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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/74i4S.png) 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. NA Server - PLEASE SUPPORT iCCup MAPS HERE! IT MIGHT HELP!EU Server - PLEASE SUPPORT iCCup MAPS HERE! IT MIGHT HELP!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  ! Monthly change logs:+ Show Spoiler +
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 EuropaAuthor: Grebliv Map addition date: 12/1/2010 Map rotation date: TBD Replacing Map: TBD Map status: In good standing ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/EH2pD.jpg) iCCup Match PointAuthors: prodiG & dyren Map addition date: 10/1/2010 Map rotation date: TBD Replacing Map: TBD Map status: In good standing ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/2QNq0.jpg) iCCup Neo EnigmaAuthor: prodiG Map addition date 2/1/2011 Map rotation date:TBD Replacing Map: iCCup Sungsu Crossing Map status: In good standing ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/9T3W9.jpg) iCCup Pawn ReAuthor: monitor (aesthetics by Koagel) Map addition date: 2/1/2011 Map rotation date: TBd Replacing Map: iCCup Starlight Breaker Map status: In good standing ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/VCuoA.jpg) iCCup Braxis OrbitalAuthor: Grebliv Map addition date: 2/1/2011 Map rotation date: TBD Replacing Map: iCCup Obsidian Inferno Map status: In good standing ![[image loading]](http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7536/terrain142.jpg) iCCup TestbugAuthor: SUPEROUMAN Map addition date: 1/1/2011 Map rotation date: TBD Replacing Map: TBD Map status: In good standing ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/YaoIS.jpg) iCCup ValhallaAuthor: prodiG Map addition date: 10/1/2010 Map rotation date: 3/1/2011 Replacing Map: TBD Map status: In good standing ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/saNIM.jpg)
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Good changes, I like the new visuals on Testbug and Pawn.
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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).
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Very good map pool, I really like it.
I've got to try Braxis and Pawn more, they look so nice.
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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?^^
+ Show Spoiler +Another little mistake Without further wait I present you with our iCCup Monthly Map Pool - January in alphabetical order
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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 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?^^+ Show Spoiler +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!!!!
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On January 31 2011 07:01 iCCup.Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +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 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?^^+ Show Spoiler +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!!!!
Holy shit that is pretty epic. GREAT NEWS!
make a seperate thread about it in my opinion, this thread is usually not that popular.
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On January 31 2011 07:12 gerundium wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2011 07:01 iCCup.Diamond wrote: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 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?^^+ Show Spoiler +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!!!! 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!
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how come ESL never wanted Valhalla considering its the most consistent map in the map pool.
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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^^
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I've played on the new Match Point a fair bit and really like it.
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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
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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!
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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.
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Can someone explain why icccup maps have different mineral patch amounts than regular maps?
Doesn't this throw off standard builds?
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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.
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.
Thanks! We would like to
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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
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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.
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the new textured pawn re (finnally i can see sth) is awesome
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1 gas high yields make me sad 
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I enjoy how the awkward expansions mean you have to adjust tactics as opposed ot having several cookie cutters. Really tests your build adaptability.
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Great work as always.
Any plans to publish on SEA?
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I hope iCCup can publish these on Korean server, cause like, it'll be awesome.
In the meantime I'll enjoy the NA server iCCup maps!
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Testbug is quite interesting looking. Looks fun.
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On February 11 2011 12:17 hmsrenown wrote:
I hope iCCup can publish these on Korean server, cause like, it'll be awesome.
In the meantime I'll enjoy the NA server iCCup maps!
Should be up now....
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Would there be problems if Match Point found its way into a major tournament? Will it even be considered?
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i just played 2 games against my terran friend on the iCCup maps...just the design of the map, not simply because it was larger, was just so much fun. Like holy shit, you play on these maps and you realize blizzard just sucks big donkey dick at making maps.
i did play on the BW ports, but my point still stands.
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On February 11 2011 12:24 rift wrote:
Would there be problems if Match Point found its way into a major tournament? Will it even be considered?
Not as far as I know. There's nothing in the terms of usage that state anything about BW ports nor does kespa have control over that sort of thing in SC2.
On February 14 2011 13:57 Whole wrote:
i just played 2 games against my terran friend on the iCCup maps...just the design of the map, not simply because it was larger, was just so much fun. Like holy shit, you play on these maps and you realize blizzard just sucks big donkey dick at making maps.
i did play on the BW ports, but my point still stands.
Glad you enjoyed them! Check out the rest of the maps as well ;D
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I would like to see ICCUP work with Blizzard in partnership in a way that every few months or so, there will be new maps added to the current ladder.
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On February 14 2011 15:07 compscidude wrote:
I would like to see ICCUP work with Blizzard in partnership in a way that every few months or so, there will be new maps added to the current ladder.
I would like to see that as well, however Blizzard has been unresponsive to my efforts in the past.
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Which is why if we really want to see iCCup maps in the map pool, those of us that conduct tournaments need to use the maps so they can get face time. If you listened to SotG a short while ago, the MLG rep they spoke with said taht there was a possibility of using user created maps, though NO guarantee. Stuff like that gets noticed. But they only notice it if we use them. And so on.
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PM me if your need someone to host on SEA.
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On February 14 2011 16:07 prodiG wrote:Show nested quote +On February 14 2011 15:07 compscidude wrote:
I would like to see ICCUP work with Blizzard in partnership in a way that every few months or so, there will be new maps added to the current ladder.
I would like to see that as well, however Blizzard has been unresponsive to my efforts in the past.
can we just show up at blizz hedquarters? The iCCup maps are simply infinitly better than any one of the current ladder maps. I would probally do an epic fist pump if I ever hear that iccup/gsl maps are being put into the ladder pool.
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Just curious, why is Europa one of the maps? isnt that map like, horribly imbalanced?
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On February 15 2011 04:33 Chriamon wrote:
Just curious, why is Europa one of the maps? isnt that map like, horribly imbalanced?
How so?
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On February 15 2011 04:44 Shifft wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2011 04:33 Chriamon wrote:
Just curious, why is Europa one of the maps? isnt that map like, horribly imbalanced? How so?
I dunno, I played on it vs a Toss, and the super narrow choke leading into the nat means he can jsut 4 gate and you cannot defend with lings at all. I had a horrible time on it as Z, the narrow chokes are just really bad.
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On February 09 2011 07:56 NibbloniaN wrote:
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
This is a fabulous idea. Bypass blizzard entirely.
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HELL YEAH NEO ENIGMA!
<3 Iccup team!
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Thanks for fighting the good fight ICCUP!
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it's on the way dont you worry
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