On February 01 2011 04:48 Superouman wrote:
Testbug is right now on the first page in the 1v1 section on Europe. You can find an opponent very quickly and not necessarily through a channel.

really? awesome!!!! maybe it is time for some custom game =D

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

January 31 2011 22:51 GMT

#142

Wow, you can really easily find an opponent with "Join a game"... first try I found a silver player... and then the countdown starts lol, I hate Bnet 0.2 ... guess that's not really an option if it works like this... so back to chat channels^^

tree.hugger

Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts

January 31 2011 22:57 GMT

#143

On February 01 2011 03:01 PredY wrote:
i don't think blizz puts the maps on ladder and i don't see any problems with it. special channels for training and custom games all the way baby.
i've never been around for the original bn ladder in sc:bw but wasn't it the same? maps weren't updated and were crap and then people started making better maps and players stopped playing ladder (+ hacks on ladder

The main laddering tools for BW were all custom servers (Iccup being the most prominent for English speakers) where the map pool was frequently updated with Korean maps (and Faoi, which regrettably didn't see much use) as old maps fell out of use. Blizzard maps fell out of favor fairly rapidly as the scene picked up.

Nearly everyone was playing ladder to begin with as there was no match-making, you just asked for games, and then people accepted, you made the game and off you went.

Animostas

United States568 Posts

January 31 2011 23:00 GMT

#144

Testbug seems to be a fan-favorite, largely because of the textures it's also a really interesting map (glad to see 3-player ones for once). I'm really looking forward to seeing more usage of these iCCup maps.

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

February 01 2011 03:24 GMT

#145

On February 01 2011 08:00 Animostas wrote:
Testbug seems to be a fan-favorite, largely because of the textures it's also a really interesting map (glad to see 3-player ones for once). I'm really looking forward to seeing more usage of these iCCup maps.

It's also been quite balanced too. I think right now it's our top map

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

February 01 2011 17:42 GMT

#146

btw, XMG Series uses the new map pool right now as well

Frankon

3054 Posts

February 01 2011 19:33 GMT

#147

XMG is ESL...

Butcherski

Poland446 Posts

February 01 2011 19:37 GMT

#148

Just got kicked out from XMG in the 6th round ( by elfi so no shame -.-).

I have to say testbug is awesome !!!

Pawn Ra seems a bit empty & boring but maybe its just me

cHicKeLoR

Germany559 Posts

February 01 2011 20:18 GMT

#149

testbug seems really good. pawn ra seems... dunno too dark and boring :/

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

February 01 2011 20:27 GMT

#150

On February 02 2011 04:33 Frankon wrote:
XMG is ESL...

I know, but the only cup with prizes mentioned in the ESL news was Go4SC2 cup, so I thought it's notable that XMG Cup has it, too (the new Sennheiser Cup on Saturdays as well). Might be that EPS Germany uses the same map pool?!

Skrelt

Netherlands306 Posts

February 02 2011 12:22 GMT

#151

This is awesome!! I hope MLG will follow the ESL on this so the 2 non-korean tournements uses the same map pool. Will be better for the pro gramers for practice and stuff. Besides just this is awesome.

Cosmos

Belgium1077 Posts

February 02 2011 13:51 GMT

#152

Pawn sucks as a map, it's like a new steppes with xelnagas watching all the map and 1 path without rocks to go to the natural...
Testbug is cool bug dropping is impossible on it :s

TehForce

1072 Posts

February 02 2011 13:52 GMT

#153

Why is Pawn Re soo dark? Its really hard to see something on this map. would be glad if the author at least could increase the brightning a little bit.

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

February 02 2011 13:55 GMT

#154

On February 02 2011 22:52 TehForce wrote:
Why is Pawn Re soo dark? Its really hard to see something on this map. would be glad if the author at least could increase the brightning a little bit.

I agree, even though I personally don't have problems when playing, I can see others having problems with it. And on streams with low quality I can imagine having problems as well.

edit: lol oops, I just searched for Pawn Re thread and saw that it has been updated... sry^^

zooalt

104 Posts

February 02 2011 13:56 GMT

#155

On February 02 2011 22:52 TehForce wrote:
Why is Pawn Re soo dark? Its really hard to see something on this map. would be glad if the author at least could increase the brightning a little bit.

are you serious?
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=184294
:>

duckii

Germany1017 Posts

February 02 2011 14:54 GMT

#156

Testbug looks amazing. good job on that one

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES49496 Posts

February 02 2011 16:18 GMT

#157

desrow streaming in FP view of a game on testbug in Go4SC2!

monitor

United States2403 Posts

February 05 2011 17:47 GMT

#158

Pawn Re has been retextured just in time. OP updated with a new overview.

th3rogue

Germany683 Posts

February 07 2011 10:01 GMT

#159

FYI we have a King of Pawn Re cup tonight, http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/news/149658/ !

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

February 08 2011 15:03 GMT

#160

The Cyborg SC2-Inside Cup that will start again this Thursday and then will be held every Wednesday with 200€ first prize, will use iCCup Pawn Re and iCCup Testbug in the map pool

http://cyborgcup.sc2-inside.com/en/

Also Competo Cup might use them if they are voted in this poll: http://www.competo-sports.org/umfrage,51.html

edit: forgot to mention that the Viking Cup uses the ESL map pool as well now.