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United States33553 Posts
Was browsing PGR21.com as usual, came across some tidbits. All the links are in Korean, so don't bother if you can't read them.
First...
http://www.fighterforum.com/news/news_read.asp?cat=ISS&idx=23485
The map Haunted Forest might be on it's way out of the current OSL. The pro teams have expressed their displeasure with the map, in particular the trees in the middle causing units to become stuck under certain circumstances (vultures planting mines, lurkers burrowing/unburrowing in close proximity with other units). OGN is looking into replacing the map mid-season.
Some other posts I've read suggest the map makers were aware of these problems during testing, but OGN approved of the map anyway.
Second
http://itnews.inews24.com/php/news_view.php?g_menu=020500&g_serial=308113
Gretech, the makers of GomPlayer and GomTV, and sponsors of the MSL are interested in becoming a producer and broadcaster of their own progaming content. Already having a studio of their own, they plan to hold a 16 man invitational tournament of the league winners + top kespa rankers of 2007. They are also said to be interested in the broadcasting rights to the proleague, currently shared half and half by OGN and MBCGame.
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argh, Haunted Forest looked like an interesting map, sad to hear there were some bugs =(
Also, what's up with Gretech? Do they have a TV-channel or are they looking to broadcast solely over the internet?
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51540 Posts
Thanks for the news Wax, interesting about Gretech now wanting to host their own channel/events, probably will be a failure like CJ Superfights though.
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wow cool about the Gretech event and stuff and sad to hear about Haunted Forest and there used to be a failure for CJ Superfights? never knew that
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This means more new maps right? HURRAY!
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Maybe we'll see "Haunted Field" soon.
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United States5262 Posts
I think they should at least remove SOME trees, that forest is WAYYY too crowded.
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If you've actually played Demon's Forest, there are a fuckload of expansions.
edit: i hope they dont remove it, but modify it it heavily, like put an eleveated area in the middle (peaksy style)
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never was a fan of demon forest..
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On January 21 2008 16:06 jkillashark wrote:
I think they should at least remove SOME trees, that forest is WAYYY too crowded.
yeah my unit pathing always gets messed up 
boo gretech
daum > gretech ><
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United States33553 Posts
On January 21 2008 15:55 GTR-2-Go wrote:
Thanks for the news Wax, interesting about Gretech now wanting to host their own channel/events, probably will be a failure like CJ Superfights though.
amusingly enough, I think CJ is the majority shareholder in Gretech by a gigantic margin
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On January 21 2008 16:31 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2008 15:55 GTR-2-Go wrote:
Thanks for the news Wax, interesting about Gretech now wanting to host their own channel/events, probably will be a failure like CJ Superfights though. amusingly enough, I think CJ is the majority shareholder in Gretech by a gigantic margin
haha thats funny, maybe CJ is trying to launch its gaming channel through a different company.
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HonestTea
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On January 21 2008 16:31 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2008 15:55 GTR-2-Go wrote:
Thanks for the news Wax, interesting about Gretech now wanting to host their own channel/events, probably will be a failure like CJ Superfights though. amusingly enough, I think CJ is the majority shareholder in Gretech by a gigantic margin
CJ has 24.5%, which is the largest share to a single entity. (Second: the CEO of Gretech, with 10.1%
However, in terms of CJ (24.5) versus the Gretech executives (35.8% all together) CJ's not really in a place to be calling the shots.
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Interesting news. Thanks for the update..
Do the trees cause miss chance without foliage, btw? Or are they just there to limit vision?
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
yeah fuck demons forest looked like a piece of shit
but wouldn't it be so unfair for the people that had to play on it -_-
like yellow[arnc] and rock and w/e -. -a lol
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Melbourne5338 Posts
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
They will probably keep the map untill the ro16 is over then bring back fantasy (i presume)
The map is fucking hard to play on though =/
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invite old schools!
and bisu!
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51540 Posts
On January 21 2008 18:33 f10esqftw wrote:
Fantasy would be worse
atleast it doesnt have alot of trees which glitch units
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United States7488 Posts
Top16 KeSPA will be an amazing tournament. Any champions will likely be in the top 16 though already. It'll be like WCG Korea, but with less chaff (not to say that 17-22 are chaff, but top 16 is just so much power.
Also sad to hear bad news about Demon Forest. Hopefully they just modify the map to help pathing rather than chuck it all together. Don't expect a new map though, they will bring in a previously used (and likely fair) map to replace it if they do.
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why not just edit the map so there are trees but they don't disrupt movement? should be easy to do with some of the advanced map editors. the trees will still provide cover and disrupt line of sight, but they won't disrupt movement.
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is awesome32277 Posts
I would take the glitching middle in Demon's forest over Katrina.
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i like the idea of "haunted forest" lol. i think the map is still usable if we stop being a tree hugger and support the paper industry.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
On January 21 2008 20:01 IntoTheWow wrote:
I would take the glitching middle in Demon's forest over Katrina.
NO WAI
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I agree, take away demon forest and bring PYTHON T_T
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51540 Posts
Bringing back a generic, four-player, Luna like macro map?
FUCK NO
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On January 21 2008 20:32 DragoonPK wrote:
I agree, take away demon forest and bring PYTHON T_T
haha oh gawd no!
Just put some more space in between. I tought the trees idea was really cool but without the trees it looks kinda crappy and too organised. I tought it was more random wich would have been a lot cooler.
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You could make the forest smaller so that there are clean ways around it. Then you could actually use the forest to hide.
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I was more hoping for a new KT-KTFesque tournament with everyone playing everyone. Top 16 KeSPA sounds nice anyway. Thanks for the news!
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at least python was balanced
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On January 22 2008 01:20 fusionsdf wrote:at least Python was balanced
Please
Look at the stats
All the Matchups were 40/60%, it was a Terran map, the number of the mirror matches prove it
56 TvTs on Python
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bring back DMZ gogogogogogo
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just spread the trees out more... make them two large units apart instead of one. I really don't want to see that map go just yet.
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On January 21 2008 18:59 GTR-2-Go wrote:atleast it doesnt have alot of trees which glitch units
Well, I guess I don't know how bad things glitch.. I was just thinking that sometimes vultures got stuck for a couple seconds or something, but they will even do that sometimes going around buildings or other units anyways.
If it's worse than that, then it might be a big deal, but the spawn imba on Fantasy just pisses me off...
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Honestly i think they should just remove some of the trees, i think this map is really cool and innovative, and opens up a lot more strategies that we haven't seen before (i mean he went fcking parasite!! xD badass!) ..thats my two cents.
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