Not neccesarily. There are many expos on BW maps that have minerals only. I think the point is so it is a toss up between more minerals or some minerals and more gas when expanding. Suddenly it is a tactical choice instead of a rush for the gold.

mierin

United States4943 Posts

January 19 2011 19:26 GMT

#822

Close position (ground) Meta really needs to be written out, like the ones on Shakuras. Wonder which of the "mystery maps" is gonna be the one pulled?

WickedBit

United States343 Posts

January 19 2011 22:12 GMT

#823

I think Meta is a very good map but the close position suffers due to short rush distance and no viable third. I think instead of taking it out of the pool or something drastic, the best thing to do is for some map maker to enhance meta by stretching the middle area and converting the expansion in the bottom and top middle into two expansions. This will increase the rush distance between the bases and provide for a third which will be about as hard to take as the second is right now.Another enhancement that can be done is increasing distances between the close by air bases and adding an island expansion on each side.
I think these might change how this map plays enough to make it good in all positions. I would do it but I lack the editor skills to make these changes

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Not sure what can be done to LT though. Maybe edit it such that only cross position and close by air spawns are possible ?

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10373 Posts

January 20 2011 05:13 GMT

#824

About the Crossfire SE map, can someone point out any other changes besides the main's ramp to the natural being smaller? (now the size of any ramp on a standard map like LT, instead of 1 size larger in Blizz's)

thanks in advance

monitor

United States2409 Posts

January 20 2011 06:50 GMT

#825

On January 20 2011 14:13 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
About the Crossfire SE map, can someone point out any other changes besides the main's ramp to the natural being smaller? (now the size of any ramp on a standard map like LT, instead of 1 size larger in Blizz's)

thanks in advance

These are the changes I know:

-Main's ramp made 1x standard size
-3o'clock and 9o'clock expansions smaller
-middle side paths smaller (to expos)
-primary ramp to center high ground widened (1side, the original was asymmetrical)
-doodad trees added in unpathable areas

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Healingproof

Sweden81 Posts

January 20 2011 11:52 GMT

#826

LOL even pre nerf terran, protoss and zerg won every gsl. So to make sure that it keeps going that way, they remove SoW DQ and JB or LT(I'm guessing the 4th map is). They replace them with huge maps which not a single one of them as a cliff at its natrual. But they decide to keep Shakuras and Scrap station? xD wow.. Terran just isn't meant to be a choice anymore it seems ^^

brain_

United States812 Posts

January 20 2011 17:15 GMT

#827

On January 20 2011 20:52 Healingproof wrote:
LOL even pre nerf terran, protoss and zerg won every gsl. So to make sure that it keeps going that way, they remove SoW DQ and JB or LT(I'm guessing the 4th map is). They replace them with huge maps which not a single one of them as a cliff at its natrual. But they decide to keep Shakuras and Scrap station? xD wow.. Terran just isn't meant to be a choice anymore it seems ^^

Look how many Terran players there are in the last few rounds of every GSL...

January's semis are TTTP and the Code A finals are TvT.

Phanekim

United States777 Posts

January 21 2011 03:35 GMT

#828

war idra! lol

DirtYLOu

575 Posts

January 21 2011 05:31 GMT

#829

There is like 1 good zerg to 20 good terrans lol and people are complaining that zerg is OP lol

Siwa

91 Posts

January 21 2011 14:49 GMT

#830

Just hope not every map is a macro map. That would be boring also!

Variety for the win.

sqrt

1210 Posts

January 22 2011 06:03 GMT

#831

Blizz, add those to the map pool, GOM is your partner!

ihavetofartosis

1277 Posts

January 22 2011 06:59 GMT

#832

Are you serious? Lets have a little look at the GSL semi-final numbers...

Season 1: TTTZ
Season 2: TTTZ
Season 3: TTPP
Season 4A: TTTT
Season 4S: TTTZ

Yep, sure does look like Terrans haven't had much success.... oh wait....

Ribbon

United States5278 Posts

January 22 2011 11:51 GMT

#833

On January 20 2011 20:52 Healingproof wrote:
LOL even pre nerf terran, protoss and zerg won every gsl.

Those are the only three races in the game....

hitman133

United States1425 Posts

January 22 2011 13:45 GMT

#834

Sorry but can I download these maps to play offline ? Thanx

Goldfish

2230 Posts

January 23 2011 05:14 GMT

#835

On January 21 2011 23:49 Siwa wrote:
Just hope not every map is a macro map. That would be boring also!

Variety for the win.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind one or two small maps thrown in. Though in BW (in big maps), even big maps had 5 minute cheeses and all-ins (Shield Battery rush, proxy barracks, etc) so even if all the maps were big, there can still be plenty of variety.

Mutaahh

Netherlands859 Posts

January 23 2011 20:36 GMT

#836

On January 22 2011 20:51 Ribbon wrote:

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Those are the only three races in the game....

read better lol

hugedong

United States510 Posts

January 23 2011 21:30 GMT

#837

This post will give a few people brain damage.

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10373 Posts

January 23 2011 22:38 GMT

#838

Cool, thanks monitor

Geez even looking at those two pics for the things you mentioned, it is hard to notice them xD

Xeph

Korea (South)191 Posts

January 24 2011 13:02 GMT

#839

NEW Candidate Map.

Merry-Go-Round(custom, 회전목마, KR available) by winpark

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Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

January 24 2011 15:39 GMT

#840

Without having played any of the maps I must say that I like the maps from winpark the most. If rushdistances/openness for this last map work, the simplicity of it is ingenious.