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Fasterfood
Canada166 Posts
If Blizzard is giving us access to these maps now, they've probably been working on them for a while. These maps were likely developed before the GSTL maps were announced and Blizzard wants us to see them. Also, the new GSTL maps haven't been tested much yet, so they probably shouldn't be on the ladder. If they turn out to be well received, then sure add them to the ladder. But for now I think the maps need more testing. | ||
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
On February 04 2011 13:43 BLinD-RawR wrote: I remember Testmap5 from Blizzcon'08 lol. Testmap1 looks like the map we played at Blizzcon'07 (I think it was in the map pool in 08/09 as well). I just remember thinking it was the new Lost Temple, but then the beta came out and there was an actual Lost Temple. I wonder which map was made for SC2 first. | ||
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
On February 04 2011 13:55 GTR wrote: there were destructible stuff in bw maps, but they weren't for blocking expansions, they were used well, like blocking secondary paths and allowing the user an optional building (that can be later destroyed) to narrow the size of their choke. And then there is neo arkanoid, which is so silly! | ||
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Deltablazy
Canada580 Posts
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Mutarisk
United States153 Posts
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aike
United States1629 Posts
On February 04 2011 13:55 GTR wrote: there were destructible stuff in bw maps, but they weren't for blocking expansions, they were used well, like blocking secondary paths and allowing the user an optional building (that can be later destroyed) to narrow the size of their choke. Not completely true, Kespa maps had blocked expos all the time. Most common map ever... Python... lol. Also Grand Line, I'm sure there's more but those are the 2 coming to mind where they blocked expos. | ||
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grandkai
Canada71 Posts
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Tabbris
Bangladesh2839 Posts
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iGrok
United States5142 Posts
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On February 04 2011 13:57 aike wrote: Not completely true, Kespa maps had blocked expos all the time. Most common map ever... Python... lol. Also Grand Line, I'm sure there's more but those are the 2 coming to mind where they blocked expos. minerals aren't destroyed; they're mined :/ | ||
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WniO
United States2706 Posts
On February 04 2011 13:51 Onlinejaguar wrote: These new maps look pretty uninspired. They all look basically the same, small chokes to the main and bigger chokes to the natural all with hard to take 3rd's............ look at test map 2. easy to take third as its guarded and the entrance is facing your base. says the guy who promotes the same maps that are 5+ years old. mmk. On February 04 2011 13:51 Onlinejaguar wrote: These new maps look pretty uninspired. They all look basically the same, small chokes to the main and bigger chokes to the natural all with hard to take 3rd's............ just because they are 4 player maps and have roughly the same starting locations != same layouts. they are all varied when you actually look at em. | ||
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Al Bundy
7257 Posts
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Karthane
United States1183 Posts
The new LT is definetely an improvement, i dont think anyone can complain. The maps in general are much larger but with that blizzard made some mistakes The naturals are really far away from the chokes, and also on some of the maps it seems like a third is really hard to take. One of the main things i really like about the GSL maps is that on most of them the third is relatively easy to take. But on some of these blizzard maps your third is completely out of the way. Meh. | ||
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kvn4444
1510 Posts
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Gentso
United States2218 Posts
On February 04 2011 13:58 iGrok wrote: these aren't ladder maps. Blizzard isn't that stupid. Of course they are potential ladder maps, why else would they be on PTR labelled as test maps? | ||
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Slivered Skin
Canada347 Posts
Testmap1: It looks like they're tried to tune down Terran superiority by making the islands accessible by ground and removing the cliffs...although close distance still appears to be fairly brutal. The middle looks quite empty and large, though. Probably good for Terran on close, good for Zerg on cross, bad for Protoss in most situations. Testmap2: Geared towards midgame timing pushes. The rocks in between close positions should prevent most early Terran tomfoolery, but there just aren't enough viable expansions for the late game. Testmap 3: I'm really unsure about this map. It looks fantastic for tanks and force-fields, with PFs at the gold being able to give you so much map control. I don't like it. The potential dynamic of it almost reminds me of Jungle Basin. Testmap4: I hate it, to be frank. It looks like they want people to build their simcity outside the main, and the chokes on close positions look brutal. It also looks *tiny*. Maybe it'll be like Shakuras where certain spawn locations are blocked, but still...and the number of expansions is crazy-small. Ick. Lots of one-base cheese and two-base timing pushes inbound. Testmap5: Reminds me of a shittier remake of Shakuras or something. Expanding is a hassle no matter where you spawn, and if they allow close spawning, we'll have to deal with even more of that backdoor rocks BS except with closer distances. Joy. I guess the only one that I really, well, don't dislike is the remake of LT. And it's still horrible. I wonder which maps they'll remove to move these maps in. I'll have to start thinking about my new downvotes. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
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Benjilol
Australia244 Posts
Gotta think positive!  | ||
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
On February 04 2011 13:59 WniO wrote: says the guy who promotes the same maps that are 5+ years old. mmk. What? 0.o | ||
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Caelixx
United States283 Posts
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