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TL.net Map Contest #15: Voting Results & Winners

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MayOnFire
Profile Joined March 2021
England47 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-07-15 03:56:42
July 15 2021 03:56 GMT
#13
Congrats to everyone !
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NeuralNet88
Profile Joined June 2021
22 Posts
July 15 2021 04:16 GMT
#14
Congratulations to everyone. Despite everything that has surrounded this particular map contest, I think the five finalist's are all very good and very deserving maps.

I'm a little surprised that Bulwark got the most votes of the four 4p maps. Honestly, I thought that one was the least best of the 4, and didn't exactly have the best of showings at the tournament. I wonder if any of the 4p maps will actually make it on the ladder in the next couple of seasons. I don't think the pro's, from what they expressed during the tournament, want any of them to be. We shall see I suppose.
Scamaz
Profile Joined July 2021
3 Posts
July 15 2021 04:52 GMT
#15
Thank you to everyone who made this contest possible, especially the mapmakers. In spite of the flaws of the current format (those of which have been heavily discussed in other posts), I'm relatively happy about the maps that placed highly. 4/5 of the maps I voted for finished in the top half (Yamatai, Pride of Altaris, Iliad, Enchanted Isle).

On July 15 2021 13:16 NeuralNet88 wrote:
I'm a little surprised that Bulwark got the most votes of the four 4p maps. Honestly, I thought that one was the least best of the 4, and didn't exactly have the best of showings at the tournament. I wonder if any of the 4p maps will actually make it on the ladder in the next couple of seasons. I don't think the pro's, from what they expressed during the tournament, want any of them to be. We shall see I suppose.


Agreed. Personally I thought Jacaranda was the best 4p map finalist. It was the only 4p map I voted for, and was surprised it came in last.
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Wardi
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
England897 Posts
July 15 2021 06:57 GMT
#16
Congrats to the winners! I think Oblivion being in GSL helped a lot, but it’s a strong map anyway.

I’m glad Treadmill made it high I think the map has a lot of potential.

Super sad for Curious Minds / Berlingrad, I think they are super strong maps for being in the rush category, Curious Minds is my personal favourite. Berlingrad does not deservw to be so far down.

Surprised how well super large, take your bases and do nothing for 20 minute maps fared. Hoping only one makes ladder, they didn’t make for enjoyable games.

Personal top few were:
Curious Minds
Yamatai
Treadmill
Berlingrad
The Scavenger / Sanguinite / Fountainhead
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buzz_bender
Profile Joined August 2019
445 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-07-15 08:22:01
July 15 2021 08:21 GMT
#17
On July 15 2021 15:57 Wardi wrote:
Surprised how well super large, take your bases and do nothing for 20 minute maps fared. Hoping only one makes ladder, they didn’t make for enjoyable games.

Personal top few were:
Curious Minds
Yamatai
Treadmill
Berlingrad
The Scavenger / Sanguinite / Fountainhead


I have a feeling that most people just voted the maps that look the best anyways. Here's to hoping that ESL will be wise to choose the right maps for the ladder.

Out of curiosity, which are the maps that are super large? Pride of Altaris?

I really didn't like any of the 4p maps, including the games. (Even though I think some of the aesthetics for them were great!) Even for GSL, when Nautilus is played, none of them made for good games. I still don't really get why we want 4p in a 1v1 tournament. All the gains from 4p maps can be done in 2p maps, with none of the drawbacks.
WardiTV
Profile Joined September 2016
589 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-07-15 10:05:13
July 15 2021 10:02 GMT
#18
On July 15 2021 17:21 buzz_bender wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2021 15:57 Wardi wrote:
Surprised how well super large, take your bases and do nothing for 20 minute maps fared. Hoping only one makes ladder, they didn’t make for enjoyable games.

Personal top few were:
Curious Minds
Yamatai
Treadmill
Berlingrad
The Scavenger / Sanguinite / Fountainhead


I have a feeling that most people just voted the maps that look the best anyways. Here's to hoping that ESL will be wise to choose the right maps for the ladder.

Out of curiosity, which are the maps that are super large? Pride of Altaris?

I really didn't like any of the 4p maps, including the games. (Even though I think some of the aesthetics for them were great!) Even for GSL, when Nautilus is played, none of them made for good games. I still don't really get why we want 4p in a 1v1 tournament. All the gains from 4p maps can be done in 2p maps, with none of the drawbacks.


Pride is big, but didn't seem impossible to attack on and to make interesting games happen on. Enchanted Isle was the worst offended, large, all the bases are set back and the game just sits with players mining out. I'm worried the Aqueducts meta will be very passive as well, as bases are well protected, but the games we saw didn't suggest that so far (but we have always seen map metas look very different in the tournament vs when they hit the ladder, see Blackburn which gave amazing games in TLMC and is now the bane of any non-Terran.)

Edit: I don't think it's overall an issue having passive maps / easy to defend early bases, but I would love to avoid every BO3 having a map thats guaranteed 20+ minutes of nothing happening, it becomes old very quick. Definitely would only like to see one of the larger maps in ladder at a time.
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MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
July 15 2021 15:06 GMT
#19
So will the winners be new ladder maps for the upcoming season?
MayOnFire
Profile Joined March 2021
England47 Posts
July 15 2021 18:10 GMT
#20
On July 16 2021 00:06 MockHamill wrote:
So will the winners be new ladder maps for the upcoming season?

Blizzard will pick the most suitable maps, it's common for the maps outside of top 5 to hit ladder, and also with current map rotation, it's possible to exhaust more than 6-7 maps before the new TLMC.
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MayOnFire
Profile Joined March 2021
England47 Posts
July 15 2021 18:21 GMT
#21
On July 15 2021 15:57 Wardi wrote:
Congrats to the winners! I think Oblivion being in GSL helped a lot, but it’s a strong map anyway.

I’m glad Treadmill made it high I think the map has a lot of potential.

Super sad for Curious Minds / Berlingrad, I think they are super strong maps for being in the rush category, Curious Minds is my personal favourite. Berlingrad does not deservw to be so far down.

Surprised how well super large, take your bases and do nothing for 20 minute maps fared. Hoping only one makes ladder, they didn’t make for enjoyable games.

Personal top few were:
Curious Minds
Yamatai
Treadmill
Berlingrad
The Scavenger / Sanguinite / Fountainhead


As long as I'm your number one, Wardiii, I don't mind not getting into the top 5. After all, I believe that Blizzard can recognise the potential of the good maps.

I made Curious Minds to break the cycle of skytoss and introduce back the old builds and other ways to play starcraft, focused on the early to mid game compositions.

With the triple void ray buff, and Blizzard not patching the game anymore, the maps are the only way to balance the game. I hope that people who don't like rush maps would understand the reason behind creating them and our strive for variety in the map pool.

I'm looking forward to the next TLMC.
Much love to anyone who made this one happen.
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KillerSmile
Profile Joined November 2018
Germany89 Posts
July 16 2021 08:53 GMT
#22
Congrats to the top 5.

As per usual the winners of the public vote are the maps that managed to stand out from the competition, very well deserved.

My maps didn't do so hot, but with 2 in the finalists I really can't complain. Maybe this will teach me to spend more time on the decoration on all 5 of my submissions, not just the 3 that didn't get chosen :D

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buzz_bender
Profile Joined August 2019
445 Posts
July 16 2021 09:26 GMT
#23
I was watching Harstem's cast of Rogue vs ByuN on the map Bulwark. It seems to be super imbalanced for the Terrans. That map should not be on the ladder without major changes, in particular the high grounds around the bases. It's very Terran favoured.
Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
July 16 2021 12:06 GMT
#24
On July 16 2021 17:53 KillerSmile wrote:
Congrats to the top 5.

As per usual the winners of the public vote are the maps that managed to stand out from the competition, very well deserved.

My maps didn't do so hot, but with 2 in the finalists I really can't complain. Maybe this will teach me to spend more time on the decoration on all 5 of my submissions, not just the 3 that didn't get chosen :D


With the previous tlmc format, it was possible to change the decoration before the voting which was nice.
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Zweck
Profile Joined February 2015
Germany211 Posts
July 16 2021 17:04 GMT
#25
Gg, but the version of treadmill you have here is not the iterated one I sent you guys.. I really hope this one is not going to be on the ladder at some point
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Scamaz
Profile Joined July 2021
3 Posts
July 17 2021 08:22 GMT
#26
On July 17 2021 02:04 Zweck wrote:
Gg, but the version of treadmill you have here is not the iterated one I sent you guys.. I really hope this one is not going to be on the ladder at some point


Oh no! Was the one used in the tournament the correct version?
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546marine
Profile Joined January 2013
United States22 Posts
July 17 2021 15:08 GMT
#27
Anyone know where I can find VODs? Unfortunately missed this event xO
KillerSmile
Profile Joined November 2018
Germany89 Posts
July 17 2021 19:17 GMT
#28
On July 18 2021 00:08 546marine wrote:
Anyone know where I can find VODs? Unfortunately missed this event xO


On Wardi's twitch VODs here: https://www.twitch.tv/wardiii/videos?filter=archives&sort=time

What's also helpful for navigating the liquipedia site for the tournament here: (Wiki)WardiTV Team Liquid Map Contest Tournament 7
Mapmaker, author of Data-C, Solaris, Ley Lines, Torches and Reclamation LE
Kantuva
Profile Joined April 2010
Uruguay209 Posts
July 18 2021 20:05 GMT
#29
On July 17 2021 17:22 Scamaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2021 02:04 Zweck wrote:
Gg, but the version of treadmill you have here is not the iterated one I sent you guys.. I really hope this one is not going to be on the ladder at some point


Oh no! Was the one used in the tournament the correct version?

Yeah, it was the correct version, Zweck was just referring to the overview on the OP, which is the old version
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Kantuva
Profile Joined April 2010
Uruguay209 Posts
July 25 2021 05:44 GMT
#30
As an update to TLMC

Iterated versions of all Finalists have been updated to the servers AM, EU, KR and monday will likely be updated on CN server
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Kantuva
Profile Joined April 2010
Uruguay209 Posts
July 27 2021 23:03 GMT
#31
TLMC#15 Feedback Thread has finally gone up!

All the submitters which would be interested on getting feedback on their maps as is common now ought head there
https://tl.net/forum/sc2-maps/576219-tlmc15-feedback-thread
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General_Winter
Profile Joined February 2011
United States719 Posts
August 05 2021 12:07 GMT
#32
Congrats to all the winners and to all finalists. Maps look amazing.

To the contest organizers, thanks so much for running this!

I do think that voting should be open longer, in particular I think voting should be open for at least a full week after the last vod from the TLMC wardi tournament is posted on YouTube. I think lots of people don't want to vote until they've seen maps in real games, and for people with full time jobs it can take a week to catch up on the vods form an event.
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