MotM May - Submissions - Page 8

NewSunshine

United States5929 Posts

May 21 2012 22:29 GMT

#141

On May 22 2012 07:26 Gfire wrote:
Well, maybe the polls should be posted in like general forum or something to get a better public opinion.

I like this idea, along with multiple rounds of voting, to go along with the segment idea. This might actually be a good way to give more attention to MotM in general, if only to the rest of the TL community. That idea actually gets me somewhat excited.

robodonut

8 Posts

May 21 2012 22:34 GMT

#142

On May 22 2012 07:26 Gfire wrote:
Well, maybe the polls should be posted in like general forum or something to get a better public opinion.

I support this idea.

Also, a little nitpicky, but could we get direct links to the maps actual thread (where available) instead of just the submission post? Analyzer output, etc. could be useful in deciding these things.

Gfire

United States1699 Posts

May 21 2012 22:39 GMT

#143

Of course, I wouldn't walk tournament organizers coming and picking up bad maps with a lot of votes, if the public polls got a lot of attention.

Namrufus

United States396 Posts

May 21 2012 22:47 GMT

#144

okay, I'll modify this, maybe repost the polls in sc2 general, give me a couple of minutes.

what do you guys think is better: 4 polls with a top 12 poll (3 finalists from each segment) (less chance for randomness due to groupings of maps)
or 5 polls with a top 5 or 10 poll (1 or 2 finalists from each segment) (more exciting finalist poll with less maps)
something else?

edit: maybe another poll for best visuals?

edit: I'll go with 4 polls with 12 finalists I think.

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about map threads, the version of the map that people vote for should be the one that was submitted to MOTM imo, the version in the map threads may change. most people provide links to the map thread in their post.

edit 3: the new poll is below, I'm going to double check it, then repost it on the sc2 general forum

Namrufus

United States396 Posts

May 21 2012 23:23 GMT

#145

Unofficial MOTM May 2012 Poll

Here are the 29 submitted maps, in the order of submission in this thread:
map images are spoilered, map names link to the map submission post in the MOTM thread - check there for more information on each map, take a look at the map threads.

group 1
Fantazy by Fen
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Nature's Hold by erazer
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Rindou by Anomaly
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Agria Rock by Jasin Ali
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Abandoned Junkyard by Ksw
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]
Golden Valley by Gfire
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Aiur Refuge by Rife
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group 2
OZz Vaha by eTcetRa
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Jungle Drum by Samcai
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Prophets Passage by Sidian
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Alpha Y by Lunit (Anfractuous on Bnet)
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Heartbeat by SiskosGoatee
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VR by NewSunshine
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Abode by Namrufus
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group 3
Opernicus RE by th0t
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Shomem by Mosko
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TPW Pegasus by lefix
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Neon by Scorp
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Psychosurgery by Timmay
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Rainbow Road by lovablemikey
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Dark Shines by Artic Raven
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group 4
Reactor by Oshovah (Aunvilgod)
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TPW Silver Sands by Meltage
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Delta-v by robodonut
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Cracked Cell by Rynik
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TPW Alamar Depths by Icetoad
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Burning Straits by RFDaemoniac
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Fields of Strife by Apom
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TPW Doomsday by Ragoo
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and here are the polls, consider your choices carefully.
vote for the map in each poll that you believe is the best competitive 1v1 melee map in that group

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Poll: What is the best competitive 1v1 melee map (#1)

Fantazy (37)

28%

Nature's Hold (25)

19%

Agria Rock (19)

15%

Aiur refuge (17)

13%

Rindou (14)

11%

Golden Valley (12)

9%

Abandoned Junkyard (7)

5%

131 total votes

Your vote: What is the best competitive 1v1 melee map (#1)

(Vote): Fantazy
(Vote): Nature's Hold
(Vote): Rindou
(Vote): Agria Rock
(Vote): Abandoned Junkyard
(Vote): Golden Valley
(Vote): Aiur refuge

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Poll: What is the best competitive 1v1 melee map (#2)

Prophet's Passage (39)

39%

VR (16)

16%

oZz Vaha (15)

15%

Alpha Y (12)

12%

Heartbeat (8)

8%

Abode (6)

6%

Jungle Drum (3)

3%

99 total votes

Your vote: What is the best competitive 1v1 melee map (#2)

(Vote): oZz Vaha
(Vote): Jungle Drum
(Vote): Prophet's Passage
(Vote): Alpha Y
(Vote): Heartbeat
(Vote): VR
(Vote): Abode

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Poll: What is the best competitive 1v1 melee map (#3)

TPW Pegasus (33)

33%

Dark Shines (22)

22%

Opernicus RE (20)

20%

Psychosurgery (13)

13%

Neon (5)

5%

Rainbow Road (5)

5%

Shomem (1)

1%

99 total votes

Your vote: What is the best competitive 1v1 melee map (#3)

(Vote): Opernicus RE
(Vote): Shomem
(Vote): TPW Pegasus
(Vote): Neon
(Vote): Psychosurgery
(Vote): Rainbow Road
(Vote): Dark Shines

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Poll: What is the best competitive 1v1 melee map (#4)

TPW Silver Sands (31)

30%

TPW Doomsday (23)

22%

TPW Alamar Depths (16)

15%

Cracked Cell (12)

12%

Reactor (11)

11%

Delta-v (5)

5%

Fields of Strife (4)

4%

Burning Straits (2)

2%

104 total votes

Your vote: What is the best competitive 1v1 melee map (#4)

(Vote): Reactor
(Vote): TPW Silver Sands
(Vote): Delta-v
(Vote): Cracked Cell
(Vote): TPW Alamar Depths
(Vote): Burning Straits
(Vote): Fields of Strife
(Vote): TPW Doomsday

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-COMING MAY 27th

the top three choices from each segment will be voted on in a final poll to determine the overall most popular map
voting in the segment polls ends may 27th - exact time TBD

pm or post if I messed up anything
I am not affiliated with MOTM, this is an unofficial poll for fun only

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

May 21 2012 23:29 GMT

#146

I assume map makers can vote, even though most will vote themselves anyways so it gets even at the end. Will be interesting to see if the community has the same opinion as the judges

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

May 21 2012 23:33 GMT

#147

Public polls are a really bad idea for a number of reasons. First of all most people don't know shit about maps and then people who made maps in here may take the results serious and rage.

On the other hand people always rage when MotM results are out anyway...

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

May 21 2012 23:54 GMT

#148

After looking at all the maps, I would like to share my opinion about a single map that caught my eye, that map is cracked cell, which is one of the (if not the) best maps in this month, layout wise.

While I think the texturing are a bit lacking, and actually at the start it looked to me really bad, only after I looked at the base layout that the map looked like a winner to me, if it is not top 3 I will be very surprised as after some better texturing I think it is a tournament material map.

RumbleBadger

322 Posts

May 22 2012 00:17 GMT

#149

On May 22 2012 08:33 Ragoo wrote:
Public polls are a really bad idea for a number of reasons. First of all most people don't know shit about maps and then people who made maps in here may take the results serious and rage.

On the other hand people always rage when MotM results are out anyway...

I doubt people will get uppity about the poll. Mostly people will just be happy if they got votes from the community. Since the poll setup requires only one vote per section, people have to compare the maps in each section. I voted for my favorites, but there are tons of other maps I like, or think have a lot of potential.

Also, our votes don't change anything. The judges choices and their feedback will be most helpful to the map-makers.

Namrufus

United States396 Posts

May 22 2012 00:21 GMT

#150

The poll is now posted in a thread in SC2 general: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=339251

Namrufus

United States396 Posts

May 22 2012 03:52 GMT

#151

On May 20 2012 12:22 monitor wrote:

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Oh, we will submit as soon as there is a prize/tournament.

And btw, I also organize motm

We're working on some incentives.

You know what an awesome prize for motm would be? A MOTM Map of the Day(or week or two days, or whatever) map published on BNet, similar to ESV's, the top 5 maps (if the participants want) would be entered into the motd for the following month, while the 1st place winner could be entered into the motd map pool permenantly.

Timmay

United States111 Posts

May 22 2012 04:22 GMT

#152

If it didn't work for ESV, it won't work for MotM. ESV had a small prize incentive, and they still couldn't get more than a couple hours on Battle.net's popularity system.

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

May 22 2012 09:49 GMT

#153

Wouldn't hurt to try though right? it seems like a cool idea and it might be more popular since the maps change every month.

Samcai

Belgium58 Posts

May 22 2012 09:57 GMT

#154

I just take another look to every maps and mine (Jungle Drum) really lack easthetics... and I can't see what it is... maybe the textures mix ? If someone can tell...

Praetorial

United States4241 Posts

May 22 2012 10:46 GMT

#155

On May 22 2012 18:57 Samcai wrote:
I just take another look to every maps and mine (Jungle Drum) really lack easthetics... and I can't see what it is... maybe the textures mix ? If someone can tell...

I think that your map in particular looks as though you took each flat area and slapped a random texture on it.

The rest are okay.

Aunvilgod

2653 Posts

May 22 2012 12:03 GMT

#156

On May 22 2012 08:29 moskonia wrote:
I assume map makers can vote, even though most will vote themselves anyways so it gets even at the end. Will be interesting to see if the community has the same opinion as the judges

The poll should have asked for the prettiest map actually because people can´t judge anything else.

But we can treat the poll as if that was the case anyway.

Namrufus

United States396 Posts

May 22 2012 13:20 GMT

#157

Koagel explains texture blending far better than I could:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=309265
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6773343

also, your cliff lines look too straight and square to look natural.

take a look at blizzard's early ladder maps (and the later LEs) and the campaign maps in the editor to get a good idea of what an 'archetypical' map from each tileset looks like. You may also get some ideas from the 'map art' thread here on TL.