[M] (2) Void Night

lorestarcraft

United States1049 Posts

August 28 2013 02:20 GMT

Void Night
(by Ethan "Lore" Jones)

Map Size: 140x140
Published on: [NA] [EU] [SEA] [KR]

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Introduction / Map Concept:

The inspiration for this map was to redesign the 12 base 4 player map style. This map features a new take on the natural expansions that I hope is fresh. The rocks and low ground positioning of the bases make 3 base turtling harder, and players can get a 4th with out being guaranteed a 5th and 6th, unlike some 4p maps. I hope you enjoy!

a176

Canada6688 Posts

August 28 2013 02:58 GMT

the entire map is kind of flat ... wouldnt mind seeing some parts having elevation changes to promote just a bit of positional play. other than that i like it.

TheFish7

United States2824 Posts

August 28 2013 03:11 GMT

Oooh the 12 base 4 spawn map. I actually think that something like this (where the nat and 3rd are equidistant from the main choke) is the only way that the 12 base 4spawn maps will work. Pushes down a ramp are going to be better than pushes up a ramp, but in this case you have flanking opportunities so it is probably cool to have that setup. I'd guess you do still end up with the typical split-map lategame scenario/5th is easier than the 4th type of thing, but to a much lesser extent than say, entombed valley.

All spawns enabled?

Semmo

Korea (South)627 Posts

August 28 2013 04:27 GMT

Not bad.

lorestarcraft

United States1049 Posts

August 28 2013 04:28 GMT

Yes, all spawns. Rush distances are weird to measure with the setup but not that close, not super far either.

meatpudding

Australia520 Posts

August 28 2013 05:14 GMT

looks good the way it is.

NewSunshine

United States5938 Posts

August 28 2013 06:01 GMT

You can tell the symmetry tool was used... parhaps a bit too much. Some of the expansions appear to be a couple cards short of a deck, if you know what I mean.

EatThePath

United States3943 Posts

August 28 2013 06:20 GMT

Interesting self-contained concept, which I really like. I think this needs to be bigger or you need a helper feature to make it work though. How is zerg supposed to survive close spawns?

RFDaemoniac

United States544 Posts

August 28 2013 06:46 GMT

On August 28 2013 15:20 EatThePath wrote:
Interesting self-contained concept, which I really like. I think this needs to be bigger or you need a helper feature to make it work though. How is zerg supposed to survive close spawns?

What if the area past the ramps to the nat/third opened up quite a bit to give zerg a good place to hold for a surround?

Fatam

1986 Posts

August 28 2013 10:46 GMT

#10

I think it's pretty interesting.

Especially with regards to FE builds where you are taking your nat before your scout gets to the opponent (this being 4p all spawns that is even more likely). If you get close positions and you happen to choose the nat that's towards your opponent the game could be very different than if you chose the other one. Especially if they expanded towards you too. I could see some people (mostly zerg

) complaining about this RNG element, but I also think it could make for some interesting games where someone is forced to change their gameplan on the fly.

Getting a 4th looks a little tough.

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