EPTTwo others that I thought of for the 'extreme' category would be Calm Before the Storm, and Testbug - both maps without a real comparison.
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jakethesnake
Canada4948 Posts
Two others that I thought of for the 'extreme' category would be Calm Before the Storm, and Testbug - both maps without a real comparison. | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
- I don't think Antiga deserves to be on the worst, even though I dislike it. Desert Oasis, Steppes, or Kulas could all take its place imo. - I think Whirlwind should be on the extremes just for how open it is. - Why in the world is crossfire on the list of bests, lol? Ohana imo shouldn't be an honorable mention either, it's not the worst map ever, but I can recall very few good games I've played or watched. It's just plain dull aside from aesthetics. - What about the kespa maps? Imo, Arkanoid is the most extreme map by like a mile, lol. I've never seen anything like it. It's like Dustin Browser's wet dream. I think Bitfrost and Planet S should be on that list too. Also, where's Calm Before the Storm? My picks for best: 5) Entombed Valley (without horizontal spawns) 4) Tal'darim Altar 3) Whirlwind 2) Daybreak 1) Cloud Kingdom Honorable: Shakuras Plateau | ||
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catplanetcatplanet
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BearStorm
United States795 Posts
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monk
United States8476 Posts
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nkr
Sweden5451 Posts
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
I can't really comment because I didn't know too much about a lot of the maps until recently, but Incineration Zone was SO bad, yeah. Agreed so much, that map was just....what. Same with Nerazim Crypt  | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On March 09 2013 09:30 TheAmazombie wrote: I like the inclusion of Crossfire on the best. People gave it a lot of shit for being imba, but when it was in the GSL, it always produced some of the best games we had ever seen, with almost any matchup. Really? That's the main reason I dislike it. Aside from Nestea vs sC and and TvT games I don't really remember Crossfire much at all for quality games. | ||
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Riquiz
Netherlands402 Posts
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HeyImFinn
United States250 Posts
The tank/ mass ghost turtle style in TvZ that ultimately got Snipe nerfed into oblivion would not work very well on maps like Whirlwind. 5 rax reaper would be kind of weak on a map like Tal'Darim Altar. The current meta of CC first vs 3 hatch before gas would be kind of hard to pull off on Testbug. EDIT: Am I the only one who liked Bel'Shir Beach? | ||
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forsooth
United States3648 Posts
On March 09 2013 08:44 TheFish7 wrote: Antiga is definitely one of the worst maps, especially when you consider that the first version had gold bases and a warp-inable natural. That map should have been removed a long time ago. Daybreak is now a tournament staple. Nice writeup, Barrin. I'm interpreting the lists to have taken into account the time that they were released as part of the judgement criteria ? Once the kinks were worked out, Antiga ended up being one of the more balanced maps we've had in WoL. It had a tendency to follow a particular formula in each matchup, but it also ended up being one of only a few maps that didn't put any race at a big disadvantage. Contrast that with Daybreak, which has been lucky to hit 40% TvZ ever since the queen patch last year. It's a pretty badly imbalanced map. | ||
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StarVe
Germany13591 Posts
On March 09 2013 08:19 blade55555 wrote: Hm definitely disagree with some of yours (cloud kingdom being the best when imo that is an awful map ).The awful list of maps though was pretty spot on oh man looking at those maps almost reminded me of my nightmares :D Can't understand anyone who says Cloud Kingdom is an awful map. How would you even begin to justify that? | ||
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MountainGoat
United States507 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17671 Posts
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RegardlessAyo
Germany1 Post
Shakuras, Daybreak and Metalopolis Also surprised about putting Metalopolis in Best but not in WORST (ZvP imba, TvP imba, ZvT imba) and hey, where's best map Whirlwind ? Or we're talking about ladder? =( Best map of whole WoL is Whirlwind (with blocked ramp on 3rd version), also Terminus was not bad map (old times) | ||
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Geiko
France1939 Posts
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
If you concider Shakuras Plateau as one of the best maps you could get, you know there's a problem somewhere. | ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
Yes the fourth is hard to take and often times it will not get to that point. But it's an interesting map with many possibilites from "taking the middle" to drops and expanding around the edges. Seriously, this map makes for very interesting games. Else I agree with the overall flow  | ||
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