This is live, as of approximately 5 minutes ago. I was laddering and when I clicked ready for the next match the new maps downloaded. and Lost Temple isnt gone, it's just redesigned with no islands as Shattered Temple.

Kashll

United States1117 Posts

February 25 2011 23:25 GMT

#22

WHY WOULD THEY REMOVE SHAKURAS IT WAS BY FAR THE BEST MAP

StayFrosty

Canada743 Posts

February 25 2011 23:25 GMT

#23

so fucking excited!

Dalguno

United States2446 Posts

February 25 2011 23:26 GMT

#24

So gone is Shakuras, Blistering, Old Lost Temple, Steppes, what else?

Weavel

Finland9222 Posts

February 25 2011 23:26 GMT

#25

On February 26 2011 08:25 Kashll wrote:
WHY WOULD THEY REMOVE SHAKURAS IT WAS BY FAR THE BEST MAP

qft! Luckily new maps are still better than lost temple or blistering.

Keitzer

United States2509 Posts

February 25 2011 23:27 GMT

#26

Steppes gone - yay!
shakuras gone - booo

blistering replaced with new version
lost temple replaced with new version

jungle basin gone - yay!

anything else notceable?

YunhOLee

Canada2470 Posts

February 25 2011 23:27 GMT

#27

there's also one new map in 4vs4 and a couple ones in 2vs2

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

February 25 2011 23:28 GMT

#28

that new "blistering" is going to be so hard to play on against toss naturals so far away 4 gates going to be king on that map I think

.

Either way super excited finally new maps :D

BlasiuS

United States2405 Posts

February 25 2011 23:28 GMT

#29

steppes + jungle basin gone + re-balanced LT = happy zerg player

although i haven't really tried out the new maps extensively yet, not sure which ones are good/bad for zerg

Nation_

United States111 Posts

February 25 2011 23:29 GMT

#30

I really hope this was a mistake and they meant to remove DQ instead of Shakuras...

Dark.Carnival

United States5095 Posts

February 25 2011 23:29 GMT

#31

noooooooo this is terrible, how could they possibly think those maps were okay fuuuuuuu

Chux

Peru255 Posts

February 25 2011 23:29 GMT

#32

ow yeah so sexy!

TheWahbinator

United States131 Posts

February 25 2011 23:29 GMT

#33

What matters is Steppes is gone.
All shall rejoice.

But really why take Shakuras out? it really makes no sense.

ionlyplayPROtoss

Canada573 Posts

February 25 2011 23:30 GMT

#34

Wtf, i honestly have not heard of anyone qqing about shakuras and they remove it and leave delta in there??? wtf blizz...

vrok

Sweden2541 Posts

February 25 2011 23:30 GMT

#35

Delta Quadrant in? Shakuras gone? LOL.

Wouldn't mind seeing Scrap Station removed too.

Valikyr

Sweden2653 Posts

February 25 2011 23:30 GMT

#36

It's good with some new maps but I don't get why blizzard is so stubborn and doesn't implement the GSL maps. They are their official tournament after all.

And why remove shakuras but not delta?!?!

thesideshow

930 Posts

February 25 2011 23:30 GMT

#37

Slag pits and Shattered temple look like they will have the same problems with close positions (pure speculation)

Quantum314

England217 Posts

February 25 2011 23:31 GMT

#38

To be completely honest I'm surprised backwater gulch made it out of PTR...

If you both spawn on the two bases on the right (vertically) then it is much easier for the person on the bottom to take their third. As in, hugely easier. With suck a blatent imbalance, how did it make it through?

GameTime

United States222 Posts

February 25 2011 23:31 GMT

#39

I'll add all the new ladder map pics.

New 1v1 Ladder Maps
+ Show Spoiler +

Backwater Gulch
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Slag Pits

The Shattered Temple
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Typhon Peaks
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New 2v2 Ladder Maps
+ Show Spoiler +

Gutterhulk

Khaydarin Depths

Omega Sector

Red Stone Gulch

New 3v3 Ladder Maps
+ Show Spoiler +

None

New 4v4 Ladder Maps
+ Show Spoiler +

District 10

Sand Canyon appears to have gotten an update as well.

Namkung

Canada151 Posts

February 25 2011 23:31 GMT

#40

ok this is really weird.
i JUST finished playing a game and it was on shakuras plateau then i read this post and checked the map pool and saw all the new maps on the list and shakuras wasnt on the list (even though i just played a game on it lol)