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The top three worst maps of all time

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SCRVN
Profile Joined June 2024
135 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-07 11:51:29
December 07 2025 11:07 GMT
#1
3. Dominator

This map is the best map for wasting our time. Most games end after 25 minutes. On this map, you can't easily win or lose.

2. Radeon

It’s similar to Fighting Spirit, but worse because there's no center base. At least this map isn't unbalanced because of spawn locations.

All things to do on this map is take 3 bases, turtling at 200/200 and then combat in the center map like 2 children enjoying the game. And why do I have to play on Radeon map while I use NVIDIA GPU?

1. Fighting Spirit

Your spawn location affects the result of the game too much, which makes the map very unbalanced. How can you win when you spawn at 1 o'clock and your opponent is at 5 o'clock?

Your third base is very close to your opponent, but their third base is very far from you. If you take your third base at 12 o'clock, you won't have an internal path to defend, it's too unfair.

Remember, even your main base is still more vulnerable to drop than your enemy's. Fighting Spirit is absolutely terrible to play, especially on ladder.

WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE MOST BORING SEASON OF ALL TIME!
starcraft remasteredvn | Other StarCraft Tournaments
Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France7986 Posts
December 07 2025 11:34 GMT
#2
Someone doesn’t remember Blue Storm, where tvp would end up in draws half of the time because attacking through the middle was a complete suicide.

But yes, Fighting Spirit not being retired is baffling.
The fellow who is out to burn things up is the counterpart of the fool who thinks he can save the world. The world needs neither to be burned up nor to be saved. The world is, we are. Transients, if we buck it; here to stay if we accept it. ~H.Miller
iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1673 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-07 12:49:44
December 07 2025 12:42 GMT
#3
I still could barely understand your choice had you removed the term "all time" from your thread title. If you talk about "all time", well I would recommend Neo Blaze, and please tell me if you prefer this map over the ones you mentioned. There was a day we actually played on that. To me, this one takes the gold by a large margin.

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No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere, I see Heaven's glories shine, And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear
[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium6812 Posts
December 07 2025 14:08 GMT
#4
On December 07 2025 21:42 iFU.pauline wrote:
I still could barely understand your choice had you removed the term "all time" from your thread title. If you talk about "all time", well I would recommend Neo Blaze, and please tell me if you prefer this map over the ones you mentioned. There was a day we actually played on that. To me, this one takes the gold by a large margin.

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Do you need to understand that his top 3 favorite maps are Sparkle , Inner coven and Third World.
Kraekkling
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
624 Posts
December 07 2025 14:26 GMT
#5
what
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LUCKY_NOOB
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Bulgaria1519 Posts
December 07 2025 15:06 GMT
#6
Imagine if you will there was a way to discard ANY 3 maps you don't like (no matter how wrong ur reasons may or may not be)!?

I don't understand how 3 maps can affect your laddering? Unless there are other maps you hate.

For me it's great to see maps I know, because I rarely ladder. So if it's a completely new map it's confusing. I've had the most fun games on Fighting Spirit! It's quite balanced as far as the statistics go afaIk.

Also the GPU comment makes no sense to me, so please elaborate. ^_._^
ko-fi.com/luckynoob
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3445 Posts
December 07 2025 15:21 GMT
#7
On December 08 2025 00:06 LUCKY_NOOB wrote:
Imagine if you will there was a way to discard ANY 3 maps you don't like (no matter how wrong ur reasons may or may not be)!?

I don't understand how 3 maps can affect your laddering? Unless there are other maps you hate.

For me it's great to see maps I know, because I rarely ladder. So if it's a completely new map it's confusing. I've had the most fun games on Fighting Spirit! It's quite balanced as far as the statistics go afaIk.

Also the GPU comment makes no sense to me, so please elaborate. ^_._^


Radeon is an AMD GPU so i think it s just a joke that the syntax somewhat murdered. It is the least extreme part of the post tbh ^^
Horang2 fan
SCRVN
Profile Joined June 2024
135 Posts
December 07 2025 16:00 GMT
#8
On December 07 2025 21:42 iFU.pauline wrote:
I still could barely understand your choice had you removed the term "all time" from your thread title. If you talk about "all time", well I would recommend Neo Blaze, and please tell me if you prefer this map over the ones you mentioned. There was a day we actually played on that. To me, this one takes the gold by a large margin.

If you know you need certain skills to play this great game, you will understand why we should compete on maps like Neo Blaze. Because if everything is handed to you easily, where are your skills?

When I was a kid, I used to type Show me the money in every game, I played Protoss to vs Computer. I don't do that anymore, and you?


starcraft remasteredvn | Other StarCraft Tournaments
RJBTVYOUTUBE
Profile Joined December 2023
Netherlands1125 Posts
December 07 2025 17:03 GMT
#9
On December 07 2025 20:07 SCRVN wrote:
3. Dominator

This map is the best map for wasting our time. Most games end after 25 minutes. On this map, you can't easily win or lose.

2. Radeon

It’s similar to Fighting Spirit, but worse because there's no center base. At least this map isn't unbalanced because of spawn locations.

All things to do on this map is take 3 bases, turtling at 200/200 and then combat in the center map like 2 children enjoying the game. And why do I have to play on Radeon map while I use NVIDIA GPU?

1. Fighting Spirit

Your spawn location affects the result of the game too much, which makes the map very unbalanced. How can you win when you spawn at 1 o'clock and your opponent is at 5 o'clock?

Your third base is very close to your opponent, but their third base is very far from you. If you take your third base at 12 o'clock, you won't have an internal path to defend, it's too unfair.

Remember, even your main base is still more vulnerable to drop than your enemy's. Fighting Spirit is absolutely terrible to play, especially on ladder.

WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE MOST BORING SEASON OF ALL TIME!




Dominator and Radeon are statistically two of the most balanced maps ever made. They are great maps and create great games. Reallt unbased take to call them the worst. Players lose before 25 on dominator pretty much all the time. 25min+ games are factually more rare than ever with the present day map pools.
JDON MY SOUL!
LUCKY_NOOB
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Bulgaria1519 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-07 18:51:06
December 07 2025 18:49 GMT
#10
On December 08 2025 00:21 WGT-Baal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2025 00:06 LUCKY_NOOB wrote:
Imagine if you will there was a way to discard ANY 3 maps you don't like (no matter how wrong ur reasons may or may not be)!?

I don't understand how 3 maps can affect your laddering? Unless there are other maps you hate.

For me it's great to see maps I know, because I rarely ladder. So if it's a completely new map it's confusing. I've had the most fun games on Fighting Spirit! It's quite balanced as far as the statistics go afaIk.

Also the GPU comment makes no sense to me, so please elaborate. ^_._^


Radeon is an AMD GPU so i think it s just a joke that the syntax somewhat murdered. It is the least extreme part of the post tbh ^^


Oooh ur right.. Flew way over my head that one. I HATE logos on maps in SC2 cuz they are really intrusive. But that one I would have never detected it on my own.. Probably would not have affected me subliminally even.. ^_._^

SCRVN vs RJB GRUDGE MATCH WHEN?
ko-fi.com/luckynoob
RJBTVYOUTUBE
Profile Joined December 2023
Netherlands1125 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-09 12:11:52
December 09 2025 12:08 GMT
#11
pro games from cwal duration on dominator from a random amount of games I've downloaded.

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JDON MY SOUL!
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28747 Posts
December 09 2025 12:56 GMT
#12
On December 07 2025 23:08 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2025 21:42 iFU.pauline wrote:
I still could barely understand your choice had you removed the term "all time" from your thread title. If you talk about "all time", well I would recommend Neo Blaze, and please tell me if you prefer this map over the ones you mentioned. There was a day we actually played on that. To me, this one takes the gold by a large margin.

[image loading]


Do you need to understand that his top 3 favorite maps are Sparkle , Inner coven and Third World.


three fantastic maps!

But 'of all time ' definitely doesn't work. I played back when this
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was actually used in competitions.
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RJBTVYOUTUBE
Profile Joined December 2023
Netherlands1125 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-09 16:25:29
December 09 2025 16:25 GMT
#13
On December 09 2025 21:56 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2025 23:08 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote:
On December 07 2025 21:42 iFU.pauline wrote:
I still could barely understand your choice had you removed the term "all time" from your thread title. If you talk about "all time", well I would recommend Neo Blaze, and please tell me if you prefer this map over the ones you mentioned. There was a day we actually played on that. To me, this one takes the gold by a large margin.

[image loading]


Do you need to understand that his top 3 favorite maps are Sparkle , Inner coven and Third World.


three fantastic maps!

But 'of all time ' definitely doesn't work. I played back when this
[image loading]
was actually used in competitions.

best ever map created of the all time
JDON MY SOUL!
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4387 Posts
December 12 2025 00:16 GMT
#14
He picked 3 good maps.What about DMZ or Demons forest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
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