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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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Been meaning to try to get into bw mapping, now I have an excuse to start/ finish some maps :O
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My first finished map that I've made for Broodwar and submission!
Underworld
+ Show Spoiler +Category: Standard![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/DJAiBEm.jpg)
More Submissions
Will likely edit more in as I have them
Static Shock
+ Show Spoiler +Category: Standard![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/5MgeoAa.png)
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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.
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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
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United States10231 Posts
Sub me in as judge please <3
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Had some cool submissions so far, not many in the experimental catagory yet though!
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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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These maps are better so much than ASL10's maps. More beautiful and useful at all
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Wow Mellow, these maps look are very beautiful!
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On April 29 2020 10:38 MeIIOw wrote:Couple of my submissions, waiting for you to accept my friend request @quiks Charmander 0.7 Lost Templar 0.4 Odyssey 0.7 Blindside 0.2
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?
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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).
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On April 29 2020 10:38 MeIIOw wrote:Couple of my submissions, waiting for you to accept my friend request @quiks Charmander 0.7 Lost Templar 0.4 Odyssey 0.7 Blindside 0.2
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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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
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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 Lost Templar 0.4 Odyssey 0.7 Blindside 0.2 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.
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On April 29 2020 10:38 MeIIOw wrote:Couple of my submissions, waiting for you to accept my friend request @quiks Charmander 0.7 Lost Templar 0.4 Odyssey 0.7 Blindside 0.2
do you have them available for download?
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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 Lost Templar 0.4 Odyssey 0.7 Blindside 0.2 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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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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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!
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Reminds me of this map.
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Well Estrella had a similar concept (main as islands and connected lowground), but imho they arent really alike.
I have to say I like rOutas map (without being biased as he is my clanmate), because it is different from most maps. Needs a lot of playtesting and balancing though...
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Charmander is sick!!! Well done !!! 
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Excited to see all of the submissions. Will all of them be posted and voted or will we vote on what the judges choose?
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Glad to see the one and only Freakling is judging a map contest, I haven't been able to follow TL news in a long time, but now I see this, I just want to submit some of my old maps, LOL.
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On May 21 2020 12:45 MeIIOw wrote:
Excited to see all of the submissions. Will all of them be posted and voted or will we vote on what the judges choose?
`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.`
From the OP :D
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So far it's Myself, Freakling, FlashFTW and I think Alyssa. If anyone else would like to help let me know. If it helps and there's anyone still wanting to submit I can extend the deadline slightly if needs be.
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For Marshmallow Toast, can tanks from the high ground pods shoot down to the low ground bases?
For Gates of Memphis, can workers glitch through the crystalis to the top right bases? also, I'm a bit worried about how much of the main is exposed to the middle of the map, maybe some unpathable terrain to give more protection to the main? This map feels like it might turn into Protoss Plains.
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I sent you a couple last minute submissions. if the deadline is pushed please let me know!
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mellow had some interesting maps in the past, would be worth it; stpl does
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Couple more of my last minute submissions that i forgot to post here!
Most are pretty raw/undecorated. Will be finished if they make the selection! 
Let me know what you think!
(2)APEX 0.0001
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(2)BLUE LAGOON 0.9
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(2)Crystal Castle (Experimental - 96x64)
Most of the low minerals are 16 minerals a peice so you have to mine out your main to create room. Small like blood bath, yet 4 pool cant work! Really needs a little bit of time put into it, but you get the concept. Could be interesting.
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(2)Desert Dweller
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(4)Neo Python 0.2
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(6)Aftershock 1.34 (Blizzard Classic Revamp)
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Has the application period ended?
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Ok from this moment on we will be accepting no more applications.
I need to collate all the applications we have and will update here when the judges have made a decision! If you have messaged me on discord about your map please poke me so it makes them easier to find for me <3
Gosomi, I'll accept yours as well just because we want as many maps to choose from as possible
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On May 29 2020 21:17 MeIIOw wrote:Couple more of my last minute submissions that i forgot to post here! Most are pretty raw/undecorated. Will be finished if they make the selection! Let me know what you think! (2)APEX 0.0001 (2)BLUE LAGOON 0.9 (2)Crystal Castle (Experimental - 96x64) Most of the low minerals are 16 minerals a peice so you have to mine out your main to create room. Small like blood bath, yet 4 pool cant work! Really needs a little bit of time put into it, but you get the concept. Could be interesting. (2)Desert Dweller (4)Neo Python 0.2 (6)Aftershock 1.34 (Blizzard Classic Revamp)
wow, Desert Dweller looks AWESOME! I would love to see some games on it. Doesn't look too crazy but it's still very unique. Good Job.
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On May 02 2020 04:12 FlaShFTW wrote:
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 the minerals arent all buffed out. If any make the cut, I will make them nice and efficient!
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On May 31 2020 18:21 Qikz wrote:
Ok from this moment on we will be accepting no more applications.
I need to collate all the applications we have and will update here when the judges have made a decision! If you have messaged me on discord about your map please poke me so it makes them easier to find for me <3
Gosomi, I'll accept yours as well just because we want as many maps to choose from as possible
Thank you very much.
If I can't check for updates quickly, send me an email, thank you.
dsjka101@naver.com
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Forgot to post a pic of the last map I submitted...!
Excited for the next phase
(2)RoadRunner
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