[Map] (4) Valhalla by prodiG - Page 3

prodiG

Canada2016 Posts

October 07 2010 06:32 GMT

#41

On October 07 2010 15:14 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
CONGRATS PRODIG!!!

Vahalla deserves that award. It's been the most consistent map in the iCCup map pool by far.

Thanks Diamond! I'm really happy about it ^_^
excellent bump!

dimfish

United States663 Posts

October 07 2010 06:35 GMT

#42

Wow, congratulations prodiG! Ha, you should've bumped! At least throw a little "medal" on the OP or something.

baskerville

541 Posts

November 10 2010 11:16 GMT

#43

realy possibly my favorite
for what thats worth
just think you should free up with the textures, they work as a scrambling effect on the player
for instance, you should not make all pathways so easily scannable for the player
it adds to the drama

prodiG

Canada2016 Posts

November 10 2010 19:37 GMT

#44

On November 10 2010 20:16 baskerville wrote:
realy possibly my favorite
for what thats worth
just think you should free up with the textures, they work as a scrambling effect on the player
for instance, you should not make all pathways so easily scannable for the player
it adds to the drama

The pathways are easily scannable because I wanted the map to be easy to understand. I created this map when custom maps were accepted by the community even less than they are now so that aspect was crucial in its design.

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

March 21 2011 12:53 GMT

#45

I never really liked this map that much (boring Jungle textures and the old mineral only I didn't like). But since Saturday's Justin.tv Invitational I think otherwise. Maybe that has to do with Socke picking that map vs Brat_Ok, Cloud and some other terran and winning at it ^^

Anyway, first of all the version on EU is outdated and still has mineral only without the gas.
And then I saw two concerning things when watching replays yesterday:

+ Show Spoiler [Bunker at natural] +

First thing is the Bunker position for Bunker pressure in TvZ on Zerg's natural, especially if Terran spawns clockwise from Zerg. I think then the Bunker behind the minerals is just too good. Rush distance are not very long and you can easily reinforce the Bunker when spawning clockwise from Zerg as I said.
Also the possible Bunker positions differ quite a lot depending on the spawning position. I know that this might be a problem with mineral patches being 2x1 sized, but considering that 2 rax Bunker pressure is the most important TvZ opening you should try to fix this.

Pictures:
+ Show Spoiler [Pictures] +

5o'clock - no space for Bunker behind mineral line
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2o'clock - space for a Marine/SCV behind Bunker
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7o'clock - space for a Marine/SCV behind Bunker
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11o'clock - no space for Marine/SCV behind Bunker
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+ Show Spoiler [Natural wall-off] +

Second thing is the wall-off of the path to the natural with the LOS blockers.
At the 5o'clock position I could wall off with 2 ebays+a depot but at every other position I had to use 3 ebays.
+ Show Spoiler [Pictures] +