I've said before, I think the reason we never see reapers is that all the current ladder and regular tournament maps make them useless....

Blizzard: massively changes the reaper so it will be useful in hots.
Kespa: Makes a map that doesn't follow the current standards and instantly we see reapers.

I stand by my idea.

So far I really like seeing some "gimmicky" maps... maybe it's only good in this (PL) format... maybe not.

tiMelEfT

United States228 Posts

January 01 2013 04:50 GMT

#82

On January 01 2013 13:48 y0su wrote:
I've said before, I think the reason we never see reapers is that all the current ladder and regular tournament maps make them useless....

Blizzard: massively changes the reaper so it will be useful in hots.
Kespa: Makes a map that doesn't follow the current standards and instantly we see reapers.

I stand by my idea.

So far I really like seeing some "gimmicky" maps... maybe it's only good in this (PL) format... maybe not.

Blizzard's constant balance patches are indeed pathetic. Variety of maps can balance a lot of those racial problems out.

Cele

Germany4016 Posts

January 01 2013 04:51 GMT

#83

i agree that it is a good idea to switch up the maps a bit to enforce a different playstyle or adress balance if necessarily. Kespa has long experiences with this in bw as well

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

January 01 2013 04:54 GMT

#84

On January 01 2013 13:50 tiMelEfT wrote:

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Blizzard's constant balance patches are indeed pathetic. Variety of maps can balance a lot of those racial problems out.

Arkanoid doesn't solve anything. It's a terribly imbalanced and gimmicky map, but you can argue it has its place in PL.

Dosey

United States4505 Posts

January 01 2013 04:54 GMT

#85

WTF? BaBy actually won?

WTF?

tiMelEfT

United States228 Posts

January 01 2013 04:55 GMT

#86

On January 01 2013 13:54 StarVe wrote:

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Arkanoid doesn't solve anything. It's a terribly imbalanced and gimmicky map, but you can argue it has its place in PL.

Any single map can't solve anything, a group of them does. Arkanoid is the best map in 2012, probably 2013 also.

Cele

Germany4016 Posts

January 01 2013 04:57 GMT

#87

On January 01 2013 13:55 tiMelEfT wrote:

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Any single map can't solve anything, a group of them does. Arkanoid is the best map in 2012.

think so too.

sitromit

7051 Posts

January 01 2013 04:59 GMT

#88

I like Arkanoid, I think it makes for interesting games, but I don't think you can have maps like this in individual leagues.

tiMelEfT

United States228 Posts

January 01 2013 05:00 GMT

#89

On January 01 2013 13:59 sitromit wrote:
I like Arkanoid, I think it makes for interesting games, but I don't think you can have maps like this in individual leagues.

In BW days, much stranger maps have been appeared in individual leagues, messed up a lot players, but they are usually the most memorable ones.

nunez

Norway4003 Posts

January 01 2013 05:03 GMT

#90

nice LoS-blocker ling trap by savage!

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

January 01 2013 05:03 GMT

#91

On January 01 2013 13:55 tiMelEfT wrote:

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Any single map can't solve anything, a group of them does. Arkanoid is the best map in 2012, probably 2013 also.

I disagree, if there won't be a better map than Arkanoid in all of 2013, it looks pretty dire. I even like Whirlwind better from this year's maps.

"Now Calm Before the Storm was a terrible map, what if we made an island map with the same concept?"