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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.409059169190681.1073741830.341916662571599&type=3&l=0a8bda71e2 (2)Akilon Wastes + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/537416_409059195857345_885898933_n.jpg) (2)KeSPA Newkirk Redevelopment Precinct_1.0 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/558031_409059199190678_1337031021_n.jpg) (2)Naro Station_1.0 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/544683_409059232524008_1505241868_n.jpg) (2)Neo Planet S_1.2 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/480507_409059235857341_2141402701_n.jpg) (2)Bel'Shir Vestige LE + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/526979_409059245857340_453677318_n.jpg) (4)Fighting Spirit_1.0 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/528225_409059275857337_1204595578_n.jpg) (4)Korhal Floating Island_1.0 + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/625673_409059312524000_1857788379_n.jpg) *cross-spawns only (4)Whirlwind LE + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/9951_409059332523998_204023824_n.jpg) | ||
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phodacbiet
United States1740 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
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Bibbit
Canada5377 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
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Hall0wed
United States8486 Posts
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larse
1611 Posts
It's the first one that actually looks like a flying station/shipyard/spaceship | ||
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MrMotionPicture
United States4327 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On April 04 2013 11:55 MrMotionPicture wrote: Where do they spawn on Floating Island? It doesn't make sense to me... The older versions of the map were forced cross spawns. I assume it's the same because of the map architecture | ||
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Arceus
Vietnam8333 Posts
On April 04 2013 11:52 larse wrote: That Naro Station looks too beautiful. It's the first one that actually looks like a flying station/shipyard/spaceship looks like a sentry without its glass dome to me xD | ||
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fuzzylogic44
Canada2633 Posts
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Maghetti
United States2429 Posts
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kanada
Canada255 Posts
Edit: Never mind, Thought there were a lot more gold patches there | ||
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On April 04 2013 12:17 kanada wrote: Double gold expo on Fighting spirit? Sick will that ever be relevant? i sort of seeing it as being "win-more." if you can control the middle you're likely winning anyway, and the double gold will secure your lead. if you're losing there's no chance of taking the middle | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On April 04 2013 12:13 fuzzylogic44 wrote: I certainly hope Korhal Floating Island and Newkirk Redevelopment Precinct get renamed, what a mouthful those names are Kor-hal Float-ing Is-land: 6 syllables New-kirk Re-de-vel-op-ment Pre-cinct: 9 syllables Actually, I think they should reduce it to 2 words instead of 3. That should cut down on the excessive syllables. BW maps often had elegant 1-word names. Python. Andromeda. Destination. SC2 maps seem to have the tradition of being "planet name" + "geographic feature." I might be generalizing too much here. | ||
digmouse
China6330 Posts
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Laryleprakon
New Zealand9496 Posts
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udgnim
United States8024 Posts
it's just a win more expansion | ||
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Arceus
Vietnam8333 Posts
On April 04 2013 12:26 udgnim wrote: middle Fighting Spirit gold minerals is stupid it's just a win more expansion hows about hatch first on gold praying for the opponent not going through the middle  yeah seriously it may work since some players always scout clockwise or counter-clockwise on 4p map (provide that FS is not forced cross) | ||
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faiza
United States451 Posts
On April 04 2013 12:07 Arceus wrote: looks like a sentry without its glass dome to me xD Can't unsee. | ||
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TimENT
United States1425 Posts
Cannot wait to see Fighting Spirit, Naro Station, and Floating Island!!!! | ||
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Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
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Warpath
Canada1242 Posts
and fighting spirit!!! | ||
Wunder
United Kingdom2950 Posts
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TheLetterQ
United States65 Posts
On April 04 2013 12:07 Arceus wrote: looks like a sentry without its glass dome to me xD Good, I'm not the only person that thought it looked like a giant sentry. I'm really interested to see how that map in particular plays out. I mostly like the pool, but I don't see fighting spirit lasting long. It has a few too many weird features (Hard to go beyond 3 bases, weird gas setup [I assume the main and 3rd have rich geysers?], and the middle gold). The gold base is, as others have pointed out, exceptionally weird, as it has the usual bad features of a gold base (being a win more base) taken to the ridiculous extreme. I don't really like gold bases in general, but at least on maps like meta or antiga they had interesting uses. On this map however it requires almost total map control to secure, so the only thing it seems to do is seal the deal when you have a commanding lead. If you are ahead enough to take that base, you were almost for sure going to win anyway. | ||
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Redrot
United States446 Posts
Though I miss metropolis  | ||
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Qikz
United Kingdom12022 Posts
Middle Fighting Spirit expansion is great too, it means if you're winning you can close out the game properly, it's so hard to hold it though, I've played customs on it and it can be hit by basically any siege unit over the wall and that's how it should be. A win more base. The fact there's only 4 sets of 3 bases makes positioning so much more important as well. So happy with Proleague! <3333 Also Naro's fourth bases are so smart. It's not hard to secure at all. It's far away but it's a single wide ramp meaning it's good for walling, mech, toss and zerg with burrowed banelings. It means securing the third needs army, but you can split later on to defend your later bases. | ||
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LighT.
Canada4501 Posts
It looked absolutely sick. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On April 05 2013 06:11 LighT. wrote: My only disappointment is that they should have included face off as one of the maps. It looked absolutely sick. Korhal Floating Island is literally Face Off, just reskinned and renamed. | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On April 05 2013 06:13 eviltomahawk wrote: Korhal Floating Island is literally Face Off, just reskinned and renamed. I think they changed the spawning locations for top left and bottom right, didn't they? It used to be the slightly closer by air spawns instead of the far corners | ||
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dinosrwar
1290 Posts
On April 04 2013 12:26 udgnim wrote: middle Fighting Spirit gold minerals is stupid it's just a win more expansion It's always been a win more expansion. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On April 05 2013 06:14 Shellshock1122 wrote: I think they changed the spawning locations for top left and bottom right, didn't they? It used to be the slightly closer by air spawns instead of the far corners You're right. They tweaked the spawn positions and a few other things, but otherwise they're pretty much the same map. | ||
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Chronos.
United States805 Posts
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ExceeD_DreaM
Canada500 Posts
By making all gases extract 8 gas each, they reduced the number of workers mining gas by half. So in late game fights with say 3 bases, that is 9 more supply that can go towards the army at least. I like this change. The game doesn't always have to be balanced out through units, it can be done by changing maps (terrains, and minerals!). Very interesting to see and how this will possibly change the game in pro scene. | ||
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thenexusp
United States3721 Posts
On April 04 2013 12:26 udgnim wrote: middle Fighting Spirit gold minerals is stupid it's just a win more expansion If it plays anything like BW Fighting Spirit the center expansion will be relevant in about 0% of games. Even when you're ahead you're not going to be ahead enough to be able to take the center expansion. If you're so far ahead that you can actually take the center expo it's more of a case of an opponent's poor GG timing than anything else. | ||
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LighT.
Canada4501 Posts
Ive been thinking for a while and trying to understand why there arent square, symmetrical maps in the pool. One thing that could make it more fun is players fighting for expansions... but right now...all players are doing is basically defending and denying them rather than taking it themselves. For any expansion..outside of the FS one, it seems like one opponent has the upper advantage from a defensive point of view.. They should definitely give 4-way symmtetrical, square maps a try. | ||
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