Map Pool for 2012 GSL Season 5 - Page 6

I'd argue that the field of play in most sports takes a "PERSONALITY OF ITS OWN" much like maps do in Starcraft.

Football:
-100 yards from goal line to goal line. with endzones each 10 yards deep. 160 feet between sidelines.
-artificial turf
-natural grass
-indoor stadiums
-take into consideration weather conditions like snow, ice, rain, extreme heat, extreme cold, wind, all of which play a role in how effective ball control is.
-College football and Professional Football use two different sets of hash marks


Baseball:
-what changes as far as dimensions in professional baseball and other leagues is the size of the outfield. the infield never changes, its a perfect square 90 feet per side.
-indoor
-outdoor
-turf
-natural grasss
-aritficial turf
-weather conditions like rain, mist, cold, heat, I have even seen games played with thousands of moths flying around.
-depending on the time of day, the sun can play a major role in visability, shadows that fool the batter or the fielders
-the baseball diamond has had the same dimensions for at least 150 years. 90 feet between each base in a perfect square. with the pitchers mound 60 feet 6 inches from homeplate directly in line between homeplate and second base.

Hockey:
-very little changes in a Hockey arena, but the ice does change after 20 mins of skating on it. hence why the Zambonee resurfaces the ice between periods
by the way, hockey and Baseball share this quality in that during breaks, the grounds crew can change the playing field by repairing flaws.

Basketball:
-probably the only major sport with very little change to the field of play. the court for most major competitions is almost always indoors, in a controlled environment.
-the biggest change to the sport of basketball was the implementation of the 3-point line. This 3-point line is still being changed to this day and has seen experimentation with distances to the basket in different leagues.

Tennis:
-Grass, Clay, Concrete
-concrete can have a number of different finishing surfaces one of which is Carpet used in some indoor arenas.
-Grass courts and Clay courts can take on a personality of their own through wear and tear and are constantly being monitored and repaired.
-Professional Tennis matches are almost always played in sunlight or artificial light, during non-precipitation. the only exception to this is that Clay can absorb water and can withstand a light drizzle.
-Wind in outdoor matches can have a dramatic affect on ball control.

Soccer:
-for being one of the most widely played sports in the world, Soccer has never had a set standard for the dimensions of the field. depending on where you are in the world. the field can be really big or kind of small.
-in FIFA matches, the field must be 100-130 yards in length and 50-100 yards in width.
-like many of the other sports, this game can be played on different types of fields. Grass, artificial turf, indoors, outdoors.
-there are some varieties of the game that occur on much smaller fields like indoor arena type soccer games
-this game has also seen a change in the types of soccer balls used.
-outdoor games have seen its fair share of matches played in rain, wind, snow, extreme heat and extreme cold.

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