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http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/20175311/new-ladder-maps-for-2016-season-3-7-6-2016
New Ladder Maps for 2016 Season 3
Blizzard Entertainment 7/6/2016 2
New Ladder Maps for 2016 Season 3
The upcoming Ladder Revamp will bring with it a series of new maps. These will become the new map pools for Season 3. Below, we’ve provided images and descriptions for each of the new maps coming to StarCraft II ladder competition, whether that be in the solo 1v1/Archon format.
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Apotheosis was the highest voted macro map, and also the 2nd place overall voted by the players during the Team Liquid Map Contest 7. The combination of the nearby gold-expansion along with the Destructible Rocks that can be used offensively looked to be a cool unique feature of this macro map.
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Galactic Process was also a top-voted map that uses a proven concept displayed in a fun map-archetype from the past. Although the general map layout is somewhat similar, there were solid additions in the form of rocks by the 3rd base location and a set of backdoor paths on the sides of the maps that the players can utilize to assault the enemy’s natural expansion.
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New Gettysburg caught the attention of both us and KeSPA pro players as early as the submission stage of the contest. Since then, we’ve been working together with KeSPA and ‘Jacky’, the creator of the map, to improve it even further. We were aiming to use it as one of the new maps even before the results of the contest came in. However, we were also pleasantly surprised to see that our community agreed with us on the quality of the map as it was voted to be the number one map of this season’s Teamliquid map contest.
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Dasan Station: Not only is this a genuinely unique map from the “new map types” category, it is also a strong rush-map. We wanted to add one new rush-map into the map pool this season, and this one was a stand-out map that also scored fairly high on the list.
"We will be removing Dusk Towers, Ulrena, Invader, and Ruins of Endion." - Arkitas Blizzard
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Hope Dusk will stay in the mappool
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I'm still sad Galactic Process made it in over Annihilation Station 
Ladder on Dasan Station is gonna be a mess.
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i don't understand why they actually put Dasan Station in the mappool.
everyone will veto this map after their first pylon rush games.
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Can't wait to play tvt on Dasan station!
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Dasan Station will be Secret Springs of this mappool.
Also hoping for Dusk to finally be removed. How long is it in pool? Like a year?
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I really wanted Galactic Process to win the map contest in the first place, looks like a good modern LOTV take on Cloud Kingdom.
Apotheosis also looks like a good take on an old map, excited to play it, seems like both of these will be very balanced macro maps but of course only time will tell.
Lol at Dasan statino, as a Zerg that map is an instant veto, Maru double drops or Warp Prism/Oracle/ all ins will be totally unstoppable, this map being in the pool pretty much makes the Queen/Spore buffs mandatory if you ever want to see a Zerg vs anybody on this map. I wouldn't really mind if Blizzard dropped the "new map type" maps entirely, they almost always make gimmicky crappy maps with Ulrenea being a mild exception imo.
New Gettysburg of course looks dope.
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On July 07 2016 05:31 PinoKotsBeer wrote:
Hope Dusk will stay in the mappool
I really hope Dusk gets removed. Haha.
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On July 07 2016 07:06 Mistakes wrote:I really hope Dusk gets removed. Haha.
Me to, I have it vetoed now simply because it is SO DANG OLD.
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Did they say which maps will be removed ? Also lol dasan station. I expect to have creep on my base by the 3 minute mark, if the game isnt over by the inevitable heavy rush
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Can't wait to veto Dasan Station!
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On July 07 2016 07:43 oGoZenob wrote:
Did they say which maps will be removed ? Also lol dasan station. I expect to have creep on my base by the 3 minute mark, if the game isnt over by the inevitable heavy rush
They said they are going to remove Dusk Towers, Ulrena, Invader, and Ruins of Endion.
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Is this the first official confirmation that ladder revamp is next week?
The upcoming Ladder Revamp will bring with it a series of new maps.
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ladder revamp will come this week.
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I don't know what map they've titled Galactic Process, but it's not my map, that's for sure. They made so many uncalled-for changes, they removed the backdoor rocks at the natural (have fun with that btw), they changed the tileset substantially, and they even redid almost all the doodads. Nobody said a word to me at any point about this, and they should be glad they didn't, because I wouldn't put this map on the ladder. What a supreme gesture of disrespect, to take something I so meticulously crafted, and take a hacksaw to it. There's a lot more I could say about this, but I'm shaking right now. Maybe later.
Blizzard can have their e-sport.
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so when is the new season? next week?
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Apotheosis looks beautiful
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YES DASAN STATION I DIDN'T THINK THEY'D DO IT BUT I'M SO THRILLED THEY DID!!
I don't think I've been this pleased by a map selection in LotV!
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No rocks in the corridor on Galactic Process can't possibly be intended. And if it is, then it needs to be corrected. Seriously.
EDIT : maybe you can actually block the corridor and the small ramp with three well placed buildings, but I'm unsure. We need to see the published map first.
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Really? Dasan Station? I thought Blizzard learned their lesson about how crappy backdoors into mains are all the way back with Blistering Sands. Well, looks like it will be a VERY popular veto so not too much of a problem, I guess.
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EPT
