Me (A rank Protoss) and RatatataTeNG (A rank Terran) played 3-4 games on every map. We decided on the Top 4 maps together, so it might make sense to count the vote twice, but that is your decision of course EDIT: Rata's votes were posted by ox two posts below.
Top 4 list:
#1 GOOD NIGHT
High ground natural vs low ground, but the high ground extends a bit further so you have to decide between staying in natural choke vs going out and using high ground advantage.
Center is reasonably open with decent flanking and maneuverability.
#2 Wavelet
Very different playstyle required depending on the positions of the players: If both spawn left or right, there is no low ground between the players, if one spawns right and the other one left, the attacker has to fight vs a high ground.
#3 Augustgrad
Many height differences in the center. Rewards good army positioning, especially in early to mid game.
#4 Mayday
Distance and layout of the third base seems interesting.
Bridges to the center hub lead to little bit harder army movement but reward the player with good flanking and attack paths.
Unfortunately I didn't get to look through these as thoroughly as I might have liked,I've been busy but I get my votes in time this way right? I wonder why Static was removed? I played on that map a couple of times and thought it was decent.. I also played on Sanctuary and Terraform so they get to make my list.
Big thanks to all the map makers who spent countless of hours working on their maps for this competition. Many maps that you see now received 50 hours of attention or more in the map editor. The four maps that receive the most votes here will be polished and prepared for the next stage of the series - play testing!
A note of gratitude is owed to the map makers who have been helping on the administration side of things and mentoring and providing feedback to other map makers.
Lastly, viewers and commentators of this thread deserve special recognition. It meant a lot to map makers that you all visited this thread with your eyes and voted on the maps and even sometimes provided valuable feedback.
Map making, map makers and map talk are somewhat marginalized within BW content, so this was a real treat for map enthusiasts! Thanks for supporting.
So the top four maps from this vote make it into the next stage. As a reward for making it into the next round, each finalist map will be featured in a separate prize single elimination tournament. Meaning an entire tournament on just one map! Top foreigners have been invited to participate in the tournaments, and there are prizes for the winning players! It will be a single elimination format, I believe, with 8 players, all bo5s and a final bo7.
Each tournament will be broadcasted in a single stream event throughout June. Each week one tournament will be broadcasted, and the first stream event of tournament #1 is planned for Saturday June 5. We contacted and invited most active S rank players, and some have agreed to participate in the tournaments.
The reason for featuring only S rank level players in these events is that they are the most experienced and knowledgeable players, and we wish to see how they respond/adapt to/perform on/evaluate these maps, and so it makes sense for them to be in the tournaments. It is also a reward to the map makers who spent countless of hours developing these maps for top competitive play. We wish to attract more map makers to the community with this kind of incentive system as well. Lastly, I think S rank level names are more likely to attract viewers and interest, which is important insofar as this event series is all about shedding light on a very marginalized aspect of BW - maps, map making and map makers! So we are also aiming to contribute to public education, awareness and dialogue over maps by 'riding the wave' of more established, known player names.
Map makers, however, have discussed the possibility of organizing tournaments with lower rank players on the (8) maps that did not make the final four cut. Those might be organized and broadcasted in the future, and they will be unrelated to the official format of this specific NWMC 1st edition.
Very disappointed Terraform did not make the cut.. I was sure it will, considering the showmatches and all.. well, that sucks because GOOD NIGHT did not impress me at all.. ;/
Thanks for the contest anyways. Maybe next time don't let the dude suddenly drop out in the middle though, I feel lik that screwed up a lot of the votes that people casted..
Hope for some great games in the upcoming map test tournaments. Cheers
"Map makers, however, have discussed the possibility of organizing tournaments with lower rank players on the (8) maps that did not make the final four cut. Those might be organized and broadcasted in the future, and they will be unrelated to the official format of this specific NWMC 1st edition."
really hope this will happen. It was way too close not to give the 5th and 6th place the chance to shine.
There are so many maps similar each other. I know you need to create balance maps. But that thing doesn't require so we have many maps in a tournament.
Organizer will choose favorite maps for each race Terran, Protoss, Zerg and more maps for all. Normally, a map will favorite for 2 races. I think map makers should do creative more. Don't afraid of imbalance, there were imbalance maps very well in OSL, MSL. Example: Plasma, Crimson Isles, Neo Vertigo, Sin 815, Detonation, Desert Fox, Heartbreak Ridge, Benzene...
On June 05 2021 10:12 bovienchien wrote: There are so many maps similar each other. I know you need to create balance maps. But that thing doesn't require so we have many maps in a tournament.
Organizer will choose favorite maps for each race Terran, Protoss, Zerg and more maps for all. Normally, a map will favorite for 2 races. I think map makers should do creative more. Don't afraid of imbalance, there were imbalance maps very well in OSL, MSL. Example: Plasma, Crimson Isles, Neo Vertigo, Sin 815, Detonation, Desert Fox, Heartbreak Ridge, Benzene...
I agree with you.. but this is a STANDARD map contesta ^^
Here's the VOD to the second broadcast of play-test games on different semi-finalist maps. Timestamps included in the YT description for anyone interested
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