Who would have thought that Outsider or triathlon type maps would work so nicely in BW? I think KeSPA will make some maps great for spectators. Even if they are no good, the teams can always send out a good race for mirror match up on a map. It's fine as long as those maps are not used for OSL right away.

RiceAgainst

United States1849 Posts

November 16 2012 01:54 GMT

#243

Well, hope this turns out well. I still prefer the other map makers but I'm hoping good things come out of KeSPA's.

lordofsoup

United States159 Posts

November 16 2012 02:07 GMT

#244

Finally I'm really looking forward to the different style of maps.

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

November 16 2012 02:07 GMT

#245

Quit honestly the maps coming out of our own map section are more innovative and playable than these =/

Madder

Australia427 Posts

November 16 2012 02:12 GMT

#246

On November 16 2012 11:07 Plexa wrote:
Quit honestly the maps coming out of our own map section are more innovative and playable than these =/

Bit of a snap judgement, wait and see until there's games on these maps.

nmetasch

United States600 Posts

November 16 2012 02:16 GMT

#247

Wow, this is going to shake things up. Just what we needed, good map makers in the community! This can only be good for SC2, more maps that is..

zhurai

United States5660 Posts

November 16 2012 02:17 GMT

#248

nice.

I wonder if they're gonna port fighting spirit (lololol)

Promethelax

Canada7089 Posts

November 16 2012 02:17 GMT

#249

On November 16 2012 11:07 Plexa wrote:
Quit honestly the maps coming out of our own map section are more innovative and playable than these =/

while I agree I'm glad to see any new maps put into tournament play. If we could have a huge tourney on TL produced maps I'd be excited about that too.

Laryleprakon

New Zealand9496 Posts

November 16 2012 02:19 GMT

#250

This is pretty awesome!

TeslasPigeon

464 Posts

November 16 2012 02:21 GMT

#251

I'm glad that there is a movement away from Xel'Naga towers, they are too "casual friendly" for tournaments and leagues. There is no reason why anyone should be given so much map awareness for such a small cost. This might force players to spread out their units, further weakening the deathballs that we all grown to hate.

I welcome the new maps.

Madder

Australia427 Posts

November 16 2012 02:21 GMT

#252

On November 16 2012 11:17 Promethelax wrote:

Show nested quote +

while I agree I'm glad to see any new maps put into tournament play. If we could have a huge tourney on TL produced maps I'd be excited about that too.

I would be too. It would be more productive than just whining about it.

TelecoM

United States10690 Posts

November 16 2012 02:26 GMT

#253

On November 16 2012 11:17 zhurai wrote:
nice.

I wonder if they're gonna port fighting spirit (lololol)

The FS map I played in SC2 long ago was actually quite good...

shin_toss

Philippines2589 Posts

November 16 2012 02:27 GMT

#254

Is that a mineral wall on Caldeum? cooooool !

Arceus

Vietnam8333 Posts

November 16 2012 02:28 GMT

#255

imagine a sc2 map by someone like Rose.of.Dream. Yes please. Im so tired of 25644 variations of DualSight/BelshirBeach with "golden rules" shit like easy third, high ground main, half-circle bases layout etc.
GOM should step up their game too. Make it like MSL vs OSL with two almost different map pool.

Spazer

Canada8033 Posts

November 16 2012 02:31 GMT

#256

On November 16 2012 11:07 Plexa wrote:
Quit honestly the maps coming out of our own map section are more innovative and playable than these =/

The one huge advantage Kespa has over every amateur mapmaker is the player base. When you have progamer houses testing every inch of these maps for you, you're going to learn what works and what doesn't pretty damn quick. This generation of maps may not be the most balanced, but I don't doubt for a moment that Kespa will begin putting out quality maps in the future.

Edit: GOM/the ESF teams have a similar advantage, only they seemingly don't use it. Maybe this will spur them into action.