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Timetwister22
Profile Joined March 2011
United States538 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-02 00:40:12
June 23 2014 20:11 GMT
#1
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NA EU KR SEA
Created by Timetwister22
Aesthetic assistance from NewSunshine
v1.2


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Playable: 128x156

Concept
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This is a stab at a non-standard map using non-standard features. The pathing and expansion layout was designed for a low econ macro style game. The paths through the middle of the map are narrow and restricting, and can be further restricted by the players via the collapsible rocks. Thus, the outer most path will be the most attractive for main army movement across the map, but the middle still allows for a variety of harass and smaller attack squads.

Most bases on the map are either high yield bases or half bases, thus causing players to have unfamiliar income rates, and mine out quicker than normal. Players will have to adapt to the unusual income rates, and expand quicker to account for bases mining out faster. Furthermore, players will have to take more bases than normal to achieve the familiar '3 base cap'.

Overall, I expect low economy macro games, with an abundance of harassment as players fight to take and hold additional bases across the map.


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Zerus Dirt Medium
Zerus Grass
Zerus Algae
Phaethon Rock Rough
Skygeirr Lab Dirt
Zerus Dirt Dark
Zerus Rock
Zerus Pebbles

Zerus Organic Cliffs 0

Zerus Lighting


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Change Log
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1.1
-Minor aesthetic fixes

1.2
-Added some dead space between main and nat choke to further discourage 2 base blink all ins.
-Added rocks to the half base third choke to make the third slightly safer.
-Slightly narrowed the natural choke.

These changes did not come from balance reasons, but rather my desire to encourage play styles other than 2 base all ins. The thirds, natural, and blink play was fine balance wise. Yet with a safer nat, third, and weaker 2 base blink, the map will further push players toward taking a third and utilizing the unique map features.


As always, feedback is more than welcome
Former ESV Mapmaker | @Timetwister22
skdeimos
Profile Joined May 2013
Canada155 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-23 20:30:34
June 23 2014 20:30 GMT
#2
The main is a bit too Heavy Rain-esque for my taste. HR demonstrated that mains with that orientation just don't work against Blink attacks.

Other than that, not too bad. The rest of the map is also similar to HR, but in a good way rather than a bad one.
Timetwister22
Profile Joined March 2011
United States538 Posts
June 23 2014 20:47 GMT
#3
On June 24 2014 05:30 skdeimos wrote:
The main is a bit too Heavy Rain-esque for my taste. HR demonstrated that mains with that orientation just don't work against Blink attacks.

Other than that, not too bad. The rest of the map is also similar to HR, but in a good way rather than a bad one.


Main orientation has nothing to do with blink. It is the surface area of the blinkable cliff + the distance from the blinkable cliff to the natural choke. In this case, the surface area is small, and the stalkers have to walk a ways to get to the natural choke.
Former ESV Mapmaker | @Timetwister22
algue
Profile Joined July 2011
France1436 Posts
June 24 2014 08:37 GMT
#4
I agree with skdeimos about the blink, the surface area is large enough for the blink stalkers to mess quite a couple games. Adding a small gap in the area I highlighted in red wouldn't hurt.

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-NegativeZero-
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2142 Posts
June 27 2014 05:11 GMT
#5
I really like the idea and reasoning of a 6m1hyg third - hope this does well in MotM! I agree with algue's post about the blink surface area though.
vibeo gane,
moskonia
Profile Joined January 2011
Israel1448 Posts
June 27 2014 05:20 GMT
#6
I would like the 6m1hyg 3rd if it was easy to take, but right now it's not that much easier to take than the standard.
-NegativeZero-
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2142 Posts
June 27 2014 05:33 GMT
#7
On June 27 2014 14:20 moskonia wrote:
I would like the 6m1hyg 3rd if it was easy to take, but right now it's not that much easier to take than the standard.

I think "standard" 3rds are usually too easy to take.
vibeo gane,
Timetwister22
Profile Joined March 2011
United States538 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-02 00:40:19
July 02 2014 00:38 GMT
#8
Updated to map version 1.2. The changes and explanation of the changes can be found in the change log.
Former ESV Mapmaker | @Timetwister22
Pandahunterz
Profile Joined March 2013
Netherlands213 Posts
August 25 2014 15:16 GMT
#9
very good map, lot of unusual additions. although the rich vespene geysers are very refreshing, i personally don't like them that much. would have preferred 1 normal + 1 rich at normal distance over this, as the 3th geyser takes 5-6 drones (about 2x normal) but only awards 1,5 X the amount of gas. normally that wouldn't be much of a problem, as it's and "bonus" geyser, but because the base is positioned so far away from where you are supposed to play the game, it's very vulnerable to harass like drops, oracles phoenix etc. i would personally just take 2 gold bases over the rich vespene one, as the gold also give you a nice position and map control in the middle + gives you control over the canyon and of course the additional minerals. other than that amazing map!

seems like ling bling and roach hydra no viper (basically low tech bulids with clumped up units) are going to have a very hard time though
iamcaustic
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada1509 Posts
August 25 2014 17:56 GMT
#10
This is like a 1 or 2 base Protoss player's dream map. Decently big map with very awkward, corridor pathing makes for excellent proxying and death pushing. No reasonable economy progression beyond 2.5 bases. Gigantic mains that make it difficult to manage air/cliff harassment (this is really only anti-Zerg; Terran can also exploit it well).

Not really a fan of this one.
Twitter: @iamcaustic
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