[M] (2) Noah's Ark

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Superouman

France2195 Posts

May 09 2015 10:47 GMT

Noah's Ark

Map created by: SUPEROUMAN

TeamLiquid Map Contest 6 Finalist

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Map Info:
Size: 142x142
Map theme: It's Noah's Ark, there are plenty of animals in the middle
Notable features: Short and very tight path going through the middle. Top expands are open, bottom expands are closed. Very wide open middle.
I understand that the map overview can be confusing to read, especially the middle. I am constrained by the map theme which forces me to put an area with with a totally different color in the middle. I usually always avoid that because the map readability is one of the most important aspects. It shouldn't happen again in the future, please bear with me.

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Added blue lines for minerals because Mineral (Lab) isn't display on the analyzer

Map features:
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Main :

Natural :

Blocked with 3 3x3 buildings

Closed third:

You can block it with only one 3x3 builing.

Open third

Closed fourth

Open fourth

Tight path in front of the natural ramp

It's very easy to defend this ramp and not let the opponent move forward. You can also put some ranged units on the highground to shoot at the units in the crevice.

Bottom open area with ridges

Middle with the ramp linking the two halves

Top open area

It is much larger than the bottom one.

Aesthetics:
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Spaceshark and Spacesharkette with their friends

Gwavajuice

France1810 Posts

May 09 2015 12:16 GMT

The kind of maps that makes me glad TL decided to have the tournament before the votes, very curious to see how you can play on this (the only VERY remotly similar map I can think of is Khoral floating Island when you were on 1/7 o'clock position, but is it a relevant comparison, I don't know...)