Congrats to both of you! I'm a big fan of ESV, and I'm thrilled that another fantastic map maker has been added to the roster. It's a great step for map making.

Much love.

eXigent.

Canada2419 Posts

January 02 2012 23:48 GMT

#24

I remember back when you first started making maps, and would get me to help you test them. You have come a long way from Belshir Walkway, and an even older Ashir Dulan/Tarsonis Stronghold, to now being one of the best map makers out there.

Heres a quote from the first person to reply to you on TL. I kind of think its amusing seeing how far you've come now.

"And now on a serious note. You either have to accept that people who aren't in the iCCup team have a chance close to zero to ever get their maps played publicly or you start organizing tournaments with your maps. -FlopTurnReaver"

Overall, amazing work, keep it up man!

Haydin

United States1481 Posts

January 02 2012 23:55 GMT

#25

Never heard of him but looking at the samples I'm impressed. Looking forward to seeing the koreans playing on these maps :D

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

January 02 2012 23:56 GMT

#26

Congratz.

SidianTheBard

United States2475 Posts

January 03 2012 00:03 GMT

#27

ESV is like the EG of the map making community. Timetwister comes out of no where, makes a cool map, immediately gets picked up. Next, Ironman gets 2nd place in the TLMC, gets picked up. Whoever wins this MOTM/ESL map contest will be picked up next, imo.

haha <3

Grats bud!

IronManSC

United States2119 Posts

January 03 2012 00:09 GMT

#28

On January 03 2012 08:48 eXigent. wrote:
Ashir Dulan/Tarsonis Stronghold

Oh my lol

I can't find tarsonis stronghold... I must've deleted it, but for those who are interested in seeing my first two maps I ever made for starcraft 2, they are these:

+ Show Spoiler [Ashir Dulan] +

http://i.imgur.com/l5Fmp.jpg
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This was the first starcraft 2 map I ever created, and I did it entirely without a 90-degree (or top-down) view. I created this entirely without pathing, without grid, without copying and pasting, and without custom doodad placement. I didn't know about any of these features when I created this lol

+ Show Spoiler [Bel'Shir Walkway] +

http://i.imgur.com/t1xHL.jpg
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This was my first real 'competitive' melee map. It received a highly-rated thread here when I first created it, and it was the starting point of my desire to create more melee maps. This was the first map that eXigent started play testing for me. At this point, I knew what grid, pathing, and copying and pasting was, but I was still a newb.

@eXigent:

Buddy, you've come a long way yourself. I mean it when I say this: You're the greatest tester I ever had while I made maps. I never got a solid chance to tell you that, but I want to here, publicly. You've literally tested over 60 games on roughly 4 maps overall. Without your commitment to helping me improve, I would not have gained the betterment of the terran knowledge that I need when creating maps. Your support and dedication is one of the key elements to where I'm at right now, and I do thank you and appreciate everything you've done for me, but also for the community as a whole. Thanks buddy

I'll see you on battle.net sometime!