Team Liquid Map Contest #15 - Page 5

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Standard map that features thousand years old Protoss aqueducts. The first few bases are easy to take but taking additional bases during the lategame will require good army presence in the middle. Rock towers are present nearthe linear third base. There are four bases in the center of the map that point towards the middle. This kind of bases create dynamic lategame scenarios whereplayers peck each other but cannot directly engage with their entire armies.

Main to Main distance: 41s
Top of main ramp to top of main ramp distance: 35s
Natural to Natural distance: 30s

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The Silver Wall divides the map into two halves. Initially there is only a single path between the two halves but holes can be made in the Silver Wall in multiple places. There is initially only one path that goes through the Silver Wall. More paths can be opened in 4 places by destroying debris. When all debris are destroyed, the map becomes completely standard.

Main to Main distance: 44s
Top of main ramp to top of main ramp distance: 38s
Natural to Natural distance: 34s

ALL SPAWNS ENABLED

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Four player macro map with all spawn locations enabled. Longer paths give better attack angles for the attacker’s army. Initially there is only one path between the two halves of the map. It is a limitation caused by the close by ground spawn locations that require a higher initial rush distance.

Vertical Spawns:
Main to Main distance: 41s
Top of main ramp to top of main ramp distance: 35s
Natural to Natural distance: 30s

Horizontal Spawns:
Main to Main distance: 45s
Top of main ramp to top of main ramp distance: 39s
Natural to Natural distance: 34s

Cross Spawns
Main to Main distance: 48s
Top of main ramp to top of main ramp distance: 42s
Natural to Natural distance: 37s

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This tall map allows players to choose their playstyle depending on how they expand. Taking bases at the front turns the map into a rush map and taking bases at the back turns the map into a heavy macro map. Like Golden Wall, players can choose to play the map in a totally standard way and ignore the bases at the back.

The main base has a backdoor with 2 rows of reduced mineral fields that have a value of 15. Players can choose to expand to the front or to the back. Depending on how players expand, the map is either a rush map or a macro map

Main to Main distance: 41s
Top of main ramp to top of main ramp distance: 34s
Natural to Natural distance: 27s
Backdoor natural to backdoor natural distance: 47s

VERTICAL SPAWNS DISABLED

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This map features a base at the back of the starting bases. It contains two additional mineral fields that slightly boost the income but it opens a new path. Like Golden Wall, players can choose to play the map in a totally standard way up to 7 bases. Close by ground spawns are disabled.

There is a backdoor base that blocks a path which is safe from ground attacks early game. Attacking that base from behind requires air support because the minerals are placed on the ramp in a way ground units cannot get highground vision by themselves. A gold base is placed on the map split axis. It also blocks the path towards the backdoor expos

The backdoor base has 2 additional reduced mineral fields that have a value of 300. It gives a slight income boost for a short period of time. It can be used early in the game for map specific builds or to open additional paths during the lategame

Horizontal Spawns:
Main to Main distance: 42s
Top of main ramp to top of main ramp distance: 36s
Natural to Natural distance: 32s

Cross Spawns
Main to Main distance: 46s
Top of main ramp to top of main ramp distance: 39s
Natural to Natural distance: 36s

Description:
Bigger standard map with bit longer rush path, but more direct attack paths
between thirds when player chose different expansion patterns. Map also has two more forward bases 7th and
8th that make controlling central high ground more important.

Category: Standard
Size: 142x146 = 20 732
R2R: 38s
N2N: 33s
M2M: 44s

Description:
Map with standard 5 base layout, but with more limited attack paths.
Outside of first four bases map is mostly low ground but has many line of sight blockers to play around.

Category: Standard
Size: 144x142 = 20 448
R2R: 36s
N2N: 34s
M2M: 44s

Description:
Big macro focused map with middle that allows early direct movement cross the map but forces players to top
or bottom part when attacking bases on the edge of the map.

Category: Macro
Size: 166x124 = 20 584
R2R: 38s
N2N: 35s
M2M: 44s

Description:
Natural being in the corner allows main to have long defensive cliff that over looks natural's choke
and linear third is locate where natural usually is. After the third layout follows rake layout. After 4-5th
bases further expansions are much further away.

Category: Macro
Size: 140x140 = 19 600
R2R: 38s
N2N: 38s
M2M: 45s

Description:
The map is divided horizontally by high ground. From the high ground towards sides there is two lower grounds that make map have / like cut through.The layout generally creates situation where players have to go over the middle high ground to access other side of the map.


Category: Freestyle
Size: 124x152 = 18 848
R2R: 33s
N2N: 31s
M2M: 40s