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[TLMC] Team Map Results!
July 23rd, 2013 13:16 GMT
Team play maps are an important part of the Starcraft 2 experience. While lacking a competitive scene, they serve an important function by making SC2 accessible and enjoyable for all skill levels. While the ladder team map pool has not seen as much turn over compared to the 1v1 ladder, we hope that with this contest we can start to change that. Each of the map submitted provided an interesting take on team play maps ranging from exceptional execution of standard concepts through to radically different ideas that keep the ladder fresh and interesting. The top three maps will receive the following prizes thanks to Blizzard and TeamLiquid: 1st Place: Mega Bloks Battlecruiser signed by the SC2 Dev Team, Razer Peripheral Set, $100 2nd Place: Kerrigan Action Figure signed by the SC2 Dev Team, Razer Peripheral Set, $50 3rd Place: HotS box art Poster signed by the SC2 Dev Team and Razer Banshee Headset I know you're eager to see the results, so here they are:
Honorable Mention: ESV Emrel Coast, TPW Drifas Throne
by Timetwister22 and Meerel
Third Place: ESV Retribution
by NewSunshine
Runner-up: TPW Mystic
by monitor
Winner: CruX Breeze
by Semmo
A huge congratulations to all our winners. Retribution is a map which could fit right in amongst the existing 4v4 maps on ladder. While Mystic brings a completely new flavour to 2v2 with it's split-map concept. Breeze brings team play back to its mass Tier 1 unit roots with aggression being the name of the game. All three maps bring something unique to the ladder and we hope to see them in use one day. This concludes the second season of the TLMC, and we hope to be able to do this again in the near future.
Full Results (1) Breeze (2) Mystic (3) Retribution (4) Drifas Throne (5) Emrel Coast (6) Sandlands (7) Mooniacs (8) Rimfrost
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so..... is breeze going to be in the ladder map pool?
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Congratulations to NewSunshine, monitor, and Semmo. Great work!
Especially Semmo, winning both  must've rigged them polls 
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On July 23 2013 22:24 RiSkysc2 wrote:
so..... is breeze going to be in the ladder map pool?
The maps will be considered by Blizzard for the ladder, no guarantees that any of these will reach the ladder!
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New Team Maps ... I hope so. That would be awesome, thx TL.
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Meerel keeps his tradition of never getting any prize despite making sick maps.
Come on, guys!
Congratulations to all the winners and the partecipants as always: one map after one map, you will save the ladder soon or later
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I wish all of these would be in the team map pool~
Still a lot better than almost all Blizzard made maps.
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4713 Posts
Great picks overall, I love all of the maps for different reasons, and I'm glad one of each kind of map got a spot, a 2 vs 2 map, 3 vs 3 and 4 vs 4 map, hopefully all of them make it into the ladder, they would improve it tremendously. And given that the team ladder could use massive improvements maybe even have the honorable mentions get some spots.
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I actually enjoyed the entered Team maps a lot more than the 1v1 maps.
Way more variety and experimenting, good job guys 
Hope to see many of them on the ladder.
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Hope they just add all of them. I don't see any reason against that at all.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On July 23 2013 22:46 Destructicon wrote:
Great picks overall, I love all of the maps for different reasons, and I'm glad one of each kind of map got a spot, a 2 vs 2 map, 3 vs 3 and 4 vs 4 map, hopefully all of them make it into the ladder, they would improve it tremendously. And given that the team ladder could use massive improvements maybe even have the honorable mentions get some spots.
There are actually x1 2v2 and x2 4v4
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Compared to what's currently in the map pool, I can think of no reason that the top 2 maps shouldn't be immediately thrust into it as well.
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Semmo winning all of the TLMC Kappa
I bow down to our new (possibly old) CruX overlord
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Good to see contests like these, where members of the community have a chance at showing off their artistic design skills and have an impact on the game :D Well done all contributors!
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TLADT24920 Posts
Maps looking great! Congrats to the winners.
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Congrats to the winning entries!
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yay I like Breeze, reminds me of an old Brood War map
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I like breeze... feels a little Hunters-esque, doesn't it?
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Beuheuheuuuuu.... a bit more writeup please? I have no idea why these maps are good, why they were selected, how much better they are from the ladder maps, why I should feel pumped...
Honestly, only the winner seems interesting to me because it looks like BGH. But it's because you gave me no reason to like the others ><
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On July 24 2013 03:32 fezvez wrote:
Beuheuheuuuuu.... a bit more writeup please? I have no idea why these maps are good, why they were selected, how much better they are from the ladder maps, why I should feel pumped...
Honestly, only the winner seems interesting to me because it looks like BGH. But it's because you gave me no reason to like the others ><
I didnt see the retribution game, but the map seems complex and pretty
The 2v2 map by monitor is especially unique because int he middle of the map, there are 2 layers of destructible rocks, and you have to destroy them in order to reach your teammate/other opponent since you and your teammate spawn vertically.
The other way to reach the other side is by nydus worm and air.
Winner? People love Hunters
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I hope Breeze makes it into a lot of the map pools, ffa included. I was excited when Blizzard held a showmatch on Hunters during the Korean HotS launch event, but alas, the map didn't make it into any map pools afaik. I think Breeze might be a worthy spiritual successor.
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On July 24 2013 04:11 iMrising wrote:Show nested quote +On July 24 2013 03:32 fezvez wrote:
Beuheuheuuuuu.... a bit more writeup please? I have no idea why these maps are good, why they were selected, how much better they are from the ladder maps, why I should feel pumped...
Honestly, only the winner seems interesting to me because it looks like BGH. But it's because you gave me no reason to like the others >< I didnt see the retribution game, but the map seems complex and pretty
It was a 25 minute game, so plenty of macro, but also lots of small and big engagements, it was pretty good
As for why you should be pumped, look at Blizzard's maps. And then back at these. And then back to Blizzard's again. Yay!
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Breeze all day every day. GG!
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Is there a link to the TL showmatches they did on these maps?
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Semmo with the clean sweep of the TLMC 2 ! Congrats, I hope Breeze makes ladder.
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Breeze looks like a remake of Hunters
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hope these make it to the ladder :D
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Breeze won cause all of us who played brood war voted for it
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ty team liquid
now hopefully we will thank blizzard soon 
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On July 24 2013 03:26 Jonanin wrote:
I like breeze... feels a little Hunters-esque, doesn't it?
Yep, that's also the first thing I noticed when I looked at the map but honestly, this looks way better than big game hunters. More backdoor options and better positions on the naturals.
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On July 24 2013 03:32 fezvez wrote:
Beuheuheuuuuu.... a bit more writeup please? I have no idea why these maps are good, why they were selected, how much better they are from the ladder maps, why I should feel pumped...
Honestly, only the winner seems interesting to me because it looks like BGH. But it's because you gave me no reason to like the others ><
OMG I WAS JUST SAYING THAT is this not big game hunters? it TOTALLY is 100 percennt a slightly smooshed BGH
on a side note team sc2 doesnt need just maps to make it better (it needs maps) they imo need to fix the "everyone gets 200 supply" i feel sc2 team games are soooooooo fun but missing out
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Poland3748 Posts
It may be a stupid question but do map designers start with hand made pencil + paper sketches when they are designing maps or do they just start with map editor or s.t.
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On July 26 2013 22:41 nimdil wrote:
It may be a stupid question but do map designers start with hand made pencil + paper sketches when they are designing maps or do they just start with map editor or s.t.
Sometimes I do paper an pencil. I mean, if I'm sitting in class bored as hell, I might draw up some simple ideas like main-nat-3rd layouts. Though I never really finish an entire map on paper. Kinda hard to do without the copy past and distance judgement the editor provides. So mostly, I work in the editor alone. Though, every mapmaker is different.
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On July 27 2013 03:17 Timetwister22 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 26 2013 22:41 nimdil wrote:
It may be a stupid question but do map designers start with hand made pencil + paper sketches when they are designing maps or do they just start with map editor or s.t.
Sometimes I do paper an pencil. I mean, if I'm sitting in class bored as hell, I might draw up some simple ideas like main-nat-3rd layouts. Though I never really finish an entire map on paper. Kinda hard to do without the copy past and distance judgement the editor provides. So mostly, I work in the editor alone. Though, every mapmaker is different.
I do a lot of pencil sketching but it's mostly to see if an idea will pan out, not to complete a design idea. It changes once you get in the editor and start blocking out real sizes and angles. But I will say the more you practice working between the two the better you get at using pencil accurately to plan/explore a map layout in a way you can actually build in the editor true to the original drawing.
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Hoping that blizz adds the winners to ladder pool specially the winner before this. grats to the winners
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I absolutely love Retribution. I sincerely hope they'll put it in the ladder pool, because I'd play the hell out of that map. <3 Huge congratz to the map maker!
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On July 24 2013 02:44 Cricketer12 wrote:yay I like Breeze, reminds me of an old Brood War map
really ?
well.. I dont know what maps did you play.. maybe Hunters, cause it looks almost exactly the same ?
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Breeze definitely reminds me of hunters, but with a sc2 flavour, rocks and gold minerals.
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Nicely done! I knew Breeze would win. It's too gorgeous to not win.
Also worth noting, Breeze has no high ground. It's all even-level. Everything.
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Congrats Semmo, the clean sweep :D
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United Kingdom1381 Posts
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