iCCup Map Team releases AE maps, now sponsored! - Page 5

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ReaperX

Hong Kong1758 Posts

July 27 2011 22:06 GMT

#81

MapMakers deserve it. I'm glad SteelSeries decided to help out.

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

July 27 2011 22:08 GMT

#82

In a most embarrassing mistake, I published a old version of Othello on NA. The right one should be up now, so sorry to anyone that tried out the old one T_T.

JeffJohnson

Germany62 Posts

July 27 2011 22:19 GMT

#83

The maps are looking fantastic, great work! Nice to hear that you get sponsored from steelseries :-)

SeaSwift

Scotland4486 Posts

July 27 2011 22:19 GMT

#84

Given how much chronoboost goes idle in PvX late game, I reckon Carriers are not to be brushed aside as they used to be on Katrina, as the time while constantly chronoboosted is not too bad, actually. Just need a mass Carrier build that can somehow survive until then =/

Obviously they are all better than the Blizzard map pool - that's a given. Othello does look very BW-esque, even though I haven't watched much BW I could tell straight off it was a lift

I hope you don't mind if I give my opinions just as I would to any map-maker from the perspective of PvX, kind of ignoring that you will know so much more about maps than me that my opinion may be worthless

Sanshorn Mist looks like a counter-attacking Zerg's dream, so got to watch out as Protoss, but I think more routes makes for more interesting games, so I can put up with my irritation at getting surrounded/my natural getting gutted I think. It certainly looks good for moving away from blob vs blob, which SC2 is doing anyway. Another plus there, I think. I like the textures etc, but I'm not really arty, it's quite subjective and it is irrelevant for balance almost all of the time. I can't see if there are actually islands or if they have a bridge to the mainland. If they are islands, it's fine as long as they are far away from the mains/nats, which they seem to be so Terrans can't get a safe, free expo early on. I also like the changing level of terrain, which might encourage more maneouvring into position in games. What I dislike? From a glance, it might make taking a third as Protoss very difficult and may encourage 2 base all-ins etc. With a 3 base Protoss being vulnerable from 3 different directions, and the bases far apart so drop play will be hard to stop, multipronged attacks from Zerg may be REALLY hard to deal with, especially given recent ZvP styles. PvT looks fine on this map, but we'll have to find out. Tanks may come back into fashion. I hope so. As far as PvP goes, who knows. The match-up is so insane it's really hard to tell properly.

Will edit for the other two maps in a while. I need my beauty sleep.

G3CKO

Canada1430 Posts

July 27 2011 22:21 GMT

#85

Give us Bluestorm aka Zergstorm

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

July 27 2011 22:22 GMT

#86

On July 28 2011 07:21 G3CKO wrote:
Give us Bluestorm aka Zergstorm

See Sungsu Crossing

DyEnasTy

United States3716 Posts

July 27 2011 22:23 GMT

#87

This is straight up bad ass.

skatbone

United States1005 Posts

July 27 2011 22:23 GMT

#88

Sandshorn Mist has always been my favorite ICCup map. I still remember watching Drewbie and Antimage and Catz duke it out on that map on ICCup TV last fall. I'm excited to try out this reworking of it. The maps look great!

Ragoo

Germany2773 Posts

July 27 2011 22:25 GMT

#89

Come back home, go on TL, see 4 incredible new iCCup maps that will be played by pros in the near future + sponsorship by steelseries -> best day of the month :D