Loving the new maps, judging from the pictures.. but I'm sure they aren't all butterflies and rainbows either, there are bound to be a few imbalances.

DarkRise

1644 Posts

February 04 2011 04:42 GMT

#62

On February 04 2011 13:37 RifleCow wrote:
Wow, so blizzard didn't add the GSL maps. Well all hope is now lost.

They won't since they aren't blizzard's lol

Headshot

United States1656 Posts

February 04 2011 04:42 GMT

#63

ffs blizzard. :/

Gentso

United States2218 Posts

February 04 2011 04:43 GMT

#64

On February 04 2011 13:41 Jibba wrote:
Jesus, those rush distances...

Yeah some of them seem really short. :|

sickoota

Canada918 Posts

February 04 2011 04:43 GMT

#65

Still chock full of useless rocks...

Ursadon-n-Pals

United States928 Posts

February 04 2011 04:43 GMT

#66

On February 04 2011 13:40 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
I got this when I logged on. I can log onto SCII-1 and it selects my old PTR acct. When I select SCII-2 it is a totally different account...

Editing

Yeah, I got this too. I hope it is an option for a second account/smurf and not just something they are using in the PTR. It keeps all real id friends but not other character code added friends.

ZeromuS

Canada13412 Posts

February 04 2011 04:43 GMT

#67

Two different map pools is the first step to an sc2 iccup style ladder i
Like in bw which I don't think blizzard wants.

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES51289 Posts

February 04 2011 04:43 GMT

#68

I remember Testmap5 from Blizzcon'08 lol.

Megaliskuu

United States5123 Posts

February 04 2011 04:43 GMT

#69

YESSSSS

FortuneSyn

1826 Posts

February 04 2011 04:43 GMT

#70

bliz seems to like very open naturals and ramps a mile away

will be interesting to see what comes out of this tho...

TelecoM

United States10834 Posts

February 04 2011 04:43 GMT

#71

oh my god!! those new test maps look so good!! i'm so excited !! zomg !!! Blizzard <3

THankyoU!!!

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

February 04 2011 04:43 GMT

#72

On February 04 2011 13:43 BLinD-RawR wrote:
I remember Testmap5 from Blizzcon'08 lol.

Are you serious? lol,....

imareaver3

United States906 Posts

February 04 2011 04:44 GMT

#73

Weird trend towards medium rush distances that become super-short when the rocks go down. Map 5 has literally a 3 second rush-distance main to main after the rocks go down. We'll need to play it first, of course, but I can see massive problems like that. Namely, Protoss can 2-base turtle to a deathball, then walk into the Z's main, win the engagement, and then kill all the main, natural, and tech before the Z can remax. Hopefully, that spawn was disabled.

Comma20

Australia138 Posts

February 04 2011 04:44 GMT

#74

"OMG BLIZZARD MAPS SUCK"

...

Map 5 is effectively iCCup Python...

RifleCow

Canada637 Posts

February 04 2011 04:44 GMT

#75

Blizzard had the solution put right in front of them. Everyone agrees the biggest problem in SC2 right now is maps and if Blizzard added the community's competitive maps with a thumbs up choice instead of thumbs down then the game would be infintely better than its current state.

inFeZa

Australia556 Posts

February 04 2011 04:44 GMT

#76

they look.... disappointing.

Glaxx

Germany31 Posts

February 04 2011 04:44 GMT

#77

Yey, these change on LT sounds good to me. I liked this map in general, but i hate(d) the cliffdrops and the close position.

Condor Hero

United States2931 Posts

February 04 2011 04:44 GMT

#78

On February 04 2011 13:39 GTR wrote:
too many rocks.
also thank you blizzard for further alienating the community and yourselves.

seriously blizzard has a creepy ass love affair with putting as many fucking rocks on maps as they possibly can.

the only way some of these maps can be good as i see it is if they had the shakuras thing where you cant spawn close positions

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

February 04 2011 04:44 GMT

#79

Anybody knows if some of these maps have fixed / forced spawn position, like Shakuras?

sqrt

1210 Posts

February 04 2011 04:44 GMT

#80

Is it just me or does TestMap1 looks like Lost Temple without the cliffs?
Map 2 and 5 look awesome though.
If cross-positions Map 4 may be good.

Overall nice maps, can't wait for the change.