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Interview with Mapmaker of Neo-Sylphid & Eclipse - Page 2

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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
May 02 2021 17:50 GMT
#21
Great interview. Thanks for sharing.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
AleXoundOS
Profile Joined January 2011
Georgia457 Posts
May 02 2021 19:20 GMT
#22
On May 02 2021 22:05 Freakling wrote:
If LatiAs or any other Korean map makers (or players/fans, but maps are mostly downloaded by other map makers) still have some map files it would certainly be a good idea to upload them to BWMN, for example, or at least share them via file hosting.

Maybe upload here: https://repmastered.app/maps.
https://bwapi.github.io - An API for interacting with Starcraft: Broodwar (1.16.1)
PVJ
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Hungary5221 Posts
May 02 2021 22:23 GMT
#23
Thank you for doing this interview!
The heart's eternal vow
JungleTerrain
Profile Joined January 2012
Chile799 Posts
May 02 2021 23:48 GMT
#24
Ha, I remember 10+ years ago going on Intothemap and taking a look at maps there. I feel like I had seen some of these maps by Achernar or at least maps that look very similar. I was so sad when the site went down But it's funny to know that Korean mapmakers (or at the very least Latias) were looking at Bwmn back then.

I would say one of my biggest failures as a mapmaker is not taking the time to look at EVERY match that happens on my maps and learning from it. There's been many times where I just make a map and I just don't care (usually because of reasons outside of BW) or when I do care I don't know when/where my maps are being used. I'll definitely try to do this more going forward...

Great interview.

My one question is: how come Achernar's maps never made it into any sort of league or anything if he was considered a "legend"? Or is that just from hindsight?
www.broodwarmaps.net
Freakling
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1529 Posts
May 03 2021 00:54 GMT
#25
On May 03 2021 08:48 JungleTerrain wrote:
Ha, I remember 10+ years ago going on Intothemap and taking a look at maps there. I feel like I had seen some of these maps by Achernar or at least maps that look very similar. I was so sad when the site went down But it's funny to know that Korean mapmakers (or at the very least Latias) were looking at Bwmn back then.

I would say one of my biggest failures as a mapmaker is not taking the time to look at EVERY match that happens on my maps and learning from it. There's been many times where I just make a map and I just don't care (usually because of reasons outside of BW) or when I do care I don't know when/where my maps are being used. I'll definitely try to do this more going forward...

Great interview.

My one question is: how come Achernar's maps never made it into any sort of league or anything if he was considered a "legend"? Or is that just from hindsight?

Because Kespa map making was mostly a closed system, I guess.
Furthermore a problem with most Korean maps and map makers, back then and even today, and I would also argue even more than in the foreign scene, actually, is that they are maps made for map makers, not for players to a high degree. Look at the example maps posted in the OP and you can clearly observe for each of them how they are more representations of abstract concepts rather than meant to be serious attempts to make a map that is actually balanced and plays well.
True_Spike
Profile Joined July 2004
Poland3426 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-05-03 08:07:32
May 03 2021 08:07 GMT
#26
That's very interesting, thank you for the insight into the korean map making scene!
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4027 Posts
May 03 2021 10:01 GMT
#27
Amazing interview
The Galaxy map by Achernar is an absolute masterpiece too. Wowza.
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thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
May 03 2021 10:31 GMT
#28
Great interview. Thanks for making it happen!
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-05-03 14:17:22
May 03 2021 14:15 GMT
#29
The gifs of the map creation process are fascinating. Here are the webm's for anyone who wants to pause them like me
Neo-sylphid
Eclipse
RandomPlayer
Profile Joined April 2012
Russian Federation400 Posts
May 03 2021 15:10 GMT
#30
Only came to read because I thought it was "maphacker"..
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Szinkler
Profile Joined July 2018
Hungary394 Posts
May 03 2021 19:46 GMT
#31
Really nice interview, thank you!
mtcn77
Profile Joined September 2013
Turkey591 Posts
October 23 2021 08:14 GMT
#32
Thanks for the interview. I wish him best of luck. Neo Sylphid, ftw!
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