estimate the contest will conclude within 6-8 weeks after the submissions deadline passes.




How to enter?

Please PM your map(s) files to myself on discord (Qikz#0816) with the following format before Monday the 25th of May 2020 at 21:00CEST.

Map Name:
Map Image
Map Category: (Standard or Experimental)
Map File (uploaded to discord)

Entries not in this format may not be taken into account when judging and please ask any questions within the thread.

Please feel free to also post your map names and images in the thread!
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CharactR
Profile Joined January 2020
Canada36 Posts
April 19 2020 00:03 GMT
#2
Been meaning to try to get into bw mapping, now I have an excuse to start/ finish some maps :O
Tlmc14 11th place, Team TLMC3 5x finalist, but most importantly I'm some idiot that makes a lot of maps.
CharactR
Profile Joined January 2020
Canada36 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-20 03:17:00
April 19 2020 11:48 GMT
#3
My first finished map that I've made for Broodwar and submission!

Underworld
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Category: Standard
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More Submissions

Will likely edit more in as I have them

Static Shock
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Category: Standard
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Tlmc14 11th place, Team TLMC3 5x finalist, but most importantly I'm some idiot that makes a lot of maps.
Excalibur
Profile Joined September 2009
United States53 Posts
April 19 2020 15:50 GMT
#4
Heavily considering submitting for this.

I hope Freaky and Jungle both submit, even though they'll certainly have the win on lock, they make the best maps.

Good luck to all.
Whats a 4pool?
Freakling
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1372 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-19 16:04:54
April 19 2020 16:03 GMT
#5
I am not eligible since I agreed to act as judge/advisor for this.
But I hope you submit something :D
And check your PMs ;D
Juanita
Profile Joined March 2020
46 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-22 15:00:52
April 22 2020 14:19 GMT
#6
Map Name: SCIONS KEEP
Map Image[image loading]
Map Category: Standard
Map File (uploaded to discord) https://easyupload.io/yk4znz
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9258 Posts
April 22 2020 16:54 GMT
#7
Sub me in as judge please <3
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Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom11790 Posts
April 28 2020 20:29 GMT
#8
Had some cool submissions so far, not many in the experimental catagory yet though!
FanTaSy's #1 Fan | STPL Caster/Organiser | SKT BEST KT | https://twitch.tv/stpl
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MeIIOw
Profile Joined April 2020
United States56 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-29 01:40:27
April 29 2020 01:38 GMT
#9
Couple of my submissions, waiting for you to accept my friend request @quiks

Charmander 0.7
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Lost Templar 0.4
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Odyssey 0.7
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Blindside 0.2
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remember that time idra was winning and he rage quit?
bovienchien
Profile Joined March 2014
Vietnam851 Posts
April 29 2020 03:49 GMT
#10
These maps are better so much than ASL10's maps. More beautiful and useful at all
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A.Alm
Profile Joined September 2012
Sweden425 Posts
April 29 2020 07:02 GMT
#11
Wow Mellow, these maps look are very beautiful!
M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland1810 Posts
April 29 2020 09:05 GMT
#12
On April 29 2020 10:38 MeIIOw wrote:
Couple of my submissions, waiting for you to accept my friend request @quiks

Charmander 0.7
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Lost Templar 0.4
[image loading]

Odyssey 0.7
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Blindside 0.2
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wow! Absolutely love Charmander and Blindside.

Charmander looks the best from all these and I feel like it can actually work really well and produce some great games.

Will you host a tournament on some of these maps, Qikz?
odi profanum vulgus et arceo
Freakling
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1372 Posts
April 29 2020 10:51 GMT
#13
On April 29 2020 18:05 M3t4PhYzX wrote:Will you host a tournament on some of these maps, Qikz?

On April 19 2020 07:54 Qikz wrote:How will this work?
  • Appointed judges from the community alongside myself will evaluate the entries and decide on the top maps. I aim to select around 10 maps, 5 of each category although this will vary depending on number and quality of submissions.
  • Mappers will then be given 4 weeks to fix any issues found by the judges and decorate the maps.
  • The maps will then be played in a Map Test tournament and will be uploaded and released for people to test publically.
  • We will then host a public vote to decide on 4 maps, 2 from each category to determine the top 4 maps.

I estimate the contest will conclude within 6-8 weeks after the submissions deadline passes.

Additionally there are going to be test game once the initial submission phase is over and we have made sure the maps are in a good enough state to be played.
The ultimate goal is of course to include the best maps in the STPL (and potentially other leagues as well).
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9258 Posts
May 01 2020 19:12 GMT
#14
On April 29 2020 10:38 MeIIOw wrote:
Couple of my submissions, waiting for you to accept my friend request @quiks

Charmander 0.7
[image loading]

Lost Templar 0.4
[image loading]

Odyssey 0.7
[image loading]

Blindside 0.2
[image loading]

I feel like you really enjoy mutalisk micro with how exposed those mineral lines are. Definitely need to consider their impact on balance especially in the current 2h muta heavy ZvT meta.

I feel like a lot of your mineral/gas placements are a bit off and could dramatically impact the mining speed.

Overall, I like the ideas of these maps and would love to watch some games on them.
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M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland1810 Posts
May 01 2020 19:28 GMT
#15
On April 29 2020 19:51 Freakling wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2020 18:05 M3t4PhYzX wrote:Will you host a tournament on some of these maps, Qikz?

Show nested quote +
On April 19 2020 07:54 Qikz wrote:How will this work?
  • Appointed judges from the community alongside myself will evaluate the entries and decide on the top maps. I aim to select around 10 maps, 5 of each category although this will vary depending on number and quality of submissions.
  • Mappers will then be given 4 weeks to fix any issues found by the judges and decorate the maps.
  • The maps will then be played in a Map Test tournament and will be uploaded and released for people to test publically.
  • We will then host a public vote to decide on 4 maps, 2 from each category to determine the top 4 maps.

I estimate the contest will conclude within 6-8 weeks after the submissions deadline passes.

Additionally there are going to be test game once the initial submission phase is over and we have made sure the maps are in a good enough state to be played.
The ultimate goal is of course to include the best maps in the STPL (and potentially other leagues as well).

<3 <3 <3
odi profanum vulgus et arceo
MeIIOw
Profile Joined April 2020
United States56 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-04 00:14:34
May 04 2020 00:11 GMT
#16
On May 02 2020 04:12 FlaShFTW wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2020 10:38 MeIIOw wrote:
Couple of my submissions, waiting for you to accept my friend request @quiks

Charmander 0.7
[image loading]

Lost Templar 0.4
[image loading]

Odyssey 0.7
[image loading]

Blindside 0.2
[image loading]

I feel like you really enjoy mutalisk micro with how exposed those mineral lines are. Definitely need to consider their impact on balance especially in the current 2h muta heavy ZvT meta.

I feel like a lot of your mineral/gas placements are a bit off and could dramatically impact the mining speed.

Overall, I like the ideas of these maps and would love to watch some games on them.



Most of these minerals mine at a competitive rate and are fine. I still have a few to work on and they'll all be golden by final submission.
I understand what you are saying about the current ZvsT mass muta meta; I'll work on them a bit and try to hug the edge of the map more, thanks for your input!

Shoot me a message (MellOw @USWest) if you'd like to play/obs on some of these maps; I'll be hosting and testing them more on west.

Got a couple more submissions I'm gonna post here soon as well.
remember that time idra was winning and he rage quit?
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore50199 Posts
May 07 2020 02:36 GMT
#17
On April 29 2020 10:38 MeIIOw wrote:
Couple of my submissions, waiting for you to accept my friend request @quiks

Charmander 0.7
[image loading]

Lost Templar 0.4
[image loading]

Odyssey 0.7
[image loading]

Blindside 0.2
[image loading]

do you have them available for download?
POGGERS
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9258 Posts
May 07 2020 05:45 GMT
#18
On May 04 2020 09:11 MeIIOw wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2020 04:12 FlaShFTW wrote:
On April 29 2020 10:38 MeIIOw wrote:
Couple of my submissions, waiting for you to accept my friend request @quiks

Charmander 0.7
[image loading]

Lost Templar 0.4
[image loading]

Odyssey 0.7
[image loading]

Blindside 0.2
[image loading]

I feel like you really enjoy mutalisk micro with how exposed those mineral lines are. Definitely need to consider their impact on balance especially in the current 2h muta heavy ZvT meta.

I feel like a lot of your mineral/gas placements are a bit off and could dramatically impact the mining speed.

Overall, I like the ideas of these maps and would love to watch some games on them.



Most of these minerals mine at a competitive rate and are fine. I still have a few to work on and they'll all be golden by final submission.
I understand what you are saying about the current ZvsT mass muta meta; I'll work on them a bit and try to hug the edge of the map more, thanks for your input!

Shoot me a message (MellOw @USWest) if you'd like to play/obs on some of these maps; I'll be hosting and testing them more on west.

Got a couple more submissions I'm gonna post here soon as well.

what I mean is that your natural gas locations seem a bit suspect in a few of these maps. idk if it's just me, but they seem really far from where they should be placed. Maybe it's just an eye trick and they really do mine at a competitive rate, but they definitely look too far for some.
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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10518 Posts
May 07 2020 05:57 GMT
#19
All of these maps look really good, I really like how Lost Templar looks, I want to try it! Play / Obs anyone?
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Ikirouta
Profile Blog Joined November 2017
Finland562 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-08 17:38:06
May 08 2020 05:40 GMT
#20
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Map Name: TsoT
Map Category: Experimental
DMing you mapfiles. Currently version 0.8, will continue editing bugs if I find them.


Tsot (named after a Finnish movie "Tyttö Sinä Olet Tähti" = girl, you are a star) is a semi-island map, made by yours truly. Featuring z-only gas in mains that most of you are familiar with from Sparkle. 5 Players makes for an interesting concept but it was hellish to get the symmetry somewhat decent. It's not perfectly symmetrical but I had to make some concessions because I didn't want main minerals to be siegeable from lowground. Some positional imbalances apply like on every map with (somewhat) rotational symmetry. Middle minerals are 550 each and gases are 1000 each, thus the middle base isn't as big of a deal as one might think. Extensions from mains allow players to control the lowground without commiting to moving their army there. Total bases: 21, most of the map is buildable terrain. PM me if you want to test the map, I'd really appreciate feedback from players who've played the map. I've done some playtesting with friends and clanmates and I've gotta say the games on this map have been really entertaining!
Pusan fan #1, bad sair/reaver enthuisiast. twitch.tv/ikirouta
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