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RaGe
Belgium9947 Posts
Incruit Starleague (3) Plasma (4) Return Of The King + Show Spoiler [Images] + Plasma Return Of The King MSL Byzantium (No DL Link available yet) + Show Spoiler [Images] + Byzantium Proleague TBD | ||
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tracer
Korea (South)693 Posts
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ryung70
Germany227 Posts
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littlechava
United States7218 Posts
On August 04 2008 01:18 ryung70 wrote: thx idra ...? Plasma looks like crap. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
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Narrator
United States868 Posts
Thank you very much. I <3 you! EDIT: Download doesn't work for Return of the King on BNet. I have Chaos with download status on and it doesn't show that at all. It's just blank. My friend has the map and it still says DL. Any fix yet? | ||
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thunk
United States6233 Posts
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OmegaFang
United States156 Posts
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Woyn
United Kingdom1628 Posts
On August 04 2008 01:20 FragKrag wrote: lol @ island expansion in main. its the same ones Namja Iyagi had? | ||
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BlackStar
Netherlands3029 Posts
It doesn't seem that hard to break through those eggs at least with P or T. Sure, you can't rush. But it shouldn't be that much different from a map like Monty Hall. But it won't play like a real island with air units dominating. For that, the Troy idea is better. But how do those small mineral patches relate to gameplay? Why are they there? | ||
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Arg.Iceman
Argentina213 Posts
Yep, looks almost copy/paste. Terrain recycling FTW!  | ||
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Jyvblamo
Canada13788 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
*wonders how much health the eggs have on plasma* | ||
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trollbone
France1905 Posts
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No_eL
Chile1438 Posts
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anderoo
Canada1876 Posts
On August 04 2008 00:59 RaGe wrote: I will keep this thread updated with reliable download links for the new season maps as they get released. It will include an observer version, a training version and a melee version. An image will also be included. Sorry if this is a n00b question, but wtf is a "training version" compared to melee/obs versions? | ||
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Ro[]t
Sweden147 Posts
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Polemarch
Canada1564 Posts
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Boona
Sweden45 Posts
On August 04 2008 02:44 Polemarch wrote: Looks like ROTK is a mix of Namja Iyagi, The Eye, and Wuthering Heights. Probably named after the mapmaker's favorite maps on those tilesets or something. From the other thread: On August 03 2008 18:20 mrmin123 wrote: Link to Fomos article The first part of the article is just talking about the upcoming Starleague. Return of the King: 4인용 맵 ‘왕의 귀환’은 예전 ‘남자 이야기’ 맵을 연상시키는 언덕 중심의 힘 싸움 맵으로 본진을 둘러싼 협곡과 뒷마당에 섬 멀티 활용여부가 경기를 결정짓는 주요 요인이 될 것으로 보인다. The 4-player map 'Return of the King' is an evolution of the old 'Namja Iyagi' map, where the high-terrain center is expected to be the center of action. The valleys surrounding the mains and the 'backyard' island expansion usage are expected to be the primary factors of games on this map. Plasma: ‘플라즈마’는 3인용 시간형 섬맵으로 맵 곳곳을 막고 있는 저그의 에그를 어떻게 파괴하느냐에 따라 색다른 양상의 경기가 나올 것으로 예상된다. Plasma is a 3-player island map with many zerg eggs (chrysalis?) blocking the different routes. It is theorized that the gameplay of the map will change game to game, depending on how the players destroy the eggs to open up new routes. | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
and training version: use Use Map Settings and you can choose which position you want | ||
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Athos
United States2484 Posts
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DragoonPK
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Spellcaster
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On August 04 2008 01:56 BlackStar wrote: But how do those small mineral patches relate to gameplay? Why are they there? I suspect those mineral patches are to allow Zerg players (and others) to move drones across egg fields in the early game. You can stack two SCVs on a mineral patch, and move one through the field. It could be interesting for things like hidden expansions. Protoss and terran could use already well-known pylon or supply depot tricks, or send more than one worker, at their discretion. (I just played with Plasma as Terran and was able to use two scvs to get one across the field on my second try, so I suspect it would work for Zergs and Protoss too.) | ||
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Boona
Sweden45 Posts
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Ra.Xor.2
United States1784 Posts
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Spellcaster
2 Posts
Yeah, completely forgot about that. That means that those walls are totally permeable to workers of all types, so you can scout easily and so forth. | ||
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BlackStar
Netherlands3029 Posts
On August 04 2008 04:09 Spellcaster wrote: just played with Plasma as Terran and was able to use two scvs to get one across I thought about that, but I thought the distances and spaces made that impossible. | ||
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FLaSh_[sdm]
South Africa32 Posts
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Cham
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Tomed
United States176 Posts
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OmegaFang
United States156 Posts
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Lisk
Latvia376 Posts
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OmegaFang
United States156 Posts
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
On August 04 2008 04:41 Cham wrote: Wow, these look pretty neat! Thanks a lot, now I have to start practicing these. Are these small ramps on plasma? Kind of reminds me of 815 just a little. nope, they're the standard doodad from the original map editor | ||
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knyttym
United States5797 Posts
ROTK looks quite good as well, but that narrow path from your nat to your third gas worries me. | ||
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Narrator
United States868 Posts
On August 04 2008 04:09 Spellcaster wrote: I suspect those mineral patches are to allow Zerg players (and others) to move drones across egg fields in the early game. You can stack two SCVs on a mineral patch, and move one through the field. It could be interesting for things like hidden expansions. Protoss and terran could use already well-known pylon or supply depot tricks, or send more than one worker, at their discretion. (I just played with Plasma as Terran and was able to use two scvs to get one across the field on my second try, so I suspect it would work for Zergs and Protoss too.) I don't get what you would need to stack SCVs or pylon/supply tricks for. Can't you just go through the eggs already by clicking the mineral on the other side? Did anyone find a fix for Return of the King, yet? | ||
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afriend
Germany11 Posts
On August 04 2008 05:26 Narrator wrote: I don't get what you would need to stack SCVs or pylon/supply tricks for. Can't you just go through the eggs already by clicking the mineral on the other side? Yes you can move through them by just clicking on the minerals on the other side (just tested it) which could lead to some pretty stupid worker rushes. | ||
thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On August 04 2008 05:00 OmegaFang wrote: IMO that wouldn't really work because you would have to mine out three different mineral patches since there are three entrances to a players "starting section" on the map. I think I heard that each mineral patch has 32 minerals so you would have to be willing to sacrifice mining time back at the main to get rid of all those and still hope that the opposing player isn't able to scout through those areas until you were done. hmmm can zerg place an OL on each patch and prevent the opponent from right clicking on the patch? That might be ubergay~ | ||
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diggurd
Norway346 Posts
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OmegaFang
United States156 Posts
On August 04 2008 06:40 thedeadhaji wrote: hmmm can zerg place an OL on each patch and prevent the opponent from right clicking on the patch? That might be ubergay~ I just tried this and parking an OL over the minerals does not prevent you from right clicking the patch but it does make it just a little bit harder. And yeah I can't play the RotK map either. | ||
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ArnO-
United States258 Posts
On August 04 2008 06:46 diggurd wrote: am i the only one not able to play return of the king? You have to rename the files. The current name of the file is "(4)+++¦ ¦-+»1.0" so just rename it to "Return of the King 1.0" or something and it will work on bnet. | ||
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Narrator
United States868 Posts
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Juanpe
Uruguay283 Posts
Oh and about the scouting problem in Plasma, you just have to select the mineral patch who stands in the other side of the egg wall with you miner and he is going to cross the wall easly. | ||
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Uraeus
France1378 Posts
I guess it gives plenty of room and time to allow creative players to devise new kickass strats and Bos, and this is pretty neat. RotK looks cool too. I'd say mutas and carriers will be deadly there. But the many cliffs should allow T to defend fairly easily in early and midgame. But again, I am a pretty bad map analyzer, so... I hope both maps are balanced anyways. | ||
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jeddus
United States832 Posts
But everyone here probably knows that. | ||
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BlackStar
Netherlands3029 Posts
On August 05 2008 02:13 jeddus wrote: T can easily push troops through eggs by landing their buildings on them... Didn't they make that illegal? | ||
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HooHa!
United States688 Posts
You can wall in with one depot if you want. You can prevent scouting by sending a few scvs to get rid of the minerals, although that just seems pretty tough to do. considering you can scout normal time. i played a couple games against my brother. I was able to get two factories in his portion. i think some building placements will definitely matter to spot these proxies. The land building trick is super easy to do. And you can get a ton of dudes over the eggs. That being said, I think plasma is so awesome already, it will be a map full of awesome games, interesting tactics and creative play. | ||
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jeddus
United States832 Posts
I don't follow the leagues closely enough to know anymore, but it certainly looks cool when it happens. | ||
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Jyvblamo
Canada13788 Posts
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oshibori_probe
United States2933 Posts
On August 05 2008 12:52 Jyvblamo wrote: They can easily fix the landing building trick by just staggering the eggs. Or making unbuildable terrain | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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MaRiNe23
United States747 Posts
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K_ Takahashi
United States203 Posts
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K_ Takahashi
United States203 Posts
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pachi
Melbourne5338 Posts
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