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On December 19 2014 10:27 NewSunshine wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2014 10:17 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
So turns out Secret Spring is broken lol Also its textures look like awful. They added height maps to Mar Sara's textures which broke them, and didn't bother removing them, or even try to work around it and blur them or something. Looks like garbage, to speak nothing of the layout.
Found the best way to work around the height maps to be painting the area with a normal texture first, and then replacing it with the mar sara texture
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On December 19 2014 10:18 The_Templar wrote:I played a game against SGTK on Secret Spring and it seems that walling is broken. I couldn't wall normally with 2 depots and a barracks. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/H58lmS2.png) Also, I don't know if this normally happens (I play protoss), but I couldn't get my tanks out of my main despite having what looked like a lot of room. I had to kill the reactor as shown in the picture. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/EryC0tO.png)
That's pretty damning - that's one of the simplest things to check. It suggests they did not playtest the version of the map they made live.
meanwhile uvantak has the strictest quality control ever
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On December 19 2014 10:30 mrRoflpwn wrote:
I love how Secret Spring is the only map that is actually different and will require players to have a different strategy but everyone in the poll hates it. This is why every single game in SC2 looks so similar, Because people dont want to learn new maps, they just want the same old crap regurgitated over and over. 3 Easy bases and a choice between 2 bases for the fourth. I wish Blizzard was willing to change the map pool radically and stick with it to force players to learn and adapt.
It's not because it's different, it's because the things-that-are-the-same are broken. The complaints I've read are that it's too abusable by blink and you can't take a 3rd. It has nothing to do with the center or the pseudo-island concept. fwiw I like it best out of the blizz maps, but I would change the layout to better support the concept if it were up to me. or I'd pass it on to a better mapmaker.
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your Country52797 Posts
On December 19 2014 10:30 mrRoflpwn wrote:
I love how Secret Spring is the only map that is actually different and will require players to have a different strategy but everyone in the poll hates it. This is why every single game in SC2 looks so similar, Because people dont want to learn new maps, they just want the same old crap regurgitated over and over. 3 Easy bases and a choice between 2 bases for the fourth. I wish Blizzard was willing to change the map pool radically and stick with it to force players to learn and adapt.
I like Secret Spring D:
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your Country52797 Posts
Vaani Research Station seems to have these weird textures on the ramp. I play on high textures by the way.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/KTu0veP.png)
SGTK apparently couldn't see them (playing on low) so I dunno what's going on there.
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On December 19 2014 10:38 The_Templar wrote:Vaani Research Station seems to have these weird textures on the ramp. I play on high textures by the way. + Show Spoiler +
To note, these do not show up on low (which I use).
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On December 19 2014 10:38 The_Templar wrote:Vaani Research Station seems to have these weird textures on the ramp. I play on high textures by the way. SGTK apparently couldn't see them (playing on low) so I dunno what's going on there.
Thats the space decal doodad, the white stripe variant, upsized and recoulered black.
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On December 19 2014 10:25 Gamegene wrote:
k blizzard:
overgrowth
whirlwind
neo planet s
frost
star station
king sejong station
habitat station
make this your map pool and everyone will be crying tears of joy.
neo planet s was such a bad map lol so don't count me into the everyone.
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Love the new maps and the harder to take third bases.
Not liking foxtrot and deadwing, woulda preferred sejong/merry or even overgrowth, but oh well.
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Bluepost in 3 months incoming:
"Maps play a big role in overall balance, and we feel the current under-performance of Zerg in both match-ups can be addressed through the upcoming changes to the 2015 Season 2 map pool."
And then they're gonna remove the best 2 Zergmaps again.
Because #fucklogic - that's why.
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Inferno springs looks way too much like Zerus Prime D:
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On December 19 2014 10:37 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2014 10:30 mrRoflpwn wrote:
I love how Secret Spring is the only map that is actually different and will require players to have a different strategy but everyone in the poll hates it. This is why every single game in SC2 looks so similar, Because people dont want to learn new maps, they just want the same old crap regurgitated over and over. 3 Easy bases and a choice between 2 bases for the fourth. I wish Blizzard was willing to change the map pool radically and stick with it to force players to learn and adapt. I like Secret Spring D:
It has one path through the middle. Everything else is blocked. Counterattack in TvZ? Yeah, counterattack them damn rocks!!!!!!!! 3rd choices? Overrated! Strategical depth, who needs that? Two base setup? For free, 1-wide ramp, so much fun to play against two base allins that can go completely retard greed early. Even if that map turns out balanced which would be a small miracle... how much fun is it to play?
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On December 19 2014 10:38 The_Templar wrote:Vaani Research Station seems to have these weird textures on the ramp. I play on high textures by the way. SGTK apparently couldn't see them (playing on low) so I dunno what's going on there.
I'm pretty sure that's a velociraptor...
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/e29lFZ2.png)
Or ... at least some *raptor ...
So far, that's the only thing about this pool that's exciting.
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i love them! and they are getting rid of all the maps i vetoed…kim blink kejong station, nimbus aka zerg surround heaven, and overgrowth aka mech city. Catallena and foxtrot much more fun!
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On December 19 2014 10:54 Edowyth wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2014 10:38 The_Templar wrote:Vaani Research Station seems to have these weird textures on the ramp. I play on high textures by the way. SGTK apparently couldn't see them (playing on low) so I dunno what's going on there. I'm pretty sure that's a velociraptor... Or ... at least some *raptor ... So far, that's the only thing about this pool that's exciting.
Confirmed Jurassic World conspiracy.
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On December 19 2014 10:54 Edowyth wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2014 10:38 The_Templar wrote:Vaani Research Station seems to have these weird textures on the ramp. I play on high textures by the way. SGTK apparently couldn't see them (playing on low) so I dunno what's going on there. I'm pretty sure that's a velociraptor... Or ... at least some *raptor ... So far, that's the only thing about this pool that's exciting.
Zergling...
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Vatican City State35 Posts
Weird that they dropped the old popular maps and kept the ones people seem to veto. Still happy to play any of these maps over dreampool however.
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Cool maps, I'm interested to see how they play out!
I think everybody's so goddamn negative though whenever Blizzard does anything ever. The decision to remove KSS and Overgrowth and what not make a lot of sense as we've had them for more than half the year and the repitition becomes a little dull. I think new maps, as weird and maybe stupid as people think they are based on looking at them for the first time, can create absolutely amazing games.
Also stop hating on Foxtrot, it's made some fantastic games!
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United States8301 Posts
I was hoping they'd add outboxer.
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is 12+ bases map the norm these days? And wheres the like of Emeral Plaza or Bridgehead?
I thought Proleague would cure our soul with a few awesome maps but it looks like they are on the same boat with Blizzard too. how sad!
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