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lorestarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1049 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-15 00:33:32
August 17 2014 23:26 GMT
#1
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As always, feedback appreciated.

*updated with gold bases in the middle
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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
August 17 2014 23:30 GMT
#2
I really like this. While circle syndrome is strong, a lack of those kinds of maps recently makes this somewhat refreshing. I'd consider making the center bases gold because I think the current "natural fourths" are kinda boring and weak and encouraging expansion towards the center should liven games up once they get past the three bases stage of the game.
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[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24237 Posts
August 17 2014 23:49 GMT
#3
I like it a lot with the gold bases too, good incentive. And the map is gorgeous.
lorestarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1049 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-18 02:54:34
August 17 2014 23:50 GMT
#4
On August 18 2014 08:30 Plexa wrote:
I really like this. While circle syndrome is strong, a lack of those kinds of maps recently makes this somewhat refreshing. I'd consider making the center bases gold because I think the current "natural fourths" are kinda boring and weak and encouraging expansion towards the center should liven games up once they get past the three bases stage of the game.

Middle bases now gold. I was thinking about that anyway

And yeah, a little CS now and then is nice.
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EatThePath
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States3943 Posts
August 19 2014 23:02 GMT
#5
imo no need for tree clump in the middle, the rest of the map is about the same medium openness and there might as well be room to fight at the most contentious point on the map. Also it'd be nice if the 4/10 bases were pushed to the edge of the map and slightly further away from the main cliff, unless you really don't people to take them as a clockwise 5th. It's good to gain any amount of distance there from enemy natural anyway, and get away form siege tanks in the main, and warpins over the cliff from the main for that matter.

Besides those things, this looks really fun to play. And it's very pretty, with excellent readability, which I feel goes underappreciated still. ^^
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GeneralSezme
Profile Joined July 2014
United States58 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-20 16:03:10
August 20 2014 16:00 GMT
#6
I like it, good work keep it up ill give it a rate on starcraft.
Edit: i cant find you map, can you post your map link? for example one of my maps is starcraft://map/1/237675
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lorestarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1049 Posts
August 20 2014 21:53 GMT
#7
On August 21 2014 01:00 GeneralSezme wrote:
I like it, good work keep it up ill give it a rate on starcraft.
Edit: i cant find you map, can you post your map link? for example one of my maps is starcraft://map/1/237675

Must be a startcraft issue. I hopped on and I wasn't able to search for any map. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
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Mistakes
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1102 Posts
August 21 2014 01:10 GMT
#8
Neat map! The only problem I see is that it would seem tank pushes would be really strong vs Z from behind the rocks near the natural. But I haven't played it so I can't comment really. Just a thought.

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Spect8rCraft
Profile Joined December 2012
649 Posts
August 21 2014 03:19 GMT
#9
Anyone else get a strange Ohana vibe from it? In the inspiration of it.
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10252 Posts
August 21 2014 09:35 GMT
#10
On August 18 2014 08:30 Plexa wrote:
I really like this. While circle syndrome is strong, a lack of those kinds of maps recently makes this somewhat refreshing. I'd consider making the center bases gold because I think the current "natural fourths" are kinda boring and weak and encouraging expansion towards the center should liven games up once they get past the three bases stage of the game.

what if he were to take the 10/4oclock bases and push them more to the center? then slide the "natural" fourths further away from the third. this encourages smart decision making for which 4th you take. plus it sorta breaks the circle syndrome.

tbh, circle syndrome, while common in map making, demands map control. you need to control not only the circle bands, but also the middle.
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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
August 21 2014 11:59 GMT
#11
On August 21 2014 18:35 FlaShFTW wrote:
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On August 18 2014 08:30 Plexa wrote:
I really like this. While circle syndrome is strong, a lack of those kinds of maps recently makes this somewhat refreshing. I'd consider making the center bases gold because I think the current "natural fourths" are kinda boring and weak and encouraging expansion towards the center should liven games up once they get past the three bases stage of the game.

what if he were to take the 10/4oclock bases and push them more to the center? then slide the "natural" fourths further away from the third. this encourages smart decision making for which 4th you take. plus it sorta breaks the circle syndrome.

tbh, circle syndrome, while common in map making, demands map control. you need to control not only the circle bands, but also the middle.

I think that's an option, but I think its quite unnatural and feels rather forced with how the map currently uses rocks and whatnot. I think that 4th decision between the low ground and the center offers enough to make things interesting while staying true to the maps original concepts, but it's up to lore to decide where he wants to take the map :D
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lorestarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1049 Posts
August 21 2014 23:17 GMT
#12
I really appreciate all the great feedback! I think making the middle bases gold was a no-brainer, but there are some other things I am more hesitant to mess with... The "Ohana" feel may be from the general base layout. or aesthetic feel, but I think this map offers more a little more potential than Ohana did, plus the rush distance is not short, like Ohana's was. To Mistakes point, if Terran feels like they can build tanks on this map, didn't I do a good thing?
SC2 Mapmaker
lorestarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1049 Posts
August 22 2014 02:00 GMT
#13
Okay, I removed the tree clusters from the middle. New Overview posted.
SC2 Mapmaker
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10252 Posts
August 22 2014 08:59 GMT
#14
On August 21 2014 20:59 Plexa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 21 2014 18:35 FlaShFTW wrote:
On August 18 2014 08:30 Plexa wrote:
I really like this. While circle syndrome is strong, a lack of those kinds of maps recently makes this somewhat refreshing. I'd consider making the center bases gold because I think the current "natural fourths" are kinda boring and weak and encouraging expansion towards the center should liven games up once they get past the three bases stage of the game.

what if he were to take the 10/4oclock bases and push them more to the center? then slide the "natural" fourths further away from the third. this encourages smart decision making for which 4th you take. plus it sorta breaks the circle syndrome.

tbh, circle syndrome, while common in map making, demands map control. you need to control not only the circle bands, but also the middle.

I think that's an option, but I think its quite unnatural and feels rather forced with how the map currently uses rocks and whatnot. I think that 4th decision between the low ground and the center offers enough to make things interesting while staying true to the maps original concepts, but it's up to lore to decide where he wants to take the map :D

well no think about it. moving the 10/4 in means you now have a crucial decision with breaking down those rocks at your natural. you break them down, take a closer 4th than the current natural one, but you also make another choke point to defend. its like risk and reward and i think it goes quite well with the circle as well. you can either continue to move in the circle one way or the other, but moving both would simply be too hard.
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Antares777
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1971 Posts
August 29 2014 00:57 GMT
#15
The back 2x ramp on the plateaus blocked by rocks could be removed entirely. This way, the distance from the enemy main to your final expansion cannot be reduced without exposing your natural. By the time anyone would be expanding reasonably to those areas, the rocks won't matter because they could be destroyed in seconds, and having the spot open at the beginning messes up early game regarding the natural expansions. I think the map would be better off without those ramps.
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