I might have wanted a different GSL map, but everything else here is AWESOME! Not allowing close spawns is amazing, I don't know about preventing the low ground wall in though as forcing cross positions/close by air negates a lot of that and there is something to be said about having a little bit of rush ability....

Stratchka

Austria165 Posts

March 01 2011 05:47 GMT

#222

Seems like a really nice pool, great that there are no close positions on Metalopolis, etc. I would prefer Tal'Darim Altar to Scrap Station, but still...

And finally an ICCup map made it into a big tournament, wow! I wouldn't have thought it possible anymore

I just hope that this map pool is not set in stone for 2011 and that they will be more flexible in adjusting it than last year...

Consolidate

United States829 Posts

March 01 2011 05:48 GMT

#223

MLG really came through on this one.

Massive props.

azn_dude1

162 Posts

March 01 2011 05:55 GMT

#224

Yeah MLG! They know what they're doing! I love these maps and these changes.

desRow

Canada2654 Posts

March 01 2011 06:01 GMT

#225

Really disappointed by MLG for picking up TestBug. Dunno why the hype. It makes bad computers lag too =/

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

March 01 2011 08:15 GMT

#226

On March 01 2011 15:01 desrow wrote:
Really disappointed by MLG for picking up TestBug. Dunno why the hype. It makes bad computers lag too =/

It's been getting hyped because it's a solid map and most of the games we see on it are epic thus far

. Plus it uses some really interesting concepts like rocks over a tower.

Also sorry about the bad comp thing, but lots of custom maps do if you want them to look good, luckily MLG uses sick computers so no lag during the games!

ScaringKids

Portugal819 Posts

March 01 2011 08:28 GMT

#227

On March 01 2011 08:48 MisterPuppy wrote:
looks great. hopefully a tournament standard comes along soon, or maybe NASL adopts these maps?

This.

Every major tournament should agree on the same map pool, and have things like prevent close spaw on certain maps.

This is awsome, very glad to see MLG going in the right direction, great maps.

Gunman_csz

United Arab Emirates492 Posts

March 01 2011 08:37 GMT

#228

I am really happy to see MLG is heading in the right direction. After all the negativity they got for their previous season, it looks like they have their goals set straight this time around.

Neivler

Norway911 Posts

March 01 2011 08:41 GMT

#229

On March 01 2011 17:28 ScaringKids wrote:

Show nested quote +

This.

Every major tournament should agree on the same map pool, and have things like prevent close spaw on certain maps.

This is awsome, very glad to see MLG going in the right direction, great maps.

I dont agree on that. They should all have quite similar but not always the same. Mixing it up is the best thing we have in SC2 over most other games.

PandaBlunt

United States292 Posts

March 01 2011 08:46 GMT

#230

On March 01 2011 15:01 desrow wrote:
Really disappointed by MLG for picking up TestBug. Dunno why the hype. It makes bad computers lag too =/

I actually like Testbug, I'm excited to see it for MLG. Definitely now worth paying for the premium stream

sleepingdog

Austria6145 Posts

March 01 2011 08:48 GMT

#231

Although not 100% perfect in my opinion this mappool is WAY better than I expected; probably as good as it could've gotten, considering the massive pile of BS that is the current ladder maps - huge props to MLG for really taking an effort to work around the screwed maps provided by Blizzard.

Ok, now somebody get a blizz representative and tell them to just USE THIS EXACT SETUP (sorry for caps) for ladder maps. It would be so much better...a ladder mappool with crossfire and testbug, no close spawns, shakuras back....would bring me tears of joy. Sadly, Blizz doesn't want me to be happy.

L3g3nd_

New Zealand10461 Posts

March 01 2011 08:54 GMT

#232

Really good map pool, 100 times better than any map pool that blizz has come out with, imo GSL map pool is better, but compared to ladder im sure the players will have no complaints at all.

lets hope NASL does the same!

Rampager

Australia1007 Posts

March 01 2011 08:59 GMT

#233

TestBug is awesome from a spectator point of view. The terrain is sick, it's visually appealing in every way especially on high graphics settings. Really cool concept.

Pretty good map choice! Of course I'm slightly "eh" to Crossfire as all current GSL games we've seen have been... lackluster, but maybe that's just giving it a bad rap due to lack of games.

Would've liked to see that other iCCup map, Brazix Orbital I think, featured in the Startale tournament, it was pretty suave!

duck.fit

United States241 Posts

March 01 2011 09:02 GMT

#234

So essentially there are a bunch of 3 player maps. Positional dynamics without the zerg auto loss games?--sounds good to me.

FabledIntegral

United States9232 Posts

March 01 2011 09:03 GMT

#235

On March 01 2011 12:10 I_Love_Bacon wrote:
While Tau Cross was indeed a good map, the best BW map of all time was a 3 person map not named Tau Cross...

Outsider. Best Map. Evar. http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/maps/200_Outsider

Wasn't too balanced from what I recall, but we saw a lot of fucking epic games on that map! Ha, I'm grinning just thinking about it. We saw tons of aggressive strats like the revival of 2gate vs Zerg since they were close map positions, to mass drop play by Terran in TvP with like 8+ dropships, Corsair/Reaver had it's chance to shine on that map, we saw Flash vs Stork where I believe Flash went 1 fact FOUR CC's quadruple expansion (or was it only 3?) to a quick 5 bases, which just made me go "wtf, is he still on 1 fact?", epic Fantasy vs Jaedong game, Zerg mass sunken camping vs Terran on 4base skipping lurkers into Guardians --> ultras on a crazy high number of gasses... ah... so many strats that were fun to watch, but weren't too popular, surfaced out on that map because of the architecture. LOVED IT.

Was awful at playing it though, if I ever got it in tourney games where I had to play I just 4pooled, lol.

Colourz

England27 Posts

March 01 2011 09:03 GMT

#236

I am very happy with these =)

Poocs

94 Posts

March 01 2011 09:05 GMT

#237

I think it's ridiculous to force macro games. Takes away from the variety of strategies used. But I guess the community just wants to see 50 minutes games instead of cool builds.

Motiva

United States1774 Posts

March 01 2011 09:06 GMT

#238

wow MLG delivers :D I can't wait for this season.

Animostas

United States568 Posts

March 01 2011 09:06 GMT

#239

Very awesome of MLG to take this initiative. Instead of leaving old, bad maps in the pool for so long.

halvorg

Norway717 Posts

March 01 2011 09:09 GMT

#240

Nice that they are using custom maps, my only complaint is Testbug's looks, not that MLG has any saying in it, but that map looks horrible.

Oh, it seems they removed the lava on that map. huge step in the right direction. Doesnt really matter though i guess, no point to complain about looks in this thread.