iCCup Monthly Map Pool - October

Hello everyone!

Due to the many well documented problems and imbalances with the current Blizzard map pool iCCup has decided to create our own monthly map pool. Any and all tournaments are more than welcome to use this map pool, and we feel it will offer a better overall balance for tournaments than the current Blizzard map pool. NO ONE should ever have to lose a tournament because of maps with positional imbalances that affect actual game play (Steppes of War, Scrap Station) , or even general architecture that severely favors one race (Kulas Ravine).

The map pool will consist of 10 maps per month. In October the pool will consist of 2 Blizzard made maps, and 8 custom ones created by the iCCup Mapmaking Team.

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2-4 maps will be rotated out of the map pool per month, to promote growth and to prevent stagnation of the current map pool, a hallmark of what helped Brood War grow to the gigantic E-Sport is was in it's hay day. However if a major bug or serious imbalance to a race the map may be either suspended from the map pool temporary until the problem is fixed, or be rotated out completely if the problem is considered un-fixable. If this happens the empty slot will normally not be filled until the following month to allow players proper time to be prepared for the new map.

From this point forward iCCup and iCCup TV events will follow this map pool, however we will not choose to use the Blizzard made maps.

Please stay tuned to this thread as map rotation dates, replacing map, map suspensions, map removals, and all matter will be updated daily in this thread.

We always encourage feedback on the maps and will seek to make the strongest and most solid map pool to date.

To find iCCup maps: Create a custom game within the SCII client, find the search box above where it says "author" and search "iCCup". That's it !

To find iCCup maps on EU: Create a custom game within the SCII client, find the search box above where it says "author" and search "iCCup". It will probably not work the first time, you have to search a couple times until it shows up.

Without further wait I present you with our iCCup Monthly Map Pool - October in alphabetical order (iCCup tag excluded for the order).

iCCup Enigma
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing


iCCup Fighting Spirit
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: 11/1/2010
Replacing Map: Will not be replaced, slot will be removed
Map status: In good standing


iCCup God's Garden
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing


iCCup Match Point
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing


Metalopolis
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: 11/1/2010
Replacing Map: Will not be replaced, slot will be removed
Map status: In good standing


iCCup Neo Orbital Divide - Picture is out of date
Map addition date: 10/6/2010
Map rotation date: 11/1/2010
Replacing Map: iCCup Starlight Breaker
Map status: In good standing


iCCup Sanshorn Mists
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing


iCCup Sungsu Crossing
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing


iCCup Vahalla
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: TBD
Replacing Map: TBD
Map status: In good standing



Xel'Naga Caverns
Map addition date: 10/1/2010
Map rotation date: 11/1/2010
Replacing Map: Will not be replaced, slot will be removed
Map status: In good standing