EPTThe new maps looks interesting as well.
Season 2 Map Pool Revealed, Season begins May 21st - Page 2
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
The new maps looks interesting as well. | ||
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NinjaNight
428 Posts
This seriously looks like a really fun map pool =). Nice job! And despite the korean pro complaints about the Turbo Cruise map I think it will produce some very crazy, interesting games. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
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A_needle_jog
Korea (South)699 Posts
Looking forward to it ! | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On May 08 2019 14:04 NinjaNight wrote: Lol looks like a very fun season ahead of us. I'll definitely play this season. This seriously looks like a really fun map pool =). Nice job! And despite the korean pro complaints about the Turbo Cruise map I think it will produce some very crazy, interesting games. It won't be seen until BO7 IMO. Or if it's forced. | ||
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SHODAN
United Kingdom1146 Posts
Port Aleksander? it's an ok map. nothing special. it had its time Year Zero? love this map... but as others have said, non-standard maps have a short expiration date. we've been treated to mass BCs vs Serral and mech vP. what else is there? am I going to be blown away seeing those strategies on this map again? probably not. good memories tho | ||
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LHK
204 Posts
Also, I really dislike them showing up on the minimap. It makes the mini map too busy and is distracting to say the least - And personally, I really dislike the aesthetic design of the inhibitor. It just looks kinda gross, especially having two overlapping each other instead of just one big one. Just my two cents. I think the map itself will play out fine and be fun / different - and if not, can always veto it. But i'm pretty open to weird / creative maps. | ||
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Nithala
Serbia18 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
On May 08 2019 13:07 ZigguratOfUr wrote: The original mapmaker did made a new version of New Repugnancy called New Rotterdam, but I'd be extremely surprised if Blizzard was going to use it. It would be unprecedented afaik. Invader was an awful map, the mapmaker made a less awful 2.0 version of Invader, but Blizzard never used it. That's what i meant; they should definitely use it. It would be incredibly lazy not to. It's the same map, just better. | ||
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RealityTheGreat
China564 Posts
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Morbidius
Brazil3449 Posts
On May 08 2019 12:19 zell901 wrote: The pro's will always veto anything that isn't standard if they can, regardless of how well designed. They don't care about how interesting the game is, any changes shake up their formula for winning. Unfortunately for them, boring map pools and stagnant gameplay leads to less viewers and directly impacts the prize pools and viewership. New maps and interesting map pools are a huge benefit to Starcraft, especially if team leagues continue to pick up steam like they have been. I'm all for forcing enough weird maps so they cannot all be vetoed. The only caveat being they can't literally be busted, perhaps avoiding that risk is reason enough to stray closer to standard maps...but I think it will be good for Starcraft int he long run. Getting new blood and keeping viewers interested is how the scene will continue to be grown. A lot of my fond memories of watching brood war was crazy maps and interesting strategies.The last couple map pools has been meaningless, every map could be substituted for every other map, except maybe one per season but even then it has a 100% veto rate. Can't agree more, remember when GSL decided to allow the pros to choose the map pool for GSL? All we were seeing was Daybreak and Overgrowth. They are clearly trying to help Terran with this map pool, since they kept Terran's best maps. | ||
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PinoKotsBeer
Netherlands1385 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On May 09 2019 17:25 Morbidius wrote: Can't agree more, remember when GSL decided to allow the pros to choose the map pool for GSL? All we were seeing was Daybreak and Overgrowth. They are clearly trying to help Terran with this map pool, since they kept Terran's best maps. You mean Cyber Forest with 60.5 % PvT and 41.1 % TvZ?   Cyber Forest LEEdit> Even the PvZ is off by almost 4 %. But it stays  | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16029 Posts
On May 08 2019 12:19 zell901 wrote: The pro's will always veto anything that isn't standard if they can, regardless of how well designed. They don't care about how interesting the game is, any changes shake up their formula for winning. Unfortunately for them, boring map pools and stagnant gameplay leads to less viewers and directly impacts the prize pools and viewership. New maps and interesting map pools are a huge benefit to Starcraft, especially if team leagues continue to pick up steam like they have been. I'm all for forcing enough weird maps so they cannot all be vetoed. The only caveat being they can't literally be busted, perhaps avoiding that risk is reason enough to stray closer to standard maps...but I think it will be good for Starcraft int he long run. Getting new blood and keeping viewers interested is how the scene will continue to be grown. A lot of my fond memories of watching brood war was crazy maps and interesting strategies.The last couple map pools has been meaningless, every map could be substituted for every other map, except maybe one per season but even then it has a 100% veto rate. Good that you're so well informed about what every viewer of sc2 wants. I as a viewer never want to see again a bo7 being decided on Dasan Station or Secret Spring and I don't think I'm alone with this sentiment. | ||
Waxangel
United States33527 Posts
On May 10 2019 00:13 Charoisaur wrote: Good that you're so well informed about what every viewer of sc2 wants. I as a viewer never want to see again a bo7 being decided on Dasan Station or Secret Spring and I don't think I'm alone with this sentiment. well I enjoyed some of the dasan station and redshift games we saw in important tournaments now what? | ||
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Avexyli
United States702 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
But I liked both maps on ladder(!) | ||
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BadHabits
Canada45 Posts
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Duceman
United States87 Posts
goodnight, Boats. Automaton, it was your time. Why was Winter’s Gate not chosen? Turbo Cruise is a trash map. Acropolis looks great - won TLMC for a reason. Thunderbird will be okay, I guess, but there were better options I think. I’m pleased to see King’s Cove remain in the pool, and Kairos Junction. Also okay with Cyber Forest, but I’m a protoss so why do I know. New Repugnancy isn’t great. Would have loved to see Ephemeron, perhaps. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16029 Posts
On May 10 2019 03:37 Waxangel wrote: well I enjoyed some of the dasan station and redshift games we saw in important tournaments now what? Point is that we don't know what the majority of viewers want. | ||
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