I really like the flow of Cloud and how the natural and 3rd still interact with the main base. To often the third base is just hanging out there in the middle of no-where waiting to be picked offer or denied. I also like the expanding routes of attack as the game progresses. And limited empty airspace to hide drops, banshees and mutas. I hate maps where there huge areas where you can't even get vision without a flying unit.

Idnan

54 Posts

December 19 2011 19:31 GMT

#142

I'm so glad that Sanctuary made it! It kinda reminds me of this one brood war map with its bridges (forgot its name [shame on me]) Overall we shall see how they will play out in the long term, but so far they all seem REALLY good.

dezi

Germany1536 Posts

December 19 2011 19:51 GMT

#143

Such a close decision but GG Superouman - i really, really like your map. It's just amazing and it think the TLMC als whole just pushed mapping to a new state of th art

Paper117

United States210 Posts

December 19 2011 19:52 GMT

#144

Congrats to the winners! I'm really glad that they had the SC2 community has provided a way for its members to compete in more ways than just direct game play. This has been a really interesting contest.
But you know the best part of this contest? Everyone wins! The whole community can enjoy the fruits of this competition.

prodiG

Canada2016 Posts

December 19 2011 23:20 GMT

#145

On December 20 2011 04:31 Idnan wrote:
I'm so glad that Sanctuary made it! It kinda reminds me of this one brood war map with its bridges (forgot its name [shame on me]) Overall we shall see how they will play out in the long term, but so far they all seem REALLY good.

Tao Cross?

YesEvil

Australia44 Posts

December 20 2011 09:59 GMT

#146

Maps look great, When I first saw 2nd place I mistook it for Belshier Beach, on closer inspection realised it was really different.

Jongl0

631 Posts

December 20 2011 19:31 GMT

#147

Ohana was my favorite but Cloud Kingdom is nice too.

Malpractice.248

United States734 Posts

December 20 2011 19:36 GMT

#148

didnt cloud have the really thin higher grounds, that would give advantage to t/p vs z? o.o
edit * with extremely limited flanking options, and ez mode FFS if u push along the edges...

TheOGBlitzKrieg

United States346 Posts

December 20 2011 22:54 GMT

#149

these all look so awesome, now if we could only get it to where i could play these maps without a partner... i'm tired of playing custom games on the shattered temple

RaiZ

2813 Posts

December 21 2011 00:51 GMT

#150

I'd like to say, thank you for making this map contest and thank you all for giving us so many playable maps.
I couldn't be happier than having to play a lot of differents maps instead of the same ones over and over again.

Seriously there's nothing more fun than playing with our practice partners with so many differents maps.

Keep up the good work really

RulesofWar

United States5 Posts

December 23 2011 08:56 GMT

#151

This map contest was awesome, I really hope Cloud ends up in the B-net ladder. Definitely looking forward to the next map contest.

Bulkers

Poland509 Posts

December 23 2011 08:59 GMT

#152

How to take 3rd on Cloud Kingdom?

Randomaccount#77123

United States5003 Posts

December 23 2011 13:34 GMT

#153

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Zurroh

Canada12 Posts

December 23 2011 14:08 GMT

#154

On December 23 2011 22:34 Barrin wrote:

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with an army :D

if this was on reddit i would upvote this like crazy!

wOrD yO

Australia119 Posts

December 23 2011 18:13 GMT

#155

maps look sweet i hope we can see them introduced into tournament play, nether the less ill still play them.

NewSunshine

United States5938 Posts

December 23 2011 21:09 GMT

#156

On December 24 2011 03:13 wOrD yO wrote:
maps look sweet i hope we can see them introduced into tournament play, nether the less ill still play them.

I personally think Blizzard's biggest possible mistake to make would be not using the winning maps. If not all 5, then the top 2 or 3. These maps are all excellent on a level that Blizzard's maps have yet to achieve, and they all have their own distinctive style, which makes for a much more interesting map pool. Don't get me wrong, Blizzard's been trying to improve their forthcoming maps with their latest 2 entries, but the maps that won this are just on another level.

I sincerely hope Blizzard uses the winners, and eventually holds another contest as well. The announcement of this contest provoked the largest influx of new maps I've ever seen. There can be no denying at this point that we want our work to be noticed. Congratz again to all the winners!