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Teamliquid Map Contest #10 Final Results

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Teamliquid Map Contest #10 Final Results

Text byHayl_Storm
Graphics byShiroiusagi
March 17th, 2018 00:14 GMT


After months of design, playtesting, and iteration the results are in. You have decided our TLMC10 winners!

All sixteen finalists will receive at least $100 by default for placing in the top 16. All finalists will also receive a custom community commander portrait if they do not yet have one. In addition, the authors of the top five maps will receive the following prizes, all provided by Blizzard.

First - $500
Second - $250
Third - $125
Fourth - $75
Fifth - $50


Winners


FIFTH PLACE
FRACTURE | Avex

"Fracture takes place in a cold and biting environment, not only aesthetically but ingame as well. The thirds are relatively normally spaced but might feel a little far due to the straight line that is the attack path between the two bases. The map has a low amount of bases, and is more narrow than macro maps as more of a nod to the medium maps of Heart of the Swarm. Main distance remains the standard to most maps to keep the earlygame of Legacy relatively untouched."

Avex is one of TLMC's most prolific mapmakers, having made ladder maps such as Blood Boil, Odyssey, and most recently Backwater and Blackpink. Avex will receive $50 for his fifth place finish, as well as an additional $300 for his three finalist placements.

FOURTH PLACE
DREAMCATCHER | Timmay
"Dreamcatcher has a relatively short rush distance, but players may use the collapsible rocks to divert the main attack path. With a rare type of symmetry and a reasonable size, Dreamcatcher would be an interesting addition to ladder in the age of giant macro maps."

Timmay is best known for his extremely popular map Catellena, although he has been entering high-quality maps to TLMC for years. Timmay will earn $75 for his fourth place finish in addition to taking home $100 for reaching the finalists list.

THIRD PLACE
LOST AND FOUND | Zweck
"The only issue this map had was the lighting. It made the map look cool and unique, but also changed colors that probably should stay the same, such as the colors of health bars. There lighting was therefore changed back to normal, and the texturing was made unique in return in order to still have a fresh looking map.

The rest of the map layout was kinda flawless in the first place; therefore, no changes were necessary.
"

Lost and Found caps Zweck's impressive list of maps for a first-time finalist, standing alongside Para Site and System Shock. He'll take home $425 in total for his third place finish.

SECOND PLACE
BLUESHIFT | NegativeZero

"This map merges the overall geometry of Catalyst with the aggressive central valley of Frozen Temple, with the addition of 4 large rocks that can significantly open up the main attack lanes later in the game."

NegativeZero is most known for creating TLMC6 winner Terraform, TLMC7 2nd place finisher Apotheosis, TLMC8 5th place finisher Sequencer, and TLMC9 2nd place finisher Catalyst. All four have been prominent ladder maps and we look forward to Blueshift possibly being one as well. NegativeZero will take home $250 for this second place finish in addition to $300 for making three finalist maps, the other two being Backpfeifengsicht and Digital Frontier.

FIRST PLACE
16-BIT | themusic246

"16-Bit is a retro red vs. blue digital landscape that has a few unique components differing from traditional macro maps. A pocket natural and destructible rocks at your forward natural allow for both aggressive and conservative play styles and ways to counter both. There are multiple attack paths and different expansion patterns. Give this a vote if you like macro maps that can play out differently every time."

On his first finalist appearance, themusic246 has achieved a TLMC victory with his lone finalist map 16-bit. This shocking debut, however, will not come as a surprise to followers of the Arcade community. themusic246 actually already won the Blizzard Arcade RTC contest. Furthermore, he is the developer of Zealot Hockey, Star Party, Monobattle Map Rotation and more.


See you next season!

And thus concludes our first decade of TLMCs. We want sincerely thank everyone who's taken part thus far in this contest and all the ones before it. After all, working on getting these maps into the ladder rotation is a full community effort!

+ Show Spoiler [Full Results] +
  1. 16-Bit by themusic246
  2. Blueshift by NegativeZero
  3. Lost And Found by Zweck
  4. Dreamcatcher by Timmay
  5. Fracture by AVEX
  6. Backpfeifengsicht by NegativeZero
  7. Travincal by AVEX
  8. Digital Frontier by NegativeZero
  9. Arashi by AVEX
  10. System Shock by Zweck
  11. Cape Regis Shipyard by octomologyst
  12. Para Site by Zweck
  13. Cerulean Falls by Solstice245
  14. Kherrisan Rift by Solstice245
  15. Treachery by Youngrustler
  16. Artana by IronManSC


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Hayl_Storm
Profile Joined April 2011
The Shire633 Posts
March 17 2018 00:16 GMT
#2
My name may be on the post but The_Templar is the true hero of TLMC 10!
Editor@TL_Hayl // Return of the (Marine)King
Uvantak
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Uruguay1381 Posts
March 17 2018 00:27 GMT
#3
Oh my~ that first place!! It was indeed a surprise to me


Congrats to all guys!
@Kantuva | Mapmaker | KTVMaps.wordpress.com | Check my profile to see my TL map threads, and you can search for KTV in the Custom Games section to play them.
Pklixian
Profile Joined October 2017
Canada81 Posts
March 17 2018 00:32 GMT
#4
Congrats to all finalist!
I cant wait to see some of these maps find their way onto the ladder someday.
A interesting turn of events, but nontheless congrats and have a nice year!
TLMC11 5th place finalist, Team TLMC2 3x finalist, aspiring mapmaker with dreams of success.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-17 00:46:13
March 17 2018 00:35 GMT
#5
Usually I can mostly expect the ordering of the top 16, but not this time. In particular Dreamcatcher's fourth place is a huge surprise to me. And backfeifengesicht actually got 6th...

Congratz to all the finalists.
Wardi
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
England896 Posts
March 17 2018 01:13 GMT
#6
Not going to lie, the final results seem a bit absurd to me :D Some really good maps in bottom 5-6 and maps like Backpfeifen getting 6th & Dreamcatfcher 4th is imo very surprising

Grats to the winner, i really thought blueshift was a level above the others so a surprise to see it topped! Until next time
CommentatorOwner of WardiTV. Streamer, caster & event organizer. / / www.wardi.tv
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
March 17 2018 01:16 GMT
#7
On March 17 2018 09:35 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Usually I can mostly expect the ordering of the top 16, but not this time. In particular Dreamcatcher's fourth place is a huge surprise to me. And backfeifengesicht actually got 6th...

Congratz to all the finalists.

Other than the top few spots, this one was really close. The difference in points between 3rd and 4th was greater than the difference between 4th and 13th, for example.
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DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
March 17 2018 01:31 GMT
#8
I want 16bit in the ladder, so i can use the Gumiho(s cc first build
TL+ Member
IronManSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2119 Posts
March 17 2018 02:02 GMT
#9
Lol poor Artana. Congrats to the winners!
SC2 Mapmaker || twitter: @ironmansc || Ohana & Mech Depot || 3x TLMC finalist || www.twitch.tv/sc2mapstream
CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1616 Posts
March 17 2018 02:45 GMT
#10
Fracture is beautiful.
Remember that we all come from a place of passion!!
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
2841 Posts
March 17 2018 02:48 GMT
#11
dreamcatcher is the most different and nicest, aesthetically
aka wilted_kale
Youngrustler
Profile Joined February 2016
United States70 Posts
March 17 2018 03:12 GMT
#12
Congrats a little surprised by results, but the community has spoken we need more neon maps!
TLMC8 Finalist, TLMC9 Finalist, TLMC10 Finalist, and TLMC11 Finalist, Creator of Defender's Landing
151
Profile Joined November 2017
10 Posts
March 17 2018 03:17 GMT
#13
Dreamcatcher realy is a wild one.. I can almost see creep camps and a goblin merchant on it
KGssv2
Profile Joined November 2017
21 Posts
March 17 2018 03:18 GMT
#14
Like everyone else here, very surprising results.

Personally I'm a little sad not to see Kherrisan Rift higher, that map was so beautiful.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15919 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-17 04:37:33
March 17 2018 04:36 GMT
#15
Can't believe Dreamcatcher and Backpfeifengesicht are so high.
Some people just like to vote for absurd maps to screw over the people that actually play the game.
Bit surprised Treachery and Artana got the last two spots as they are really solid maps.
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Avexyli
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
United States694 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-17 04:42:34
March 17 2018 04:42 GMT
#16
Congrats to Music!


hidden rambling:
+ Show Spoiler +

Pretty meh results overall, honestly.

Wasn't really big on the Top 16, my maps especially, but really just felt like most of the maps here were 'ok.' Not alot of new, interesting things going on.

Seems like most of these were voted for aesthetic, rather than the strength of the layout, but I'll be quiet now. I hope the next contest is a bit better, but I have my concerns.
AVEX - Multi Winner, Finalist, Judge of the TeamLiquid Map Contests, Currently assisting developing StarCraft: Evolution Complete as Environment Artist & Multiplayer Game Design and Balancing.
Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13320 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-17 09:42:53
March 17 2018 06:09 GMT
#17
16-Bit winning, I think I've lost faith in humanity. And Catalyst flipped 90 degrees in 2nd place...
On March 17 2018 13:36 Charoisaur wrote:
Can't believe Dreamcatcher and Backpfeifengesicht are so high.
Some people just like to vote for absurd maps to screw over the people that actually play the game.
Bit surprised Treachery and Artana got the last two spots as they are really solid maps.

Or maybe people are tired of having free macro games on every map.
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paralleluniverse
Profile Joined July 2010
4065 Posts
March 17 2018 06:17 GMT
#18
Results are very surprising to me.

Grats to 16 bit. That was one of the maps I voted for. Para Site got robbed.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
March 17 2018 08:37 GMT
#19
Congratulations to Dusk Towers and Catalyst!
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55511 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-17 08:56:02
March 17 2018 08:48 GMT
#20
On March 17 2018 17:37 Ej_ wrote:
Congratulations to Dusk Towers and Catalyst!

It's more like Acolyte than Dusk Towers. That's worse honestly.
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