That's what it says but it doesn't actually work. A friend of mine and I got paired up randomly and it gave us the map even though both of us opted out on it... wtf!?

Disarray

United States1164 Posts

February 27 2010 01:04 GMT

#28

Hating oasis, and scrap is alright.

still surprised i haven't seen anyone abusing the hell out of those cliffs on kulas ravine yet.

Overall the maps are very good, if you don't think so, take a look at the Starcraft 1 release ladder maps

(and i know this is for 1v1 only, but TWILIGHT FORTRESS FOR 2v2 IS SO DUMB!!!!!!)

Khaymus

United States750 Posts

February 27 2010 01:07 GMT

#29

Desert Oasis is a horrible horrible map. I think I lose 90% on this map because I do not go some cheesy ass air build or something. No way to pressure opponent + no way to get a 2nd or 3rd base is really lame. Might as well call the map "you better 1 base tech into something queer or else you lose"

Other than that...I like all of the maps ^^

Mikilatov

United States3897 Posts

February 27 2010 01:07 GMT

#30

I hate Desert Oasis. Mains too close together by air, too much cliffspace, extremely long push distance, difficult to expand anywhere.

As far as 2v2 maps, I hate the one with the shared mains.

boesthius

United States11637 Posts

February 27 2010 01:08 GMT

#31

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Tsagacity

United States2124 Posts

February 27 2010 01:10 GMT

#32

I really don't like the backdoor rock entrances because they seem to mostly take away from the game rather than add things. It's just an option that strengthens any timing push.

I would rather see destructible rocks as methods for opening up terran tornado-chrysalis style over the "Oh shit my main is going to be wide open in 30 seconds."

I've actually enjoyed Desert Oasis a lot more than I expected considering the funny nat setup. I think this is due to the longer rush distance and the fact that I have most of my longer games there.

Steppes of War and Scrap station are the two I have X'd out at the moment. Steppes is just dull -_-

bdschuss

United States46 Posts

February 27 2010 01:15 GMT

#33

Oasis is terrible. I enjoy blistering sands and SoW

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

February 27 2010 01:46 GMT

#34

On February 27 2010 09:57 micronesia wrote:

Show nested quote +

That's what it says but it doesn't actually work. A friend of mine and I got paired up randomly and it gave us the map even though both of us opted out on it... wtf!?

shit like this happened in wc3 too iirc.

I think what it does is search for your preferences, then if it times out, it pairs you up with an opponent on any map and compares the vetoed. If both players have vetoes, it just ignores them all together. but if one has all maps and one has vetoes, then it will limit the selection still.

Bot, I can't believe BS is tied for 2nd place as favorite map wtf is wrong with you people?

HazMat

United States17077 Posts

February 27 2010 01:56 GMT

#35

I find Desert Oasis really hard in PvZ because of the 2 chokes.

EvilSky

Czech Republic548 Posts

February 27 2010 10:18 GMT

#36

Just have a spotter in the path ur not attacking from, or build some pylons at the narrow choke and a bunch of cannons at the nat and its ez.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

February 27 2010 10:48 GMT

#37

On February 27 2010 19:18 EvilSky wrote:
Just have a spotter in the path ur not attacking from, or build some pylons at the narrow choke and a bunch of cannons at the nat and its ez.

but what you should have already been doing is controlling the 3 watch towers and/or whatever common paths the enemy is taking. leave a probe outside his ramp and use it to check when he expos as well.

micronesia

United States24747 Posts

February 27 2010 18:30 GMT

#38

Just had another game where the damn back door on blistering oasis cost me the game... I mean I know I should adapt to deal with it (my weakness) but on the other hand it's frustrating how every damn game I play on there comes down to that backdoor.

Blizzard please fix map preferences so they work ty!!~

FeeL_ThE_RusH

Ireland227 Posts

February 27 2010 18:32 GMT

#39

desert oasis is an awful map

PGHammer

United States132 Posts

February 28 2010 01:45 GMT

#40

On February 26 2010 23:49 Amber[LighT] wrote:
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?

No ramps in KR? Two words - Warp Prism (replaces the Shuttle for P) for areas without stairs. However, there are only two areas with resources that are not stair-accessible (one at the top and one at the bottom of the map), and you should not need to access either until late in the game.

KR (like Metalopolis) has lots of resources; unless you rush/get rushed early, you should chew your way through most of the tech tree easily (even as the resource-hungry P).

Haven't seen Scrapyard yet.

Biggest surprise - KR has LOTS of gas; every mineral patch has two vespene geysers!
However, the big PROBLEM with Kulas' Ravine is that it's not exactly defense-friendly (you need ground and air-based defense on three sides, and that's if you're in a corner).