Map of the Month Organization - Page 16

I´ve rewatched that Colossus run, and microed a Colossus ball through the choke a bunch of times: The choke is 4 Colossi wide. In the finals, Protoss had two pylons sat in the choke.Then, the front Colossus stops right next to the pylon to thermalance some Marauder, which leaves a barely 2 Colossus wide choke for the rest to go throughI think dde showed some incredible tactics and micro - using map geography brilliantly!

Flower:

Main & Natural on the same level is something we haven't experimented with that much but I still don't like it. This also means proxy buildings will be harder to scout since you will have to scout your entire main as well as your nat because you don't have a ramp to fall back to to lose vision + have the advantage. Also, I just dislike the highground in the main. It's a very cool feature but I feel having that will allow people to drop units up there then have the high ground advantage to have a place to fall back to. Think about terran dropping 4 marines and a tank up there and being able to say build a bunker up there. Tough stuff to deal with. :x

Neonights:

I like the main, natural and the 3rd. I would prefer if there weren't rocks to the third so if zerg has to get a quick third they wouldn't have to worry about breaking down those rocks to defend it easily. I think the middle is too tough for zerg especially since getting their gold will be almost impossible due to terran/toss taking over the base above the gold then raining hell down. This pretty much forces zerg to take the blue base before the gold which then would be very hard to defend. I think without the rocks and switching up the middle bases would make me like this map a lot more.

Ptolemy:

I absolutely hate the placement of the watchtowers. They give way too much vision to the defender. Suddenly if you have a unit placed at that watchtower you only have to worry about the 2 narrow chokes by your 3rd which is just too great for terran units and collosus/storm. Also, maybe this is just me but I dislike how to get a 4th you have to go into another base. I feel like there should be a 4th in the middle someplace. Seems this map pretty much forces you to 3 base (which is good because 3 base is fine) but it seems if you try to get 4 bases you will have to be so spread out that it will be hard to defend. (then again, maybe that's why the watchtowers are placed where they are to make it easier to defend..hmm?)

Mud Rock:

Originally when this map got posted I loved it, I thought the colors in it where amazing and the layout overall was great as well. But after closer inspection I feel the middle needs to be reworked. I don't see the golds ever getting used because defending them would be extremely difficult. At most I see this getting up to 4 base with no one using the golds. Then again I didn't see all the games on this map so maybe I am wrong, but just overall. Also monitor mentioned in (can't recall if it was here or another thread) but a ton of the main is siegeable. What if a terran turtles up on next to the side of your base. They could do soooo much damage and then you would have to encounter then through the tight choke that follows the sides of your base.

Marshlands:

First off, let me just say that I think 4 player maps make better 1v1 maps then 2 player maps. I like the variation that can be played depending on where you spawn. Cross positions tend to be more macro games where horizontal/vertical positions can be macro games but can also be 1 or 2 base play (more so then cross anyway). I actually enjoy that the whole map is on a 45 degree (like metalopolis etc etc) because I think that makes it look better. My only problem with this map is (and it's tough to do with a 4 player map) is that if you spawn at 4 and 6 and say you are zerg you then have to break down the rocks to quickly expand to a 3rd. That is one of the major downsides with 4 player maps. I like the positions on where the 3rd bases are but I dislike how hard it would be to get a 3rd if you spawn at said positions because you either take time breaking down rocks or expand to the middle of the map. I enjoy the middle with the watchtowers but I also like that if you go the back ways you won't get catch by the towers.I also enjoyed the games that I saw that were played on this map because it usually ended up being much longer, macro games with lots of harass.

Overall:
It come between Mud Rock and Marshlands for me, Mud Rock I think looks better where as Marshlands plays better. Now obviously for which map to vote on I went for the one that plays better because that's what matters.

Hmmm...maybe if Marshlands had the look of Mud Rock.....

Sorry for the long post, but you asked for here, so enjoy! :D