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Team Liquid Map Contest #12 - Results

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Team Liquid Map Contest #12 - Results

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March 3rd, 2019 20:03 GMT
With this announcement, Team Liquid Map Contest #12 has officially come to an end. Below you'll find the most popular maps according to you, our community. The voting this year was as close as ever and the community was split, not a single map went without getting 5 points from at least a few top votes.You'll find the results below but keep in mind that the winner here isn't necessarily guaranteed a spot on the ladder, that is up to Blizzard in the end.

However, the prize pool, although supplied by Blizzard, is something the community fully controls. All of the top 16 entries will net their creators $100 for making it that far but the top 5 will receive a bit extra:

1st - $500

2nd - $250

3rd - $125

4th - $75

5th - $50



Now, without further ado, here are your top 5!
Winners

(Click to reveal the winners)

⇓ Fifth place ⇓

Winter's Gate
By: Marras


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Judge's comments: AVEX
I’m glad to see that we have our first Challenge/New map in the TLMC12 since Neon Violet Square be Winter’s Gate by Marras. As her second map in the Top 5, Winter’s Gate is a very fantastic execution of the new Inhibitor Zone Generators, placing them next to rocks, and obscuring the direct pathways through the center until said rocks are destroyed. These zones will immediately affect the play of the map, encouraging armies to avoid the center and skirmish in different locations, or take risks with the new zones. Players who are also not a fan of drops might be fans of this map as well, with Zones slowing air units by the corners of the main bases. This was the best performing Challenge map in the judgement process, and it’s good to see that the voterbase agrees.

Judge's comments: Kantu
Winter’s Gate by Marras was one of the most preferred maps of Challenge 2 by certain Judges, and surely it is good to see that it is one of the most preferred maps by the broader community as well! Winter’s Gate with its slowing zones near the third will surely bring some headaches to defensive players, yet that’s exactly what makes it a valuable map, the fact that slowing zones are used in a highly interactive position with players armies makes for some very potentially interesting situations.


⇓ Fourth place ⇓

Triton
By: themusic246


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Judge's comments: AVEX
Themusic246 returns once again to TLMC with a solid standard map execution. This layout has actually become relatively popular amongst mapmakers, and I would believe this map to be one of the best executions of said style, even sprinkling influence from other maps such as Abyssal Reef along the side pathways. Triton is definitely a show, and not tell style of a map, where there isn’t too much to speak of in its uniqueness, but rather just a strong showing and execution that should be a solid example for newer, aspiring mapmakers.

Judge's comments: Kantu
Triton crafted by TheMusic246, submitted to the Standard category will surely provide players with some very fair matches, the terrain of the map is well crafted so as to add that extra level of interesting attack paths, blockades and battle fields that will surely be enjoyed by many.


⇓ Third place ⇓

Disco Bloodbath
By: Marras


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Judge's comments: AVEX
Definitely one of the aesthetic favorites of many in this TLMC, Marras is continuing the neon light fad in TLMC12 with Disco Bloodbath, incorporating elements from both Blackpink LE and Neon Violet Square LE. I don’t have too much to say on this map, it’s a fairly decent and unique execution of a macro layout, with a strong emphasis on the horizontal expansion pattern. This map is a good example for future Macro Map submissions, noting how safe or easy it is to obtain a third base as opposed to a standard map such as Catalyst. This is the beginning of Marras’ mapmaking career as she shines strongly with Disco Bloobath.

Judge's comments: Kantu
Disco Bloothbath by Marras, just like our first place Acropolis also belongs to the Macro category, sporting a flashy tecno tileset Disco Bloodbath will indeed give players their much desired floor dance fix. That said, the map will certainly provide future ladders with a very solid canvas where players can enjoy some games of StarCraft without too much of that pesky cheese.


⇓ Second place ⇓

Ephemeron
By: -NegativeZero-


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Judge's comments: AVEX
NegativeZero should be no stranger to those who follow the map scene, and Ephemeron was unfortunately knocked out early in the previous TLMC in the extremely competitive Standard category. Fortunately, it came back with a strong showing in the tournament and definitely holds up as a unique execution of the Standard formula, moving away from multiple third options, and balancing itself carefully on the use of large debris and the narrow bridges in the center. It’s also very green, which many players have been asking for, for some time.

Judge's comments: Kantu
Ephemeron created by NegativeZero is indeed a very green map, something that players indeed enjoy very much, tho gameplay wise, the map offers a different yet highly evolved take on its general layout and center, map displays a single third, instead of the more widespread 2 optional ones, something that accents the importance of said base. In the center and around the corners the map burrows from Superouman’s bridge ideas to great success, helping accent gameplay through the central highground.


⇓ First place ⇓

Acropolis
By: RQM


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Judge's comments: AVEX
I’ve been saying it for a while, but RQM is one of the underrated mapmakers in the scene, you all should look into his other work and see the potential he has and this remains true as he now wins two TLMCs back to back, formerly with Automaton, and now Acropolis (perhaps its the A in the name? Hehe.) I heard strong favor towards this map through the tournament, and I’m glad the judges were able to give valuable pre-judging feedback to push this map from being “pretty decent” to a TLMC winner. Acropolis is an example of what it looks like to create a proper Macro execution, where it supports longer games without being exhaustive of its features in supporting that goal.

Judge's comments: Kantu
Acropolis by RQM is a very aesthetically pleasing map inspired by Greek ruins, a custom made tileset which hasn’t been showcased in StarCraft before. Given that it came from the Macro category, the games that were seen in the tournament stage reflected that, with some of the games seeing some big army clashes in the central ruins of the map. It is our hope that this map provides a solid backbone of action for future WCS tournaments.

Parting notes
We, the organizers, want to start off by thanking Blizzard for their continuous involvement in the Team Liquid Map Contest. This year we were featured in the client for the first time and we believe that's a great step for this competition to take. It attracts newer users and our goal is to make the entire StarCraft 2 community happy, not "just" the TLnet community.

We also want to thank the mapping community for coming back to us every year. The maps this year were all incredible, in their own way, and we saw some of the prettiest maps to date. Moving forward, we want to make sure you're happy with this competition and will therefore host a quick survey for the map making community, so we know what we still need to work on improving. The survey will go live in about a week and we'll make sure it reaches as many eyes as possible.

Last, but definitely not least, we want to thank all the admin staff that has helped out. The pro players and the representatives from the map making community. As I wrote in the Top 16 announcement post: without you none of this would have been possible.

See you all again for TLMC #13!

+ Show Spoiler [Full results] +
  1. Acropolis
  2. Ephemeron
  3. Disco Bloodbath
  4. Triton
  5. Winter's Gate
  6. Heatwave
  7. Black Baroque
  8. World of Sleepers
  9. Operation Lockdown
  10. Bandwidth
  11. Thunderbird
  12. Rest Calm
  13. Neo-Tokyo Turbo Cruise '84
  14. Collision Course
  15. Break Out
  16. Mungyeong Saejae






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Kantuva
Profile Joined April 2010
Uruguay206 Posts
March 03 2019 20:03 GMT
#2
Winners announced!

Congrats to RQM for that 1st place!

OwO
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Zweck
Profile Joined February 2015
Germany211 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-03 20:05:32
March 03 2019 20:04 GMT
#3
gz!
Disco meme made it
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Pklixian
Profile Joined October 2017
Canada81 Posts
March 03 2019 20:08 GMT
#4
Congrats to those who won!
We had a nice round of maps, minus a few memes that only had just well. meh games.
But GG and well, I got time to sharpen my tools so I am a finalist once more!

And for those in the future remember to have fun! And GL
TLMC11 5th place finalist, Team TLMC2 3x finalist, aspiring mapmaker with dreams of success.
starkiller123
Profile Joined January 2016
United States4030 Posts
March 03 2019 20:09 GMT
#5
great choice for 1st place map
Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
March 03 2019 20:12 GMT
#6
Congrats to the winners!
There were a lot of good maps, standard and more special, a lot of them were worth a vote imo.
First place map is definitely an excellent pick, grats to RQM
Mine gas, build tanks.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
March 03 2019 20:14 GMT
#7
Congrats to the winners.
RQM
Profile Blog Joined May 2016
Korea (South)104 Posts
March 03 2019 20:19 GMT
#8
Wow! Happily surprised to see Acropolis' first place.. Thanks for the likes, sc2 fans. Mapper judges AVEX and Kantu gave me nice feedbacks to upgrade the map and now there are those kind comments from them. Really cheering words! Thank you very much!

Acropolis' natural layout is surely inspired by many of Superouman's maps. :D
Marras
Profile Joined June 2018
Finland63 Posts
March 03 2019 20:48 GMT
#9
Super happy that two of my maps made it in to the top 5! In general I did better than I ever dared to hope this tlmc, and a huge part of that is all the great feedback I've received from the other mapmakers during the past few months which has really helped me improve so much. So thank you all <3
1v1 ladder maps: Romanticide, Lightshade, Deathaura, Ever Dream, Nightshade, Disco Bloodbath & Winter's Gate
Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
March 03 2019 20:49 GMT
#10
On March 04 2019 05:19 RQM wrote:
Wow! Happily surprised to see Acropolis' first place.. Thanks for the likes, sc2 fans. Mapper judges AVEX and Kantu gave me nice feedbacks to upgrade the map and now there are those kind comments from them. Really cheering words! Thank you very much!

Acropolis' natural layout is surely inspired by many of Superouman's maps. :D


So there is the Superouman Nat™ in the first place and the Superouman Bridges™ in the second place map. Do I win a chocolate medal or something?
Search "[SO]" on B.net to find all my maps ||| Cloud Kingdom / Turbo Cruise '84 / Bone Temple / Eternal Empire / Zen / Purity and Industry / Golden Wall / Fortitude / Beckett Industries / Waterfall
monitor
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2404 Posts
March 03 2019 21:19 GMT
#11
Pretty pleased with these results. Looking forward to playing on Acropolis, Ephemeron, and Winter's Gate especially!
Mapmaker & TLMC Judge. Amygdala, Frostline, Crimson Court, and Korhal Compound (WoL).
Rodya
Profile Joined January 2018
546 Posts
March 03 2019 21:37 GMT
#12
I want to play on Ephemeron, please no UMS maps on ladder though. Others are fine, but snow tile can be annoying to look at.
Banned for saying "zerg players are by far the biggest whiners in sc2 history" despite the fact that this forum is full of such posts about Terrans. Foreigner Elitists in control!
Mahanaim
Profile Joined December 2012
Korea (South)1002 Posts
March 03 2019 21:47 GMT
#13
Congrats to the winners
Celebrating Starcraft since... a long time ago.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33369 Posts
March 03 2019 21:56 GMT
#14
Congrats to the winners! Good times were had ~_~
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Antares777
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1971 Posts
March 03 2019 22:15 GMT
#15
Congrats to the winners!

I wonder which ones will make it to the ladder?
kochanfe
Profile Joined July 2011
Micronesia1338 Posts
March 04 2019 06:07 GMT
#16
Glad Ephemeron made second place – that one was my favorite by far.
"The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long." - Lao Tzu
egrimm
Profile Joined September 2011
Poland1199 Posts
March 04 2019 08:34 GMT
#17
Haven't seen the games but scrolling through the maps I must say that they look really good. Kudos to all mapmakers and ofc congratulations to the winners!
sOs TY PartinG
DevilDriver
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany77 Posts
March 04 2019 15:27 GMT
#18
Only one of the maps I voted for got into the top 5. I seem to have an unpopular taste for maps
Congratulations to the winners of course, big thumps up to the visual design of Disco Bloodbath
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4907 Posts
March 04 2019 16:36 GMT
#19
Congrats to the winners! I really enjoy the aesthetics of the 1st as I think sc2 units and effects look gorgeous in brighter maps
Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap
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Proko
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1022 Posts
March 04 2019 17:03 GMT
#20
So glad we have so many talented mapmakers in the community.
Caster duos should compliment each others' strengths. "You look very handsome today, Tasteless."
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