List maps I would to play on the ladder

On February 19 2021 05:16 ox.tQ wrote:
I think blizzard should have kept at least three standardish/popularly accepted maps in the new season's map pool: eclipse, polypoid and sylphid, for example, after removing fighting spirit and circuit breakers, which had been in previous seasons for a long time and with 1-2 other maps, offered a minimum of 3-4 standard maps to all players.

Doesn't make sense to remove those two maps and throw in so many newer/different maps (benzene, optimizer, ringing bloom, shakuras temple and plasma). I'm pretty sure most players would have appreciated having at least three standardish maps (maybe even four). Also, plasma was a complete waste of a map to include in the pool, as it is probably vetoed by many people.

On February 19 2021 05:16 ox.tQ wrote:
I think blizzard should have kept at least three standardish/popularly accepted maps in the new season's map pool: eclipse, polypoid and sylphid, for example, after removing fighting spirit and circuit breakers, which had been in previous seasons for a long time and with 1-2 other maps, offered a minimum of 3-4 standard maps to all players.

Doesn't make sense to remove those two maps and throw in so many newer/different maps (benzene, optimizer, ringing bloom, shakuras temple and plasma). I'm pretty sure most players would have appreciated having at least three standardish maps (maybe even four). Also, plasma was a complete waste of a map to include in the pool, as it is probably vetoed by many people.

On February 19 2021 12:49 Highgamer wrote:
I learned the game on the good ol' ICCUP-mappool, and the ones that kept on getting hosted (or that I hosted) constantly will always have a special place in my heart (despite some of them horribly balanced).
FS, CB, EC, SniperRidge, Jade, Colo, Aztec, Matchpoint, Tau Cross, Ground Zero, Andromeda...

I think, for a beginner, it was good that there were enough more or less "standard" maps (4 player, highground base, normal natural, more or less accessible 3rd), not too finicky or complicated, that you could opt for to grind games on in a stable 'environment'.

The size of the pool was/is great, too. I'm not sure about the current Bnet-system of locking people into a handful of maps for the whole season...

Also the Map of the Week-feature of Iccup was GREAT, sort of highlighting a handful of maps every week by making you gain more ladder-points if you won on those. I used that all the time to inspire/force me to learn a new map now and then.

On February 19 2021 21:48 maybenexttime wrote:
I think it'd be great if we had two standard maps and one non-standard for each size. Say, Eclipse, Overwatch and Monty Hall for 2p, Sylphid, Reap the Storm and Turbine for 3p, and Polypoid, Shakuras and Katrina for 4p.

On February 19 2021 11:30 CaucasianAsian wrote:
Can we also add Azalea, Gaia, R-Point, Rush Hour 3, and Dahlia of Jungle?