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#Dreampool: Old ladder maps return for Season 4 - Page 4

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Teoita
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Italy12246 Posts
September 16 2014 18:11 GMT
#61
On September 17 2014 03:10 brickrd wrote:
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On September 17 2014 03:08 Sirrush wrote:
So all pro players are just completely fucked if they want to practice on the ladder during the off-season? The off-season which is going to be super important for practice, considering EVERYONE has to requalify for WCS?

This is going to suck...

why? they will rebalance the maps as necessary. after daedalus point they would be out of their minds not to. i would be truly shocked if they didnt


Nothing about Xel naga caverns, Metalopolis, or Steppes of War can be balanced. They are just not competitive maps.
ModeratorProtoss all-ins are like a wok. You can throw whatever you want in there and it will turn out alright.
rafaliusz
Profile Joined December 2009
Poland482 Posts
September 16 2014 18:11 GMT
#62
If I get Kulas Ravine back then I even might play again for one more season
SlammerSC2
Profile Joined April 2013
77 Posts
September 16 2014 18:13 GMT
#63
pls Metalopolis aka terran gold float map
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
September 16 2014 18:13 GMT
#64
On September 17 2014 03:11 Teoita wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2014 03:10 brickrd wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:08 Sirrush wrote:
So all pro players are just completely fucked if they want to practice on the ladder during the off-season? The off-season which is going to be super important for practice, considering EVERYONE has to requalify for WCS?

This is going to suck...

why? they will rebalance the maps as necessary. after daedalus point they would be out of their minds not to. i would be truly shocked if they didnt


Nothing about Xel naga caverns, Metalopolis, or Steppes of War can be balanced. They are just not competitive maps.

i still think they would undermine the integrity of the poll and remove maps before they would make the daedalus mistake again but i suppose it remains to be seen. you really think people will trollvote noncompetitive maps into the ladder?
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Sirrush
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands165 Posts
September 16 2014 18:14 GMT
#65
On September 17 2014 03:10 brickrd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2014 03:08 Sirrush wrote:
So all pro players are just completely fucked if they want to practice on the ladder during the off-season? The off-season which is going to be super important for practice, considering EVERYONE has to requalify for WCS?

This is going to suck...

why? they will rebalance the maps as necessary. after daedalus point they would be out of their minds not to. i would be truly shocked if they didnt


There's a specific line in Blizzard's announcement that implies to me they won't be doing any balancing on these old maps whatsoever: " Did you discover an unbeatable strategy on Habitation Station only after it left the ladder?"

Plus, you know, rebalancing the old maps would completely defeat the purpose of bringing them back, cause they would be unrecognizably altered.
Words.
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-16 18:14:47
September 16 2014 18:14 GMT
#66
besides, arent they still gathering suggestions on the final poll? i think thats a really important detail. they can simply choose not to let people vote for maps like steppes.

On September 17 2014 03:14 Sirrush wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2014 03:10 brickrd wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:08 Sirrush wrote:
So all pro players are just completely fucked if they want to practice on the ladder during the off-season? The off-season which is going to be super important for practice, considering EVERYONE has to requalify for WCS?

This is going to suck...

why? they will rebalance the maps as necessary. after daedalus point they would be out of their minds not to. i would be truly shocked if they didnt


There's a specific line in Blizzard's announcement that implies to me they won't be doing any balancing on these old maps whatsoever: " Did you discover an unbeatable strategy on Habitation Station only after it left the ladder?"

Plus, you know, rebalancing the old maps would completely defeat the purpose of bringing them back, cause they would be unrecognizably altered.

im talking about rebalancing on the level of changing rocks or ramp widths not total redesigns.
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Psione
Profile Joined March 2014
United States45 Posts
September 16 2014 18:16 GMT
#67
On September 17 2014 03:06 brickrd wrote:
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On September 17 2014 03:04 Ovid wrote:
What was that cool map in GSL with the beach deck chairs? I think Ohana would be a sensible enough one to put in, all I hope is that there will be a hyper aggressive map in the pool.

this one i think? http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-maps/417029-2-crux-haeundae yeah i loved watching this map!
That's definitely a cool map, however only previous ladder maps are eligible for this poll. That still leaves roughly 60 maps to choose from.
Community Manager - StarCraft II - Twitter: @PsioneBlizzard
SuperHofmann
Profile Joined September 2013
Italy1741 Posts
September 16 2014 18:17 GMT
#68
Maybe Blizzard doens't know how much important maps are for the meta (and meta changes). If an old WoL map cames out it will be AWFULL.
Vasacast always in my <3
Zheryn
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden3653 Posts
September 16 2014 18:17 GMT
#69
On September 17 2014 03:09 CygNus X-1 wrote:
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On September 17 2014 02:56 Zheryn wrote:
I see why they are doing this for the off-season or whatever you want to call it, but it's going to be pretty annoying to not be able to use the ladder anything if you want to practise competetive games. Playing Scrap Station, Antiga Shipyard etc will not be that useful when the next competetive season will hopefully have maps suited for HotS play.

Edit: Just think about how many stuff would be completely broken and only be fun for the first few days (tanks without siege mode denying ppls naturals from their own naturals, tempests shooting from one main to another, swarm hosts making people wish they were in BL infestor era at Daybreak...


Pretty sure you aren't in the WCS/GSL so I wouldn't worry too much. Just go out and have fun. It is a game after all. Personally, I'm excited for some nostalgia


What does my league matter? I play the game to be as good as I can and work out strategies that makes me win because I played smarter/better. I don't play the game to siege someones natural from my own natural and go "LOL LE EPIC FUN U CANT MINE HAHA I HAF SO MANY FUNS!!".
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brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
September 16 2014 18:17 GMT
#70
On September 17 2014 03:16 Psione wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2014 03:06 brickrd wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:04 Ovid wrote:
What was that cool map in GSL with the beach deck chairs? I think Ohana would be a sensible enough one to put in, all I hope is that there will be a hyper aggressive map in the pool.

this one i think? http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-maps/417029-2-crux-haeundae yeah i loved watching this map!
That's definitely a cool map, however only previous ladder maps are eligible for this poll. That still leaves roughly 60 maps to choose from.

yeah i saw you post this on bnet well thats sad and i hope you reconsider but whatever maps end up making it this is still awesome
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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
September 16 2014 18:18 GMT
#71
This is Fucking insane and hilarious. Everyone, we need to get Metalopolis back into the game
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
Sirrush
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands165 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-16 18:20:18
September 16 2014 18:18 GMT
#72
On September 17 2014 03:14 brickrd wrote:
besides, arent they still gathering suggestions on the final poll? i think thats a really important detail. they can simply choose not to let people vote for maps like steppes.

Show nested quote +
On September 17 2014 03:14 Sirrush wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:10 brickrd wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:08 Sirrush wrote:
So all pro players are just completely fucked if they want to practice on the ladder during the off-season? The off-season which is going to be super important for practice, considering EVERYONE has to requalify for WCS?

This is going to suck...

why? they will rebalance the maps as necessary. after daedalus point they would be out of their minds not to. i would be truly shocked if they didnt


There's a specific line in Blizzard's announcement that implies to me they won't be doing any balancing on these old maps whatsoever: " Did you discover an unbeatable strategy on Habitation Station only after it left the ladder?"

Plus, you know, rebalancing the old maps would completely defeat the purpose of bringing them back, cause they would be unrecognizably altered.

im talking about rebalancing on the level of changing rocks or ramp widths not total redesigns.


Thats still not going to change much if you can build an inbase Stargate that's closer to your opponents mineral line than yours (Metalopolis), or where one single Medivac Boost will get your across the entire map (pretty much all small maps). You cant have serious practice when every map has a specific strategy thats completely imba.
Words.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
September 16 2014 18:19 GMT
#73
I would prefer if this were on a separate matchmaking queue and not regular ladder
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brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
September 16 2014 18:20 GMT
#74
On September 17 2014 03:18 Sirrush wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2014 03:14 brickrd wrote:
besides, arent they still gathering suggestions on the final poll? i think thats a really important detail. they can simply choose not to let people vote for maps like steppes.

On September 17 2014 03:14 Sirrush wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:10 brickrd wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:08 Sirrush wrote:
So all pro players are just completely fucked if they want to practice on the ladder during the off-season? The off-season which is going to be super important for practice, considering EVERYONE has to requalify for WCS?

This is going to suck...

why? they will rebalance the maps as necessary. after daedalus point they would be out of their minds not to. i would be truly shocked if they didnt


There's a specific line in Blizzard's announcement that implies to me they won't be doing any balancing on these old maps whatsoever: " Did you discover an unbeatable strategy on Habitation Station only after it left the ladder?"

Plus, you know, rebalancing the old maps would completely defeat the purpose of bringing them back, cause they would be unrecognizably altered.

im talking about rebalancing on the level of changing rocks or ramp widths not total redesigns.


Thats still not going to change much if you can build an inbase Stargate that's closer to your opponents mineral line, than yours (Metalopolis), or where one single Medivac Boost will get your across the entire map (pretty much all small maps). You cant have serious practice when every map has a specific strategy thats completely imba.

what about the first line of my post? they can choose to offer or not offer any maps they want on the poll. if a map cant be fixed or made suitable for hots they probably wont put it on the final poll. maybe im drinking the koolaid but i dont think theyre stupid enough to use the absurdly goofy maps. even if they did it would probably be 2 at maximum and even then i think enough pros would flip shit to stop it
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AxionSteel
Profile Joined January 2011
United States7754 Posts
September 16 2014 18:20 GMT
#75
This is awesome. Was hoping this would happen sometime!
Zheryn
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden3653 Posts
September 16 2014 18:21 GMT
#76
On September 17 2014 03:18 Sirrush wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2014 03:14 brickrd wrote:
besides, arent they still gathering suggestions on the final poll? i think thats a really important detail. they can simply choose not to let people vote for maps like steppes.

On September 17 2014 03:14 Sirrush wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:10 brickrd wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:08 Sirrush wrote:
So all pro players are just completely fucked if they want to practice on the ladder during the off-season? The off-season which is going to be super important for practice, considering EVERYONE has to requalify for WCS?

This is going to suck...

why? they will rebalance the maps as necessary. after daedalus point they would be out of their minds not to. i would be truly shocked if they didnt


There's a specific line in Blizzard's announcement that implies to me they won't be doing any balancing on these old maps whatsoever: " Did you discover an unbeatable strategy on Habitation Station only after it left the ladder?"

Plus, you know, rebalancing the old maps would completely defeat the purpose of bringing them back, cause they would be unrecognizably altered.

im talking about rebalancing on the level of changing rocks or ramp widths not total redesigns.


Thats still not going to change much if you can build an inbase Stargate that's closer to your opponents mineral line than yours (Metalopolis), or where one single Medivac Boost will get your across the entire map (pretty much all small maps). You cant have serious practice when every map has a specific strategy thats completely imba.


Yeah exactly. If you want to play for practise you'll have to play exclusively customs which is kind of lame.
hundred thousand krouner
ivancype
Profile Joined December 2012
Brazil485 Posts
September 16 2014 18:21 GMT
#77
I like the idea but I really hope season 4 does not last more than a month. From november (after Blizzcon) to january (before wcs 2015 season 1) it is going to be too much
The other race is OP
Sirrush
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands165 Posts
September 16 2014 18:23 GMT
#78
On September 17 2014 03:20 brickrd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2014 03:18 Sirrush wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:14 brickrd wrote:
besides, arent they still gathering suggestions on the final poll? i think thats a really important detail. they can simply choose not to let people vote for maps like steppes.

On September 17 2014 03:14 Sirrush wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:10 brickrd wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:08 Sirrush wrote:
So all pro players are just completely fucked if they want to practice on the ladder during the off-season? The off-season which is going to be super important for practice, considering EVERYONE has to requalify for WCS?

This is going to suck...

why? they will rebalance the maps as necessary. after daedalus point they would be out of their minds not to. i would be truly shocked if they didnt


There's a specific line in Blizzard's announcement that implies to me they won't be doing any balancing on these old maps whatsoever: " Did you discover an unbeatable strategy on Habitation Station only after it left the ladder?"

Plus, you know, rebalancing the old maps would completely defeat the purpose of bringing them back, cause they would be unrecognizably altered.

im talking about rebalancing on the level of changing rocks or ramp widths not total redesigns.


Thats still not going to change much if you can build an inbase Stargate that's closer to your opponents mineral line, than yours (Metalopolis), or where one single Medivac Boost will get your across the entire map (pretty much all small maps). You cant have serious practice when every map has a specific strategy thats completely imba.

what about the first line of my post? they can choose to offer or not offer any maps they want on the poll. if a map cant be fixed or made suitable for hots they probably wont put it on the final poll. maybe im drinking the koolaid but i dont think theyre stupid enough to use the absurdly goofy maps. even if they did it would probably be 2 at maximum and even then i think enough pros would flip shit to stop it


There's nothing in the original post to suggest Blizzard will do any sort of balancing, or map picking. They simply said "The seven maps that receive the most votes by October 1 will be added to the Season 4 ladder map pool."

Yes, maybe they will change things, or veto maps, but as of right now there's 0 indication of them doing so, so until that happens I'll continue to flip my shit to make it known that their current (publicly announced) idea/competition is absolutely off the wall insane.
Words.
Ribbon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5278 Posts
September 16 2014 18:23 GMT
#79
On September 17 2014 02:56 Zheryn wrote:
I see why they are doing this for the off-season or whatever you want to call it, but it's going to be pretty annoying to not be able to use the ladder anything if you want to practise competetive games. Playing Scrap Station, Antiga Shipyard etc will not be that useful when the next competetive season will hopefully have maps suited for HotS play.


While I get that, a map pool of Steppes, Scrap Station, Jungle Basin, Metalopolis, Slag Pits, Nerazim Crypt, Kulas Ravine, and Lost Temple would be hilarious, and thus actually really good for the game, just a short-term off-season thing. I know I'd be much more inclined to watch streams on that pool.
Teoita
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Italy12246 Posts
September 16 2014 18:23 GMT
#80
On September 17 2014 03:16 Psione wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2014 03:06 brickrd wrote:
On September 17 2014 03:04 Ovid wrote:
What was that cool map in GSL with the beach deck chairs? I think Ohana would be a sensible enough one to put in, all I hope is that there will be a hyper aggressive map in the pool.

this one i think? http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-maps/417029-2-crux-haeundae yeah i loved watching this map!
That's definitely a cool map, however only previous ladder maps are eligible for this poll. That still leaves roughly 60 maps to choose from.


For the love of everything that is nerdy and awesome in the universe, i beg you, please read this article http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-strategy/443505-daedalus-point-a-lesson-in-map-making

2-3 maps we can veto are fine, but no more
ModeratorProtoss all-ins are like a wok. You can throw whatever you want in there and it will turn out alright.
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