iCCup February Map Pool

prodiG

Canada2016 Posts

January 30 2011 19:06 GMT

Hello everyone!

This is the iCCup Monthly Map Pool. It will consist of the maps designed and created for the sole purpose of competitive tournament 1v1 play. Any and all tournaments are welcome and encouraged to use these maps!

The map pool will consist of seven maps. This number has so far proven to be the most effective.

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Some maps will be rotated out of the map pool per month, to promote growth and to prevent stagnation of the current map pool, a hallmark of what helped Brood War grow to the gigantic E-Sport is was in it's hay day. However if a major bug or serious imbalance to a race the map may be either suspended from the map pool temporary until the problem is fixed, or be rotated out completely if the problem is considered un-fixable. If this happens the empty slot will normally not be filled until the following month to allow players proper time to be prepared for the new map.

Please stay tuned to this thread as map rotation dates, replacing map, map suspensions, map removals, and all matter will be updated daily in this thread.

Note: The iCCup mapmaking team recently refined it's global map pool (all maps made by the iCCup mapmaking team). Many maps were removed or suspended, so be sure to check out the changes!

We always encourage feedback on the maps and will seek to make the strongest and most solid map pool to date.

To find iCCup maps: Create a custom game within the SCII client, find the search box above where it says "author" and search "iCCup". That's it

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Monthly change logs:
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Changes from October Pool:
-Removed iCCup Fighting Spirit
-Removed Metalopolis
-Removed Xel'Naga Caverns
-Removed iCCup Neo Orbital Divide
-Added iCCup Starlight Breaker

Changes from November Pool:
-Removed iCCup God's Garden
-Removed iCCup Sanshorn Mists
-Added iCCup Obsidian Inferno
-Added iCCup Europa

Changes from December Pool:
-Removed iCCup Enigma
-Added iCCup Testbug

Changes from January pool:
-Removed iCCup Sungsu Crossing
-Removed iCCup Obsidian Infero
-Removed iCCup Starlight Breaker
-Added iCCup Neo Enigma
-Added iCCup Pawn Re
-Added iCCup Braxis Orbital

Without further wait I present you with our iCCup Monthly Map Pool - February

iCCup Europa
Author: Grebliv
Map addition date: 12/1/2010
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing
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iCCup Match Point
Authors: prodiG & dyren
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing
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iCCup Neo Enigma
Author: prodiG
Map addition date 2/1/2011
Map rotation date:TBD
Replacing Map: iCCup Sungsu Crossing
Map status: In good standing
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iCCup Pawn Re
Author: monitor (aesthetics by Koagel)
Map addition date: 2/1/2011
Map rotation date: TBd
Replacing Map: iCCup Starlight Breaker
Map status: In good standing
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iCCup Braxis Orbital
Author: Grebliv
Map addition date: 2/1/2011
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: iCCup Obsidian Inferno
Map status: In good standing
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iCCup Testbug
Author: SUPEROUMAN
Map addition date: 1/1/2011
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing
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iCCup Valhalla
Author: prodiG
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: 3/1/2011
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing
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G_Wen

Canada525 Posts

January 30 2011 19:09 GMT

Good changes, I like the new visuals on Testbug and Pawn.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

January 30 2011 19:10 GMT

I love how Valhalla looks, but Match Point will always be in my heart!
These maps look so much better than the ladder one on SC2 (though, I do love some of the maps on SC2).

linduxed

Sweden111 Posts

January 30 2011 20:47 GMT

Very good map pool, I really like it.

I've got to try Braxis and Pawn more, they look so nice.

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

January 30 2011 21:53 GMT

Great, I was just thinking some hours ago what maps I'd like to see in the new Map Pool and Braxis Orbital definetely was my favorite

Do you use the old version or is that just the wrong picture?

btw, anything new about the big announcment that iCCup.Diamond was talking about? And no success persuading GOMTV to try your maps?

And most importantly: Am I blind or is nobody mentioning anywhere that ESL had a news yesterday saying they will use iCCup Pawn Re and iCCup Testbug in February's Go4SC2 Cups? I mean, it's the most important EU Cup series. Shouldn't you brag about that?^^

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Another little mistake

Without further wait I present you with our iCCup Monthly Map Pool - January in alphabetical order

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

January 30 2011 22:01 GMT

On January 31 2011 06:53 Ragoo wrote:
Great, I was just thinking some hours ago what maps I'd like to see in the new Map Pool and Braxis Orbital definetely was my favorite

Another little mistake

Without further wait I present you with our iCCup Monthly Map Pool - January in alphabetical order

Awesome! I had talked to ESL but I did not know the timeframe of when the maps were going in! iCCup fighting!!!!

gerundium

Netherlands786 Posts

January 30 2011 22:12 GMT

On January 31 2011 07:01 iCCup.Diamond wrote:

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Awesome! I had talked to ESL but I did not know the timeframe of when the maps were going in! iCCup fighting!!!!

Holy shit that is pretty epic. GREAT NEWS!

make a seperate thread about it in my opinion, this thread is usually not that popular.

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

January 30 2011 22:19 GMT

On January 31 2011 07:12 gerundium wrote:

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Holy shit that is pretty epic. GREAT NEWS!

make a seperate thread about it in my opinion, this thread is usually not that popular.

Good idea, just finished the new OP

! Thanks!

NESC2League

United States156 Posts

January 31 2011 12:40 GMT

Don't forget, the NE SC2 League will be featuring the iCCup map pool once more. We had some great games last time and expect to have even more!
Name: New England SC2 League S1T2
Date and Location: February 19, 2011 in Standish, ME
TL Thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=187061
Stream Link: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/NESC2League

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50600 Posts

January 31 2011 13:16 GMT

#10

how come ESL never wanted Valhalla considering its the most consistent map in the map pool.

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

January 31 2011 13:25 GMT

#11

I hope that Braxis Orbital, Europe and Neo Enigma are the maps that get picked up next by tournaments (ESL for there 9 maps March pool).
At this point I don't like the 1:1 copy of Match Point that much any more... and I have never been a fan of Valhalla, but that might just be because of the boring Bel'Shir tileset^^

red_b

United States1267 Posts

January 31 2011 13:54 GMT

#12

I've played on the new Match Point a fair bit and really like it.

prodiG

Canada2016 Posts

February 02 2011 04:53 GMT

#13

On January 31 2011 22:16 BLinD-RawR wrote:
how come ESL never wanted Valhalla considering its the most consistent map in the map pool.

We suggested a series of maps to them and told them to pick the ones that would suit the goals of their map pool the best. Valhalla, while a good map, simply wasn't what they were looking for. (Notice they took a 2 and 3 player map, but no 4 player maps for example)

We can only suggest maps to tournaments, which is the point of the monthly map pool. We can by no means force them to use these maps nor do we have any intention to

prodiG

Canada2016 Posts

February 08 2011 01:59 GMT

#14

OP has been updated with latest version of iCCup Pawn Re. Latest version is a bit lighter and easier on the eyes in-game!

Thanks for your feedback, everyone!

Rampager

Australia1007 Posts

February 08 2011 04:46 GMT

#15

I've enjoyed watching the new maps featured on the ESL cups. We definitely need some members of the GomTV crew to check out iCCup maps as it appears they kept to themselves and their own mapmaking crew, no reason not to spread the love really.

2v2SNAX

Canada97 Posts

February 08 2011 04:52 GMT

#16

Can someone explain why icccup maps have different mineral patch amounts than regular maps?

Doesn't this throw off standard builds?

monitor

United States2408 Posts

February 08 2011 04:58 GMT

#17

On February 08 2011 13:52 SNAX wrote:
Can someone explain why icccup maps have different mineral patch amounts than regular maps?

Doesn't this throw off standard builds?

Standard Blizzard:

Main: 8minerals
Natural: 8minerals

If I am correct, Match Point is the only with odd mineral counts.

Main: 9minerals
Natural: 7minerals

This is to balance 1base with expanding. Its not a huge deal, but you can saturate one base a little better with 1 added mineral. Expanding would be almost an absolutely necessary thing to do since it is very closed off and close to the main, if there were not a mineral changes.

Thanks! We would like to

NibbloniaN

United States377 Posts

February 08 2011 22:56 GMT

#18

I love the iccup maps, I just wish they were in the blizzard ladder rotation so I could play them more. Then after seeing that MavercK is experimenting with inserting ladder stats into his custom game (sc2:bw) I thought it would be super awesome if iccup went along with that too. If they figured out a good system like MavercK is working on so that the monthly iccup map pool would keep your 1:1 win/loss stats. Maybe that would get more people playing on these maps in the monthly map pool, knowing that their record is going to be kept

Joroth

United States318 Posts

February 08 2011 23:06 GMT

#19

I love some iccup map but i hate how you guys will randomly throw out expansions with no gas of a lack of minerals. I mean the lack of minerals make for a need for more bases and adds to the game but the lack of gas just fucks with the game and makes it something people will only think about taking if the map is mined out.

TehForce

1072 Posts

February 09 2011 01:03 GMT

#20

the new textured pawn re (finnally i can see sth) is awesome

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