12 base rotational 4 player maps are just so hard to do because right now the game hinges on having a close third but a long rush distance. Basically impossible in SC2.

Gl!tch

United States573 Posts

February 12 2012 05:00 GMT

#43

So much congratz for you guys, making it into the ladder has got to be the biggest goal for any mapmaker, ever.

godulous

United States337 Posts

February 16 2012 00:49 GMT

#44

If I keep adding ESV maps to my tournament map pool and Blizzard keeps adding them to the ladder it's going to look like I'm just copying the ladder map pool.

+ Show Spoiler +

Joking aside, these maps are amazing and deserve the attention they got from Blizzard. I can't wait to see what's next from the ESV team.

Whatson

United States5356 Posts

February 16 2012 00:54 GMT

#45

Big props on making the most fun maps I've played on in a LONG time- Cloud Kingdom, Ohana, Mists are already some of my favorite maps

Just asking, do you guys specialize in 2player maps, or do you also do 4player maps?

Timetwister22

United States538 Posts

February 16 2012 01:25 GMT

#46

We also do four player maps, Monitor just hasn't posted them in here yet :p

Ruscour

5233 Posts

February 16 2012 02:02 GMT

#47

Is it the opinion of anyone in the team that it's a lot more difficult to make 4 player maps? It seems that positional imbalance in SC2 is so important that most 4 player maps might as well be 2 player maps because they're always forced cross spawn.

neobowman

Canada3324 Posts

February 16 2012 02:11 GMT

#48

On February 16 2012 11:02 Ruscour wrote:
Is it the opinion of anyone in the team that it's a lot more difficult to make 4 player maps? It seems that positional imbalance in SC2 is so important that most 4 player maps might as well be 2 player maps because they're always forced cross spawn.

The general consensus is that it's harder to make a unique 4 player map than 2 player map. It's not impossible, but it's harder.

DanishViking

Denmark9 Posts

February 16 2012 13:52 GMT

#49

Sick team!

monitor

United States2404 Posts

May 06 2012 19:44 GMT

#50

Thread has been seriously updated.

Tournament Maps:
Sanshorn
Calm Before the Storm
Cloud Kingdom
Korhal
Ohana
Vicious
Frigid Pass

New Maps (not yet used in tournaments):
Afterglow
Sidewinder
Tanzanite
Discord
Helios
Spring
Avalon

algue

France1436 Posts

May 06 2012 19:51 GMT

#51

ESV discord is a great map ! Good job !
Discord is used by the ESL ( or zotac I can't remeber ) I so Millenium Dragon play a tournament game on it
The game was short but very fun to watch !

ArcticRaven

France1406 Posts

May 06 2012 20:09 GMT

#52

James Jacky Bond

Xxio

Canada5565 Posts

May 06 2012 21:01 GMT

#53

Ooh, I like Afterglow and Spring looks good for mech.

p.s. What do you guys think of bright tilesets vs. dark ones? Some maps, while they might be great, are just dark and difficult to watch as a spectator. Then a bright map like Ohana comes up and I'm like "aahh!"

monitor

United States2404 Posts

May 06 2012 21:04 GMT

#54

On May 07 2012 04:51 algue wrote:
ESV discord is a great map ! Good job !
Discord is used by the ESL ( or zotac I can't remeber ) I so Millenium Dragon play a tournament game on it
The game was short but very fun to watch !

Is it possible to find out which? We had no idea somehow

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On May 07 2012 06:01 Xxio wrote:
Ooh, I like Afterglow and Spring looks good for mech.

p.s. What do you guys think of bright tilesets vs. dark ones? Some maps, while they might be great, are just dark and difficult to watch as a spectator. Then a bright map like Ohana comes up and I'm like "aahh!"

Personally, I like maps to differ in their aesthetics. Often people think about a map in terms of the aesthetics- Shakuras is glaringly obvious because of its blue textures, Antiga is the dirt/space map, Daybreak is the metal space map, etc. Of course maps are most known for their layouts, but the aesthetic theme is associated with spectators too. In terms of dark and light tilesets, I like lighter ones because they're easy to watch, but darker are sometimes necessary for diversity (see Metropolis, Cloud Kingdom).