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[P] Best/Worst Sc2 1v1 Maps

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CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-27 01:48:35
February 26 2010 12:21 GMT
#1
Not discussing the novice maps or 2v2 maps. These polls are obviously for the people who are in beta and actually playing the maps. I know you wanna vote based on your SCBW experience but please don't unless you have actually played the game.

List of Maps:
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+ Show Spoiler [2 Blistering Sands] +
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+ Show Spoiler [2 Scrap Station] +
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+ Show Spoiler [2 Steppes of War] +
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+ Show Spoiler [4 Kulas Ravine] +
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+ Show Spoiler [4 Lost Temple] +
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+ Show Spoiler [4 Metalopolis] +
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+ Show Spoiler [2 Desert Oasis] +
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Anyone have hi res pics of the missing ones?

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Poll: What is your favorite map?
(Vote): Blistering Sands
(Vote): Desert Oasis
(Vote): Lost Temple
(Vote): Metalopolis
(Vote): Kulas Ravine
(Vote): Steppes Of War
(Vote): Scrapyard / Scrapstation (whatever it's called)


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Poll: What is your least favorite map?
(Vote): Blistering Sands
(Vote): Desert Oasis
(Vote): Lost Temple
(Vote): Metalopolis
(Vote): Kulas Ravine
(Vote): Steppes Of War
(Vote): Scrapyard / Scrapstation


Please vote before you read this:
+ Show Spoiler [My thoughts] +

I play random (190 games total now)

My favorite map is SoW right now. You can have quick games just as well as long macro games on this map. Especially cool for TvT. Very well thought out placements for everything, very natural flowing map.

Desert Oasis, and Blistering sands are the worst maps imo.
Desert is just too big and spread out, the mains are really open and the natural isn't that close or safe either. There is no incentive to take the regular mineral base over the yellow one ever (they should remove gas there or something) The islands are good though. The watchtowers have almost 'too good' of placements.

Blistering is just bad, the 3rd base is rocked, your main has a really really close back door. There isn't enough bases, the bases are too spread apart, etc. Mains are huge, (take up like 40% of the map). the 4th base is passed the middle of the map, very dangerous to take. The shit is just bad.

I would make changes like this to BS if I could
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Never played a game longer than 20 or so minutes on SY, seems like this map is all about timing rushes and stuff like that. It's ok but kinda bland.

LT is ok, wide open mains make it kind of a pain to decide on tech route when you are unable to scout easily. I like islands lately. Pretty solid map.

Kulas is probably my second or third favorite map, Everything about it is pretty good. The only thing I don't like is how long the path is between bases with the narrow choke in the middle.

Metal was my favorite map at first (because the tilset is cool) but now I kinda hate it, no good/safe places for overlords. Big wide open spaces and mains, and lots of hills make it easy to get flanked and surrounded. expansion layout is kinda open too.

Overall I think the maps are pretty good so far.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
February 26 2010 12:25 GMT
#2
Favorite to Least Favorite:
SoW
LT
KR
DO (even though I dislike it, I'm still better on it than the other maps)
Metal
SY
BS
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
ZBiR
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
Poland1092 Posts
February 26 2010 12:33 GMT
#3
Awesome images of Steppes and Metalopolis :D
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
February 26 2010 12:43 GMT
#4
On February 26 2010 21:33 ZBiR wrote:
Awesome images of Steppes and Metalopolis :D

and desert

here are some better ones maybe
+ Show Spoiler +

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..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
EquilasH
Profile Joined April 2009
Denmark2142 Posts
February 26 2010 12:57 GMT
#5
You gotta love Metapololis just for the various ad posters around the edges of the map... Too bad I'm not allowed to vote because I don't own the SC2..
wat
Luca
Profile Joined July 2009
United Kingdom47 Posts
February 26 2010 13:04 GMT
#6
zerg scouting on scrap station is a bit harsh. I like the idea of the map though, for example you decide to take the long way round, but by the time you get there, your enemy is in your base.
pachi
Profile Joined October 2006
Melbourne5338 Posts
February 26 2010 14:26 GMT
#7
Like: Steppes / Kulas
Steppes is fun
Kulas allows longer games

Hate: Desert / Scrap
Both have horrible walks for ground units

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SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
February 26 2010 14:30 GMT
#8
Worst is Oasis. Blizzard still doesn't realize the importance of an easy nat?
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
rANDY
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United Kingdom748 Posts
February 26 2010 14:34 GMT
#9
Kulas is so hard for ZvP if you cant win early game, that map is made for colossus mobility. So hard to be able to defend all your expo's
pachi
Profile Joined October 2006
Melbourne5338 Posts
February 26 2010 14:38 GMT
#10
cant you just muta/corruptor? corrupts rape colossus pretty hard
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Amber[LighT]
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States5078 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-26 14:49:45
February 26 2010 14:49 GMT
#11
Favorite Maps: Metalopolis, Steppes of War, Blistering Sands, Scrapyard
Indifferent Maps: Lost Temple, Desert Oasis
Least Favorite Map: Kulas Ravine

I hate maps without ramps, and that map I just can't PvP right on it.

*Also I never played the 2v2 maps (Shakuras Plateau and Twlight Fortress), they any good?
"We have unfinished business, I and he."
Trias
Profile Joined November 2007
Netherlands53 Posts
February 26 2010 14:52 GMT
#12
On February 26 2010 23:30 SubtleArt wrote:
Worst is Oasis. Blizzard still doesn't realize the importance of an easy nat?


You never know till you try in a new game, right?
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
February 26 2010 23:18 GMT
#13
bump, wow this forum moves so fast o_O
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-26 23:45:09
February 26 2010 23:26 GMT
#14
I like metro
I dislike desert oasis horrible map
i also dislike LT
I kind of like kulas reveine
steps of war is also pretty shitty


most to least like
Metalopolis
Kulas Ravine
Blistering sands
Steppes Of War
Scrapyard / Scrapstation
Lost Temple
Desert Oasis

edit: happy cm?
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
February 26 2010 23:30 GMT
#15
You forgot BS, Virtue.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-26 23:35:04
February 26 2010 23:33 GMT
#16
I really hate kulas. I don't know why, I just play bad there.

I feel most comfortable on steppes.
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CowGoMoo
Profile Joined December 2006
United States428 Posts
February 26 2010 23:39 GMT
#17
I like Kulas the most, dislike Oasis the most.

Everything else is pretty mehh.
ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
February 27 2010 00:00 GMT
#18
Likes: all the 4 player maps and Steppes of War
Dislikes: the rest of the 2 player maps

Blistering Sands is too hard TvP because of the back door and hard to get third, Desert Oasis is impossible to defend, and I just don't like Scrap Station for no particular reason.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24747 Posts
February 27 2010 00:08 GMT
#19
On February 27 2010 09:00 ShadowDrgn wrote:
Likes: all the 4 player maps and Steppes of War
Dislikes: the rest of the 2 player maps

Blistering Sands is too hard TvP because of the back door and hard to get third, Desert Oasis is impossible to defend, and I just don't like Scrap Station for no particular reason.

Basically I agree with you. Desert Oasis doesn't work for tvp or tvz, and blistering sands' backdoor is brutal. I think almost every one of my losses on blistering sands was because my opponent abused the backdoor. There are ways to deal but they are costly and make it hard for t to win.
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EvilSky
Profile Joined March 2006
Czech Republic548 Posts
February 27 2010 00:15 GMT
#20
I actually like Desert Oasis, Scrap S. not so much.
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