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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
March 16 2017 18:26 GMT
#1
Team Liquid Map Contest 8 Map Picks

First off, we wanted to thank everybody who participated in the map contest, as well as Team Liquid for organizing and hosting it. There were lots of great submissions this time around and its always tough to narrow it down, but so far we are leaning towards using the following maps in the upcoming Ladder season:

• Ascension to Aiur by SidianTheBard (Macro Category)
• Blood Boil by Avex (Resource Category)
• Sequencer by NegativeZero (New Category)
• Defender’s Landing by YoungRustler (Rush Category)

Map Cuts
Of course we will need to make some room for the new maps, so we think removing some of the older maps would be ideal:
• Newkirk Precinct TE
• Bel’Shir Vestige LE
• Cactus Valley LE
• Honorgrounds LE

As always, let us know what you think about either the map picks or map cuts.
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/sc2/topic/20753578109#1

Ascension to Aiur (second place)

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Sequencer (fifth place)

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Blood Boil (seventh place)

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Defender's Landing (unranked)

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ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-16 18:33:18
March 16 2017 18:31 GMT
#2
What is Defender's Landing? The map submitted by YoungRustler wasn't this one.
Considering they're adding a rush map i'd rather remove paladino, but otherwise i'm liking this


Now on to the comments complaining about those maps not being top 4 in the contest.
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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
March 16 2017 18:37 GMT
#3
Sequencer actually made it!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
IeZaeL
Profile Joined July 2012
Italy991 Posts
March 16 2017 18:39 GMT
#4
fuck yea sequencer, good stuff
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Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
March 16 2017 18:42 GMT
#5
Fuck Paladino get rid of that from the map pool instead of honourgrounds such a horrible map.

ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3491 Posts
March 16 2017 18:45 GMT
#6
Please don't take Bel'shir Vestige from me
Glad Sequencer made it and even Blood Boil, but what about Paradise Lost?
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NutriaKaiN
Profile Joined June 2016
88 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-16 18:49:03
March 16 2017 18:46 GMT
#7
blizzard take always the worst maps out of the contests because they like to have from each category one.

Why dont have all macro maps except 1-2. This 1-2 maps can be special categories...
but yea.. all the time the same, there is no hope lol
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55578 Posts
March 16 2017 18:48 GMT
#8
For god's sake why would you keep Paladino for another season? Are they never going to learn?
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FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
March 16 2017 18:48 GMT
#9
Cool. Would've liked to see Hunger Game in there :p
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NutriaKaiN
Profile Joined June 2016
88 Posts
March 16 2017 18:49 GMT
#10
On March 17 2017 03:48 Elentos wrote:
For god's sake why would you keep Paladino for another season? Are they never going to learn?


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StraKo
Profile Joined February 2017
Germany96 Posts
March 16 2017 19:15 GMT
#11
please remove paladino instead of newkirk
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-16 19:40:21
March 16 2017 19:18 GMT
#12
So even Blizzard decided that the Rush finalists were so bad that they chose another map. Fair enough. I don't think that Defender's Landing is a good map tbf, but it's better than the finalists.

Not a fan of Blood Boil (Keres Passage and Windwaker are both better resource maps, and better maps), or of keeping Paladino and Proxima in the pool.
Avexyli
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
United States711 Posts
March 16 2017 19:18 GMT
#13
Blood Boil image is not correct.

This is the correct Blood Boil (though missing a XnWT)

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[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24238 Posts
March 16 2017 19:22 GMT
#14
get rid of Palamemo. NOW.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16065 Posts
March 16 2017 19:26 GMT
#15
Man I was so looking forward to playing on Hwangsan...
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insitelol
Profile Joined August 2012
845 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-16 19:35:06
March 16 2017 19:32 GMT
#16
What kind of mess is that? Do they even check what they post? 2 rush maps in the pool? Both DISGUSTINGLY BAD. Abyssal reef still in the pool w/o lighting fix? I won't even waste my time on further elabarotion. My grandma would do a better job at arranging the mappool. And we are talking about a multi-billion company here.
Less is more.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-03-16 19:44:34
March 16 2017 19:43 GMT
#17
S E Q U E N C E R

blood boil needs a retexture before ladder imho, the all white ground is blurry on low

bummed out about no Asteroid Barricare/Hwangsan, 2 v solid standard maps

very glad that Honorgrounds, Cactus and Bel'shir are gone tho. Terrible maps.
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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16065 Posts
March 16 2017 19:53 GMT
#18
Wish they'd replace blood boil or defender's landing with windwaker/Hwangsan. Than the mappool would be perfect.
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Corwinus
Profile Joined October 2015
Croatia96 Posts
March 16 2017 19:56 GMT
#19
On March 17 2017 04:32 insitelol wrote:
What kind of mess is that? Do they even check what they post? 2 rush maps in the pool? Both DISGUSTINGLY BAD. Abyssal reef still in the pool w/o lighting fix? I won't even waste my time on further elabarotion. My grandma would do a better job at arranging the mappool. And we are talking about a multi-billion company here.


While I agree that Paladino Terminal is awful and should be gone... have you actually taken a look at Defender's Landing layout at all? It's pretty much a macro map outside of having a short rush distance natural to natural. The only thing it does is it makes for rushes to be able to succeed slightly more, without looking as imbalanced or wrong as Paladino does. FFS at least give it a chance.
Qwyn
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2779 Posts
March 16 2017 20:09 GMT
#20
I fucking knew Sequencer would make it. The map is too beautiful not to. Screams StarCraft.

What the hell is that last map though? Please replace with a proper entry...
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