Well, in the meantime check out the SC2 channel "7m" if you want to play games on FRB maps with other passionate members of the community! Also, show your support for our awesome players who are attending IPL in a few days! They've been kind enough to join even though the first week of gameplay is during a hectic travel period with a major event, and we're really thankful for that.

On April 04 2012 18:37 Hall0wed wrote:
Awesome, Ganzi fight! Gonna be great to see how the game looks at a high level using these maps and I can't wait to try the maps out for myself hopefully this weekend.

7m fighting!

On April 04 2012 19:47 Exactable wrote:
I think this would be a lot more relevant if all the maps were 6m variations of currently used tournament maps. It would gameplay differences much more obvious.

As much as I wish there were enough official and popular maps that support the 6m playstyle, the fact that "standard" SC2 is balanced around 8m2g means that in most cases there simply isn't enough physical space or a high enough base count to truly support FRB games.

But don't fear, "Cross Point" is made by none other than IronManSC of ESV Mapmaking fame. Yes, the same IronManSC who created the season 7 ladder map Ohana!

And if you haven't seen any games on the map "Devolution", I urge you to try it out for yourself! It really is a fun map to play and offers a lot of expansion potential WITHOUT making them too easy to hold.

On April 04 2012 21:38 AmericanUmlaut wrote:

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Please make sure VODs and replays are available! FRB has gotten me really excited about SC2 again just when I was getting tired of alternating between two- and three-base strategies, and a collection of high-level games will be a fantastic resource for learning how the maps can be played, and also for pointing other players to examples of what FRB maps are like.

I'm super pumped about this tournament, looking forward to it more than any tourney since TSL3 ended :-D.

The live stream will be found here: www.twitch.tv/PullSC

VODs will be uploaded here: www.youtube.com/WiseOldSenex

In the meantime, you can watch a ton of FRB games of various levels on Senex's youtube as well as www.youtube.com/PullSC

Pull and Senex emerged as the two staples of the FRB casting community, so I urge you to show support for all their hard work by following/subscribing their channels!

Also, I don't want to "give anything away", but there might be some tangible benefit gained from following @FRBGrandTourney on Twitter. But again, I can't "give anything away".

On April 04 2012 22:22 JaKaTaK wrote:
This is so awesome. I really believe that 6m 1hyg is the future of starcraft 2. I support you with everything I've got!

Thanks!

Prof.Oak

Canada24 Posts

April 04 2012 14:14 GMT

#123

I love this idea. I hope this becomes the standard eventually.

TheRealNanMan

United States1471 Posts

April 04 2012 15:30 GMT

#124

This is going to be so awesome! I'm defiantly going to be tuning into this not only for the pic matches that will come from this but also to check out the maps!

SaroVati

Canada280 Posts

April 04 2012 15:45 GMT

#125

Haha yeah that idea just popped up to me that MULES will be more useful since more orbitals will be built... going to have to really strain as protoss in this tournament huh T.T Just to confirm, the bracket is a BO3 single elimination right?

chambertin

United States1704 Posts

April 04 2012 15:51 GMT

#126

Oh damn I'm so excited.

Wish this were happening sooner, though its obvious that scheduling anytime is never easy...
Hopefully in the future the schedules will be reversed when it comes to format. A few 8m2g games as nostalgic throwbacks lol

Pull

United States308 Posts

April 04 2012 15:52 GMT

#127

On April 04 2012 23:05 yakitate304 wrote:

Also, I don't want to "give anything away", but there might be some tangible benefit gained from following @FRBGrandTourney on Twitter. But again, I can't "give anything away".

I see what you did there

Xxio

Canada5565 Posts

April 04 2012 16:17 GMT

#128

Ohhh man, I can't wait to watch this!! So awesome!
It's going to be very, very interesting.

Brikken

Denmark1 Post

April 04 2012 16:40 GMT

#129

Great idea with this tournament. However, I think it would be great if there was an opportunity to donate to the prize pool. I would love to chip in, to make it even more interesting for the players.

ChapatiyaqPTSM

France1887 Posts

April 04 2012 16:53 GMT

#130

I'm hyped! So I created a page on Liquipedia for this tournament:
(Wiki)

FRB Grand Tournament

Good luck!

goldendwarf

Canada170 Posts

April 04 2012 17:25 GMT

#131

this seems like a great idea, i'll be sure to tune in to see how 6min1hyg bases change the game.

Jedclark

United Kingdom903 Posts

April 04 2012 18:43 GMT

#132

Doing this would mean you'd have to rebalance the game entirely, imo. The game is balanced around 8m2g, not 6m1hyg.

AmericanUmlaut

Germany2573 Posts

April 04 2012 19:15 GMT

#133

On April 05 2012 03:43 Jedclark wrote:
Doing this would mean you'd have to rebalance the game entirely, imo. The game is balanced around 8m2g, not 6m1hyg.

People keep saying this, and it's obvious they haven't played the new maps. Try it. It feels good.

FishStix

United States425 Posts

April 04 2012 19:18 GMT

#134

This is a pretty cool concept. Maybe we can get Twitch involved :D

Pull

United States308 Posts

April 04 2012 19:26 GMT

#135

I don't think we are going to be accepting any more prize pool donations from users just because it's the first event. However, we encourage everyone who wants to donate to follow the stream and subscribe to our youtubes to show support. If there's enough, and depending on the success of the first, a 2nd tournament may very well happen. In that case, you can definitely donate to that pool!

Pull

United States308 Posts

April 04 2012 19:27 GMT

#136

On April 05 2012 01:40 Brikken wrote:
Great idea with this tournament. However, I think it would be great if there was an opportunity to donate to the prize pool. I would love to chip in, to make it even more interesting for the players.

yakitate304

United States655 Posts

April 04 2012 22:14 GMT

#137

On April 05 2012 04:15 AmericanUmlaut wrote:

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People keep saying this, and it's obvious they haven't played the new maps. Try it. It feels good.

To be fair to Jedclark, we've believed all along that taking the FRB concept and plugging it directly into StarCraft II isn't going to lead to a perfectly balanced game. Part of the reason for this event, aside from spreading the idea itself, is to test the concept at a much higher level than the rest of us are capable of playing. We hope to find problems that this variant of SC2 has, and determine whether or not they are gamebreaking or simply need some tweaking. Also, we think it's a unique and fun way for hardworking pro players to earn some extra cash in a fairly volatile industry.

But I do agree, playing and observing games on these maps does feel good! Games are more open and that's largely due to the fact that one deathball-ish army can't be everywhere at once when you are taking more expansions. At the same time, static defenses are more powerful so it's not as if being caught out of position for 5 seconds is going to be a game-ending mistake!