TL Map Contest Results - Page 6

On November 10 2011 02:18 dezi wrote:
Alright, would like to share 2 of my submissions with the correspondig feedback so everyone see how and what they judged.

One Must Fall
pic: http://i.imgur.com/tOvHZ.jpg (large)
Feedback:
One Must Fall had the problem of isolating too many bases in easily defendable positions - except for the low mineral base in the center (which would have had to be changed anyway ). Essentially you are able to zone out lots of these bases with minimal units. Things like PFs, mass cannons/sentry etc become a lot stronger in these situations. Further, while the multiple paths was a good idea, personally I think they could be emphasized more - for me there isn't too much reason to kill the rocks since (in most cases) I can get around without doing so just fine.
Map Thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=192107

Lunar Station
pic: http://i.imgur.com/aAYXN.jpg (large)
Feedback: Lunar Station is a very good map. The first issue was the gold, where it's located makes it similar (in a way) to XNC i.e. planting a PF there is very very good for a Terran - more so than on XNC. The expansion layout, otherwise, was very well done. The split down the middle in addition to forcing you to expand outwards we felt would lead too much towards a counter attacking/base racey type game. That was basically the reason we didn't take it. But like I said, it did very well.



So i would assume Layout >>> rest. That's why this Lagoon map everyone is complaing about is in

On November 10 2011 02:17 Snijjer wrote:


I thought this statement was pretty clear allusion to Haven's Lagoon.

"Dedication, talent will only take you so far. A bit of luck and fun-factor is something you need but can´t control."

Am I missing something?

On November 10 2011 02:23 Johanaz wrote:

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Dedication & talent will take you 90% of the way. In order to create a hit you need something extra, something you can´t control.

On November 10 2011 02:12 Diamond wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

Gratz to everyone, and I am so glad a non-teamed mapper got in the finals, it's good for all the aspiring mappers!

On November 10 2011 02:22 chuky500 wrote:
This contest feels like another iteration of the Motm contest : nothing new under the sun. Ever wondered why people are bored with the ladder maps ? Because they kind of all play the same. Then why pick maps in the same vein ? Blizzard asked Teamliquid to find new concepts and innovative gameplay, maps with insight. Instead TL just picked maps that look standard, which is what Blizzard could already do.

Making people vote for bland maps is useless, I don't think I'll take part in the vote. Or I'll just vote for Superouman because he's french.

On November 10 2011 00:44 Mereel wrote:
i dont know...im pretty speechless now.

''the very best that the community could offer.'' that is like the worst statement ever and doesnt show what the mapmaking community is capable off doing. i really thought u would use some pro players to test the maps. tl has his own team, is it really that hard to ask them for something important like that.

burning altar, ohana, cloud kingdom and twilight peaks are totally ok. i still would have choose others though
what i dont get is first of daggoth crater had a beautiful korhal texture before, why would u ever want to change that in something shitty like that, and present it like that. thats horrible for the community, same goes for sanctuary.
there are so much jokes about the belshir tileset in the community for a good reason. it looks boring as fuck! especially on sanctuary...no effort put into it at all. i dont want to look at it, i dont want to play on it, i dont want to see it on a stream because im gonna fall at sleep when i do.

ok last map havens lagoon, actually i dont know what to say really. first of, there is a reason that there are mapmaking teams. to get help from other talented mapmakers to make our maps better, learn from each other, get better testing.
so i cant understand why a random person that i never heard about ever get into the top7. and im in the mapmaking com since the beta so i know what im talking about.
the layout is propably done in half an hour and and never put much thought into it. the aesthetics are the worst i ever seen, border design non existent and all the small things at the layout that makes it look bad and 'feel' bad.
i can say with all my experience this map should never be here, you have to make maps for a long while to get really good at it, and this guy is not. no excuses here.

give it to some experiened mapmaker to reshape and retexture and redoodad it before u showcase it in a tournament. i dont want to be a part of that community if that map is one of our best to offer. that just a huge fucking joke or a bad dream. i dont understand it.

propably more later FUCK OFF

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