holy shit they must have fired the entire map design team from the last two seasons

because the concept is completely different now.

And bringing back Hunters was probably the most brilliant unexpected move of all. Epic!

SpiZz

112 Posts

March 25 2008 08:05 GMT

#123

Seems like korean mapmakers hate zergs. Fucking cliffs

Naib

Hungary4843 Posts

March 25 2008 08:10 GMT

#124

BGH for next season please. Or Fa$$$te$$$$t Po$$$$$$$łiBlEh uLTrA blau eDiTiON 1337.

ChaosKnight

United States819 Posts

March 25 2008 09:10 GMT

#125

Hunters FTMFW!

Scaramanga

Australia8090 Posts

March 25 2008 09:25 GMT

#126

gj boys, thanks for the info

lifesoheavy

13 Posts

March 25 2008 09:29 GMT

#127

it's amazing !!!!!hunters returns,,,,,

aeronexus

United States392 Posts

March 25 2008 09:30 GMT

#128

ooo hunters eh? seems like a pretty big departure from what they usually have, but it'd be pretty cool to see it played if they decide to keep it. the 1v1s do look a bit bland tho, a little too macro-heavy perhaps :\

(lol nice sig, Scaramanga)

gg_hertzz

2152 Posts

March 25 2008 10:02 GMT

#129

for the first time ever i'm actually interested in 2v2, all thanks to hunters. im anticipating a lot of a mazing games on hunters.

Spenguin

Australia3316 Posts

March 25 2008 10:51 GMT

#130

Othello, Siege tanks and vulture support for defense of mineral and second gas.

2Pacalypse-

Croatia9503 Posts

March 25 2008 11:27 GMT

#131

you'll notice the cliffs on this version of hunters are undroppable, they put minerals up there

http://www.bghers.com/bgh-specials/yao-ming-s-tank-drops-t163.html

ZooG

Sweden618 Posts

March 25 2008 11:30 GMT

#132

always fun with a little new blood.. hopefully we'll see some intresting matches at the maps that get through the "cut"

Freezard

Sweden1011 Posts

March 25 2008 11:59 GMT

#133

Hannibal seems to lead to longer 2v2 games and Hunters could be fun, but too rush oriented. But yeah there are so many places to hide stuff or expand so it'll be interesting (unless April's joke).

Always nice with new 1v1 maps too, thanks!

arbiter_md

Moldova1219 Posts

March 25 2008 12:48 GMT

#134

I like the Colosseum. It seems interesting with position of third expansion, with the safe mineral only near it. I think it favors long time games with multitasking, which we all like to see.

maybenexttime

Poland5556 Posts

March 25 2008 13:11 GMT

#135

Is that a Sunken Colony in front of the natural choke on Colosseum?

pyrogenetix

China5094 Posts

March 25 2008 13:12 GMT

#136

Andromeda looks cool

hunters? april fools?

Daigomi

South Africa4316 Posts

March 25 2008 13:27 GMT

#137

On March 25 2008 22:11 maybenexttime wrote:
Is that a Sunken Colony in front of the natural choke on Colosseum?

You're right, the high qualify version allows you to see a sunk infront of each main. I fail see what effect it would have though, since there's only a very small area where sunks can be built behind it. I cannot figure out the purpose of the sunk at all

Edit: Just to let everyone know, I think these maps have great potential to be balanced, much more than previous season's maps. I think there are potential issues, but these maps look very good, and I think the issues can be overcome.

o3.power91

Bahrain5288 Posts

March 25 2008 13:33 GMT

#138

Thx for the write up. Looking forward to how the new maps will be played. Once again looks like balance is an issue T_T

crazie-penguin

United States1253 Posts

March 25 2008 13:47 GMT

#139

The sunken colony allows Zerg to defend their choke easier (no need to make a hatchery, sine the creep is already there), since the natural isn't anywhere close to their choke into the main.

Daigomi

South Africa4316 Posts

March 25 2008 13:53 GMT

#140

I get that penguin, but you can't build around the sunken, you can only build in a very small line behind the sunken which means that anything you build there will be unsuited to defending a proper attack, which is why I am confused.