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Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
July 05 2019 07:45 GMT
#41
Grow the fuck up Sidian

User was temp banned for this post.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain17972 Posts
July 05 2019 12:06 GMT
#42
soO vs Patience game 1 on Purity vs Industry was very interesting. Game 2 illustrated what happens if you don't know the map well when Patience wanted to mine vespene from blocked geysers... and then died.
the p00n
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands615 Posts
July 05 2019 23:04 GMT
#43
On July 05 2019 14:22 SidianTheBard wrote:
Earthrise vs Eternal. Don't even deny it. (Shit I think the entire main layout is exactly the fucking same...) I BARELY did any edits besides rotating the map 90 degrees and it's the SAME MAP!

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If you want me to go into more details on the other maps I can... But to sit here and say every map is unique and different and that's why they won is complete and utter bullshit. I get it. TLMC is hard to judge and looking at new maps and picking winners and losers is really tough. But when I, someone who only saw the maps less than 1 day looks at these maps and goes... wow, these are the same god damn maps when you judges had... weeks(?) to narrow it down? Honestly... it's pretty damn pathetic.

Seriously...? Go ahead? Tell me these maps are not similar or will play out the completely different? The dude who spent 15 minutes looking at the finalists compared to the judges who apparently spent over a week...


As much as I dislike asinine rage/sore losers/general whining/etc., I mean... he's not wrong here, lol.
Liquid`Snute
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Norway839 Posts
July 05 2019 23:33 GMT
#44
^ No! Guys seriously pay attention to the details, PLZ. The horizontal 4th is on even ground on the sand map and low ground on the grey, grey has tons of smokescreens while sand map doesn't, the corner bases are on even ground on sand and high ground ramp-isolated corner base on the other.. one map has rich geysers and the other doesn't... this can't be serious. Take some time to go over each base one by one, just because something can seem familiar it's far from identical or playing out in an identical manner.

As maps develop towards better standards they're going to become increasingly similar, it's just part of it. But don't spread misconceptions about maps being identical when they clearly are not >.<
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NewSunshine
Profile Joined July 2011
United States5938 Posts
July 06 2019 00:05 GMT
#45
I think honestly that's a stupid criticism. We've reached the year 2019, where, for better or worse, the standard for maps has reached a pretty fine point. The two maps look similar, except for nearly every single detail which is different. This criticism also stems from the premise that every single map we ever make needs to have a completely distinct concept. While that was usually how I liked to roll, that is by no means true. You can release a set of different maps that are all plays on the same concept, or that use a similar set of features, and let people vet out which one they like the best, since only a select few see the ladder anyway. And that's exactly what I see when they choose any 2 similar looking maps to be in the finals.
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monitor
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2404 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-06 00:35:01
July 06 2019 00:33 GMT
#46
We can all agree Earthrise is the obv winner of the two though.

Edit: Super you did just copy+paste the main/Nat layout right? If not, you have really developed your mapping "style" lol
Mapmaker & TLMC Judge. Amygdala, Frostline, Crimson Court, and Korhal Compound (WoL).
SidianTheBard
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2474 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-06 01:40:17
July 06 2019 01:16 GMT
#47
My biggest problem is that the main, natural and third are completely the same. At that point, why don't we just take this same exact main>nat>third layout, copy/paste it over and over again and just create different 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, etc etc? I mean, hell, even all the little gaps and edges of the bases are exactly the same. You can tell, you can completely tell he used the same exact main/nat/third layout style between those bases. You can see the same gaps. You can see the same "overlord" pods. You can see the same ground decal doodads. Then you look at base location layout and see that... man, pretty much every single base is in the same exact location. It's almost like not only did he copy/paste the main/nat/third, he copy/pasted every single base and then changed the orientation of the 4th/5th/6th and rotated the map 90 degrees.

It's the same thing that I bitched about with Blue Shift & Catalyst. I do this every TLMC and truthfully it's pretty irritating that people think I'm complaining because I didn't win. Look at every TLMC finalist post and you'll see that I do this all the time. I share my thoughts on the maps. Love it or hate it, I've been mapping on this video game for over a decade now and I like to believe that even though I may not be some Grand Master player that I still can look at a layout and read how a map would play out.

I've said it before, I'm all for having a sc2 map pool which has nothing but completely standard maps. Hell, I think these challenge categories are a waste of time and I wish TLMC was just 16 Standard/Macro maps because those are the real gems.

But when you can clearly see the first three bases (truthfully... most games never go beyond the first 3 base) it really makes me a little irritated. I mean, shit, it's basically the same thing I did with King's Cove. I used generally the same main>nat>third layout, yet rotated it and all of a sudden it's such a great map. Although at least the difference between Abyssal and King's Cove is all the other bases I tried to change it up. I moved around the corner bases, the pathing, the middle. Yet when the "biggest" change between these two maps is one has LOSB in the middle while the other has ramps (honestly, both mainly accomplish the same exact thing) it's pretty annoying.

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Look... The main is EXACTLY the same, even down to every little nook and cranny... Shit, even the nat and third are barely changed one bit. But hey, rotate the map 90 degrees and nobody (most people?) won't be able to tell anyway!

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Creator of Abyssal Reef, Ascension to Aiur, Battle on the Boardwalk, Habitation Station, Honorgrounds, IPL Darkness Falls, King's Cove, Korhal Carnage Knockout & Moonlight Madness.
wawajps
Profile Joined March 2017
7 Posts
July 06 2019 02:50 GMT
#48
Purity & Industry A E S T H E T I C.
SidianTheBard
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2474 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-06 04:50:46
July 06 2019 04:27 GMT
#49
PS, don't complain about TLMC maps because you'll get banned from the mapping channel even though you share your thoughts, share your feedback and try your best. But hey, you disagree with the master of all and good luck, game over. zzzzz.

This may be my end because too many mappers cry and complain and yet when you retaliate and give your input on why these maps aren't any good, instead of telling you the reason, they QQ, they abuse their status and they kick you. Congrats Avex, pull your head out of your ass dude, everything doesn't revolve around you.

Cheers my friends...
Creator of Abyssal Reef, Ascension to Aiur, Battle on the Boardwalk, Habitation Station, Honorgrounds, IPL Darkness Falls, King's Cove, Korhal Carnage Knockout & Moonlight Madness.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
July 06 2019 06:19 GMT
#50
For clarity, Sidian got the kick for constantly asking the same question which had been answered multiple times at that point, and remaining hostile towards people who disagreed with him.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
July 06 2019 10:18 GMT
#51
On July 06 2019 10:16 SidianTheBard wrote:
My biggest problem is that the main, natural and third are completely the same.


You missed a big difference in the third base. On Eternal Empire, there are two entrances and the shortest is up a ramp and the second entrance that requires a big detour is flat, which is the whole theme of the map. you know, the basic idea of "the longer path gives a better attack angle" which i push further here.
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On Earthrise, there is only one entrance which is already flat.

And on top of that, Earthrise is physically slightly bigger than Eternal Empire but has shorter distances between both players because the middle is very different.
Earthrise (Standard): 144x140: 20160 area, Natural to Natural travel time: 29s
Eternal Empire (Macro): 140x140: 19600 area, Natural to Natural travel time: 35s
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DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
July 06 2019 11:44 GMT
#52
I'm not gonna lie. All I want in a TLMC is to see Superouman submit a bigger, LotV-ised Testbug. Not even joking. Make it happen, Super!.
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Sr18
Profile Joined April 2006
Netherlands1141 Posts
July 06 2019 12:09 GMT
#53
On July 06 2019 08:33 Liquid`Snute wrote:
As maps develop towards better standards they're going to become increasingly similar, it's just part of it. But don't spread misconceptions about maps being identical when they clearly are not >.<


Meanwhile, ASL has weird and unique maps every season. Which I enjoy a lot as a viewer, as it creates unique games. So I don't think it's at all neccessary or inevitable that maps become increasingly similar. They only become that way when new maps have to fit in an increasingly more defined mold. At which point you might as well stop making new maps.
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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain17972 Posts
July 06 2019 15:30 GMT
#54
On July 06 2019 21:09 Sr18 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 06 2019 08:33 Liquid`Snute wrote:
As maps develop towards better standards they're going to become increasingly similar, it's just part of it. But don't spread misconceptions about maps being identical when they clearly are not >.<


Meanwhile, ASL has weird and unique maps every season. Which I enjoy a lot as a viewer, as it creates unique games. So I don't think it's at all neccessary or inevitable that maps become increasingly similar. They only become that way when new maps have to fit in an increasingly more defined mold. At which point you might as well stop making new maps.

Err, they're called "standard" maps for a reason. The point is clearly that they are meant to encourage standard play, where the timing attacks are normal, and if you know how to defend a proxy 3-rax on king's cove you kinda also know how to do that on Golden Forge. The time it can hit may be 1 or 2 seconds shorter or longer, but you know it approximately. Meanwhile there are plenty of funky maps in the other categories. There have been some interesting games on Purity and Industry, and also on Golden Wall has stood out as having some weird quirks to it. I'm sure you could create unique maps without using these particular challenges, but the challenges have definitely worked to create quirky maps this time around. Games on Podcast have also been fun...and Avant Garde has been a clown fiesta.
monitor
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2404 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-06 21:29:03
July 06 2019 21:22 GMT
#55
On July 07 2019 00:30 Acrofales wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 06 2019 21:09 Sr18 wrote:
On July 06 2019 08:33 Liquid`Snute wrote:
As maps develop towards better standards they're going to become increasingly similar, it's just part of it. But don't spread misconceptions about maps being identical when they clearly are not >.<


Meanwhile, ASL has weird and unique maps every season. Which I enjoy a lot as a viewer, as it creates unique games. So I don't think it's at all neccessary or inevitable that maps become increasingly similar. They only become that way when new maps have to fit in an increasingly more defined mold. At which point you might as well stop making new maps.

Err, they're called "standard" maps for a reason. The point is clearly that they are meant to encourage standard play, where the timing attacks are normal, and if you know how to defend a proxy 3-rax on king's cove you kinda also know how to do that on Golden Forge. The time it can hit may be 1 or 2 seconds shorter or longer, but you know it approximately. Meanwhile there are plenty of funky maps in the other categories. There have been some interesting games on Purity and Industry, and also on Golden Wall has stood out as having some weird quirks to it. I'm sure you could create unique maps without using these particular challenges, but the challenges have definitely worked to create quirky maps this time around. Games on Podcast have also been fun...and Avant Garde has been a clown fiesta.



Agreed that is what the "challenge" maps are theoretically meant for, but anybody who watches/plays/makes maps in SC2 knows those aren't the maps we see in tournaments or ladder. The only exception I can think of is Thunderbird, which utiilizes a standard map concept with added mineral blocks that are a fun variation on the norm, but do not dramatically shift gameplay outcomes. I'd be overjoyed to see a map like Golden Wall make it to the ladder (I don't like Purity and Industry), that will genuinely facilitate some alternative syles of gameplay. But I'd make a large bet that it won't make it past top 16 because it ventures too far from the standard map requirements.

EDIT: Cliffhanger by ATTx was my favorite submission to this TLMC, but it doesn't take more than a glance to realize that a majority of judges most likely ruled it out immediately because it is so far from what is considered appropriate in a map. It is a pipedream that maps that are as creative and unique as Cliffhanger would ever be allowed into SC2.

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Mapmaker & TLMC Judge. Amygdala, Frostline, Crimson Court, and Korhal Compound (WoL).
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
July 06 2019 22:15 GMT
#56
On July 07 2019 06:22 monitor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2019 00:30 Acrofales wrote:
On July 06 2019 21:09 Sr18 wrote:
On July 06 2019 08:33 Liquid`Snute wrote:
As maps develop towards better standards they're going to become increasingly similar, it's just part of it. But don't spread misconceptions about maps being identical when they clearly are not >.<


Meanwhile, ASL has weird and unique maps every season. Which I enjoy a lot as a viewer, as it creates unique games. So I don't think it's at all neccessary or inevitable that maps become increasingly similar. They only become that way when new maps have to fit in an increasingly more defined mold. At which point you might as well stop making new maps.

Err, they're called "standard" maps for a reason. The point is clearly that they are meant to encourage standard play, where the timing attacks are normal, and if you know how to defend a proxy 3-rax on king's cove you kinda also know how to do that on Golden Forge. The time it can hit may be 1 or 2 seconds shorter or longer, but you know it approximately. Meanwhile there are plenty of funky maps in the other categories. There have been some interesting games on Purity and Industry, and also on Golden Wall has stood out as having some weird quirks to it. I'm sure you could create unique maps without using these particular challenges, but the challenges have definitely worked to create quirky maps this time around. Games on Podcast have also been fun...and Avant Garde has been a clown fiesta.



Agreed that is what the "challenge" maps are theoretically meant for, but anybody who watches/plays/makes maps in SC2 knows those aren't the maps we see in tournaments or ladder. The only exception I can think of is Thunderbird, which utiilizes a standard map concept with added mineral blocks that are a fun variation on the norm, but do not dramatically shift gameplay outcomes. I'd be overjoyed to see a map like Golden Wall make it to the ladder (I don't like Purity and Industry), that will genuinely facilitate some alternative syles of gameplay. But I'd make a large bet that it won't make it past top 16 because it ventures too far from the standard map requirements.

EDIT: Cliffhanger by ATTx was my favorite submission to this TLMC, but it doesn't take more than a glance to realize that a majority of judges most likely ruled it out immediately because it is so far from what is considered appropriate in a map. It is a pipedream that maps that are as creative and unique as Cliffhanger would ever be allowed into SC2.

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


Cliffhanger's use of slow zones is nothing interesting. All those slow zones on a tiny elongated choke surrounded by cliffs just mean that no one is ever going to go through it after the early game (and in fact no one would do that even if the slow zones didn't exist).
monitor
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2404 Posts
July 06 2019 22:33 GMT
#57
On July 07 2019 07:15 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2019 06:22 monitor wrote:
On July 07 2019 00:30 Acrofales wrote:
On July 06 2019 21:09 Sr18 wrote:
On July 06 2019 08:33 Liquid`Snute wrote:
As maps develop towards better standards they're going to become increasingly similar, it's just part of it. But don't spread misconceptions about maps being identical when they clearly are not >.<


Meanwhile, ASL has weird and unique maps every season. Which I enjoy a lot as a viewer, as it creates unique games. So I don't think it's at all neccessary or inevitable that maps become increasingly similar. They only become that way when new maps have to fit in an increasingly more defined mold. At which point you might as well stop making new maps.

Err, they're called "standard" maps for a reason. The point is clearly that they are meant to encourage standard play, where the timing attacks are normal, and if you know how to defend a proxy 3-rax on king's cove you kinda also know how to do that on Golden Forge. The time it can hit may be 1 or 2 seconds shorter or longer, but you know it approximately. Meanwhile there are plenty of funky maps in the other categories. There have been some interesting games on Purity and Industry, and also on Golden Wall has stood out as having some weird quirks to it. I'm sure you could create unique maps without using these particular challenges, but the challenges have definitely worked to create quirky maps this time around. Games on Podcast have also been fun...and Avant Garde has been a clown fiesta.



Agreed that is what the "challenge" maps are theoretically meant for, but anybody who watches/plays/makes maps in SC2 knows those aren't the maps we see in tournaments or ladder. The only exception I can think of is Thunderbird, which utiilizes a standard map concept with added mineral blocks that are a fun variation on the norm, but do not dramatically shift gameplay outcomes. I'd be overjoyed to see a map like Golden Wall make it to the ladder (I don't like Purity and Industry), that will genuinely facilitate some alternative syles of gameplay. But I'd make a large bet that it won't make it past top 16 because it ventures too far from the standard map requirements.

EDIT: Cliffhanger by ATTx was my favorite submission to this TLMC, but it doesn't take more than a glance to realize that a majority of judges most likely ruled it out immediately because it is so far from what is considered appropriate in a map. It is a pipedream that maps that are as creative and unique as Cliffhanger would ever be allowed into SC2.

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


Cliffhanger's use of slow zones is nothing interesting. All those slow zones on a tiny elongated choke surrounded by cliffs just mean that no one is ever going to go through it after the early game (and in fact no one would do that even if the slow zones didn't exist).


Oh yeah I should have clarified, the slowing zones aren't what I think is the interesting part about the map. Just allowed it to be in the category. It's essentially a Hitchhiker remake from BW.
Mapmaker & TLMC Judge. Amygdala, Frostline, Crimson Court, and Korhal Compound (WoL).
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
2840 Posts
July 06 2019 22:48 GMT
#58
Superouman's maps jump out at me both aesthetically and creatively. Most of the others, while well made, seem like stuff we've seen before. Unless I glossed over something.

Congrats!

aka wilted_kale
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
July 06 2019 22:56 GMT
#59
On July 07 2019 07:33 monitor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2019 07:15 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On July 07 2019 06:22 monitor wrote:
On July 07 2019 00:30 Acrofales wrote:
On July 06 2019 21:09 Sr18 wrote:
On July 06 2019 08:33 Liquid`Snute wrote:
As maps develop towards better standards they're going to become increasingly similar, it's just part of it. But don't spread misconceptions about maps being identical when they clearly are not >.<


Meanwhile, ASL has weird and unique maps every season. Which I enjoy a lot as a viewer, as it creates unique games. So I don't think it's at all neccessary or inevitable that maps become increasingly similar. They only become that way when new maps have to fit in an increasingly more defined mold. At which point you might as well stop making new maps.

Err, they're called "standard" maps for a reason. The point is clearly that they are meant to encourage standard play, where the timing attacks are normal, and if you know how to defend a proxy 3-rax on king's cove you kinda also know how to do that on Golden Forge. The time it can hit may be 1 or 2 seconds shorter or longer, but you know it approximately. Meanwhile there are plenty of funky maps in the other categories. There have been some interesting games on Purity and Industry, and also on Golden Wall has stood out as having some weird quirks to it. I'm sure you could create unique maps without using these particular challenges, but the challenges have definitely worked to create quirky maps this time around. Games on Podcast have also been fun...and Avant Garde has been a clown fiesta.



Agreed that is what the "challenge" maps are theoretically meant for, but anybody who watches/plays/makes maps in SC2 knows those aren't the maps we see in tournaments or ladder. The only exception I can think of is Thunderbird, which utiilizes a standard map concept with added mineral blocks that are a fun variation on the norm, but do not dramatically shift gameplay outcomes. I'd be overjoyed to see a map like Golden Wall make it to the ladder (I don't like Purity and Industry), that will genuinely facilitate some alternative syles of gameplay. But I'd make a large bet that it won't make it past top 16 because it ventures too far from the standard map requirements.

EDIT: Cliffhanger by ATTx was my favorite submission to this TLMC, but it doesn't take more than a glance to realize that a majority of judges most likely ruled it out immediately because it is so far from what is considered appropriate in a map. It is a pipedream that maps that are as creative and unique as Cliffhanger would ever be allowed into SC2.

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


Cliffhanger's use of slow zones is nothing interesting. All those slow zones on a tiny elongated choke surrounded by cliffs just mean that no one is ever going to go through it after the early game (and in fact no one would do that even if the slow zones didn't exist).


Oh yeah I should have clarified, the slowing zones aren't what I think is the interesting part about the map. Just allowed it to be in the category. It's essentially a Hitchhiker remake from BW.


With how strong air play is in SCII I'm not convinced that a map like Cliffhanger would be fun given that by ground you just have two small chokes to split the map. Though generally speaking I do agree that it would be nice if the TLMC and SCII tournaments in general were friendlier to non-standard maps.
Nightmarjoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States3360 Posts
July 09 2019 20:50 GMT
#60
Simulacrum
Nice dynamic pathing, good balance of high/lowground, distinct-feeling expansion path choices

Biosphere
Messy but intriguing; probably one too many expansions though; maybe remove one each of the rocks at 3/9

Hurricane
I like the heavy focus on highground control

Avant Garde
Blocking geysers with minerals is not fun; rest of the map seems neat, although I'm not a fan of backdoor expansions at all, but I like the central valley and the flanking opportunities it creates

Zen
Mineral blocks might be excessive, but I like the central valley vs side expansion dynamic

Polaris
The lowground 3rd is a mistake and should be removed from the map; the highground 3rd and lowground 4th are very nice; the pathing is a little annoying-- the way that it's so difficult for bottom left to get to top left for example, but I suspect this leads to interesting gameplay if it's not too constricted

Zeta Orion
I like the map a lot, but no one in the history of sc2 will take a min-only expansion-- you don't need an incentive to control the highground, it's the highground

Purity and Industry
Neat concept, but way too many expansions and the land-based layout is very messy-- needs a lot of work still


Ever Dream
Too many expansions frustrate an otherwise neatly simple layout; also while it's beautiful from a full-map-view it seems too plain at in-game depth

Earthrise
The lowground expansion due north/south of the natural expansion should be removed, and the walls that split the very center should probably be moved slightly away from the center (towards the expansion I want removed) to promote the southwest vs northeast dynamic; even with this it might have too many expansions

Golden Forge
I want to like it, but the cool ramp and valley pathing is no where near any expansion so the whole dynamic gets muddled up-- I think this needs remade from scratch with a more clear design that associates the pathing and expansions better

Podcast
Unbelievable mess-- too many expansions and incredibly annoying pathing; and do you really expect anyone to ever in the history of sc2 take the expansions facing the center? That concept is playable as seen in older maps, but not when it's that deep in the middle and so high up on the list of expansions to take (6th base?)

Golden Wall
Actually a really neat idea that was poorly executed-- the way to make this work is remake it from scratch with many fewer expansions so the players' choices are more important (and with bigger mains); also you probably want to make it a little easier to defend the main-backdoor-mineral path-- it's kind of a long ramp to wall off given that you still have to wall off the "front" ramp too; and while I like the top vs bottom dynamic, I wonder if the wall idea works better in a diagonally reverse symmetry, e.g. wall going from southwest to northeast
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