Red Bull TLMC Finalists - Page 2

On November 05 2013 08:08 FeyFey wrote:
where is the use all maps option >:3

On November 05 2013 08:07 EatThePath wrote:

I really does, I'm pretty bummed I don't get to vote for it.

robpsimpson wrote:
Only one guaranteed! Who knows what the rest of the map pool will look like

On November 05 2013 07:44 EatThePath wrote:

I don't think all the pros will hate it once it starts getting some play. Much of the time it will seem completely normal. It's a good layout without the lava anyway.

But please don't say "no mapmakers dared use [innovative thing]". We have since the beginning, and have been repeatedly slapped down by a heedless community and Blizzard's insistence on rigid and boring map standards.

On November 05 2013 09:21 unifo wrote:


I apologize for this ignorance (as I don't see things from the mapmaker point of view) as it just simply appears this way through the casual viewer of SC2.

However, if this lava map does actually go through, then I think we might start to see the change of "standards that exist for tourney maps". And maybe finally we can actually see some real change for maps in the standard map pool than what we see today.

I do still think the lava map has the VIEWERs vote, as the Viewers love to see everything blown up by lava... hands down. So for pure spectator point of view, this map probably has the most to offer in terms of tense situations (especially when the events are outside of the player's control). Just note that I'm not saying that this map is the most interesting strategically wise... but just the thought of everything melting in lava and that it got approved in this map pool... oh that thought excites me.

On November 05 2013 10:16 Tezkat wrote:
Wow... New Polaris Rhapsody has an enormous lead. Not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, it's a kinda cool map with a very unique mechanic, and I'm eager to see what kinda crazy stuff pro players concoct to exploit it. We didn't really see enough games on that map during the tournament to get a feel for how that would affect play. It also opens the door for more of the quirky map mechanics folks like TLO have been pushing for. On the other hand... the lava thing is probably very unbalanced in some matchups, especially with respect to things like automatically wiping out creep every five minutes.

On November 05 2013 10:44 Plexa wrote:
It could just mean that zergs will use overlords to spread creep more, which would be an interesting development imo