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Krampus
Profile Joined January 2011
United States14 Posts
June 23 2011 00:59 GMT
#121
I have been thinking about this constantly since the new maps were announced. I hope this gets HUGE! Good work!
DirtYLOu
Profile Joined May 2010
575 Posts
June 23 2011 01:18 GMT
#122
Wow this is great !

I hope this can get kinda mainstream so more ppl play it and Blizzard ladder will go to hell, cuz of their stupidity..
http://sc2ranks.com/c/9051/slayersteam/ <-- SlayerS players in Grandmaster !
J_D
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States102 Posts
June 23 2011 02:21 GMT
#123
Great idea! It's alot more fun playing on some of these maps than the normal blizzard ladder deal. Of course, the more people that start playing games on this, the easier it will be to have mostly even matches. As for the whole question of protecting against win-trading, obs cheating, and rank editing, an actual server/client would probably help with this stuff - but even without anything like that I would hope that most people respect the system and realize that its just a game and that you're playing to have fun and/or improve, neither of which cheating helps with.
`Winter
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom19 Posts
June 23 2011 02:32 GMT
#124
This is a really good idea and I hope it happens
PariahDrake
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1 Post
June 23 2011 04:20 GMT
#125
I created an account here just to post in this thread.

I was totally burnt out on Blizzard's ladder. I just couldn't take it anymore.]

Now I have hope. Me and a friend who had pretty much quit playing competitively, only playing customs, are now looking forward to this.

Excellent!

Things I'd love to see:

1) Matchmaking. Yeah, I realize it may be awhile, and this whole thing is in development, but an automated matchmaker would be so awesome.

2) Larger map pool. Or at least, rotate maps frequently. I think that 20 maps is a good pool, but if it has to be smaller, than at least change it up frequently so things don't get stale.

3) No Blizzard maps at all. Hate those. Use player created maps exclusively.

4) Change the name. I know, I'm kinda pissed at Blizz too for their ineptitude, but let's be diplomatic. Make a real name, instead of an insult towards Blizzard (even though they deserve it!) and let's see how popular it can get, and how serious people will take it.

Thank you so much for doing this, and good luck.
''The Tao that can be named, is not the Tao"
nvs.
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada3609 Posts
June 23 2011 05:37 GMT
#126
This is awesome, the channel has really started to pickup. My two friends and I will be using this a lot now, hopefully I can keep spreading the word.
Khao
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada58 Posts
June 23 2011 05:42 GMT
#127
Excuse my ignorance, but how exactly would a match maker work for this system? If it is possible, totally badass.
TheAmazombie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States3714 Posts
June 23 2011 05:44 GMT
#128
Great idea here. I appreciate the work you guys put into this. I would love to see iccup Match Point added. I wish that map was used more.

Thanks for the maps and I will try this out when I get a chance!
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. -Charlie Chaplin
Ponyo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1231 Posts
June 23 2011 05:50 GMT
#129
Support --

Hope it works out well
ponyo.848
dudecrush
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada418 Posts
June 23 2011 05:54 GMT
#130
When this gets big I will play it more then the Blizzard ladder. Those new maps look TERRIBLE...
Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
June 23 2011 05:56 GMT
#131
I doubt you can auto-matchmake, but finding matches in chat channels was never really that bad. Just took a bit more time. It worked fine for ICCUP no reason it shouldn't work for this.
Valeia
Profile Joined June 2011
5 Posts
June 23 2011 06:24 GMT
#132
On June 22 2011 12:35 wattabeast wrote:
Weren't Typhon, Shakuras, Metalopolis, and XNC made by blizzard? Or am I just having an old person moment. If they are maybe you could consider adding maps from Map of the month, or other maps such as neo enigma, or other ICCUP maps. Jus an idea... sounds great to me


The above maps were remade for GSL etc, and are very very similar. But have things like no close position spawns, and some have supply depots built & lowered on various ramps to prevent various types of Wall in's.
fenner
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United Kingdom163 Posts
June 23 2011 08:08 GMT
#133
Would be awesome if you teamed up with iCCup, just giving the maps that name would make it 100x more popular
Zerg Strategy & Stuff www.youtube.com/fenn3r
simansh
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
257 Posts
June 23 2011 08:08 GMT
#134
It's a good initiative, but it'll be hard to maintain a solid playerbase without marketing or something.
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NaldoR
Profile Joined November 2010
Singapore2198 Posts
June 23 2011 08:45 GMT
#135
Could someone explain to me how ICCUP worked? i never played BW on ICCUP...
Keiras
Profile Joined January 2009
Czech Republic57 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-23 08:56:38
June 23 2011 08:46 GMT
#136
On June 23 2011 17:08 simansh wrote:
It's a good initiative, but it'll be hard to maintain a solid playerbase without marketing or something.

Well, all it really needs is a tournament with a decent prize pool, which adapts this ladder as qualification grounds for players. The bigger the tournament the better. But at this point, any tournament would be enough.
angrybacon
Profile Joined March 2010
United States98 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-23 10:48:34
June 23 2011 10:30 GMT
#137
If anyone here knows PHP and wants to help, please shoot me a PM

We need a webdev!
Creationism
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
China505 Posts
June 23 2011 11:48 GMT
#138
This is the best idea ever. A realistic and meaningful ladder and ranking system is what made the iCCup bw experience.
The hoi polloi is the plague upon the world.
Sinok
Profile Joined November 2010
Israel38 Posts
June 23 2011 12:17 GMT
#139
So these maps aren't on the eu server huh.
linduxed
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden111 Posts
June 23 2011 12:23 GMT
#140
First of all I'd really like to see this on the EU region.

Secondly, I really think there should be more iCCup maps in the pool. The iCCup map pool is a greatly overlooked source for good maps.
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