[M] (2) Mud Rock

For a second i thought it was blistering sands
It seems that the rush distance is quite small - it might encourage a lot of agressive play, that might be what you want, maybe not.
I like the variety of entrances, good strategic positioning and things will be rewarded here.
Overall it seems like quite a fun map.

I don't think anyone would really take the "third" as their third. If you spawn bottom, the upper left expansion and the expo on the low ground would be easier to bounce between and the natural. You could hold all three pretty easy, but holding the natural and the "third" looks like it would be difficult.

Nice, you are also making nice looking maps!

I like how you differenate the height levels by using differnet texturing. From the top-down perspective the rock doodads looks nice and used well. I don't think you're finished with the details, though. Add some more color (orange, blue, green, red or darker shade of brown? Not too many colors, though - would make it less clean) and contrast to all areas.

Gameplay-wise I think it's a nice concept. I also get the feeling the rush distance is too short, but I might be wrong. Does the map favour terran? I see a lot of siege tank potential and narrow paths that disfavours zerg. The middle-height edge also disfavours zerg I think, but might be a lot fo fun too. I'd make the ramp by the gold even wider (and repalce the rocks with some wider rocks).

I'd love to be able to cliff-walk/jump/proxy-warp-in between the top 12 and 6 o'clock platforms, covered by that curtain on low ground. Did you add rocks there to prevent just that?

Good luck in the MotM contest btw! I'm thinking about participating with Ashen sands, but I'm chased away by the good entreies. Not sure my map is fun for 1v1 just yet .. is the long rush distance with 174 between the main ramps too much? Or is the norm in bliz maps too short?

I cannot really comment on the balance etc. since I only played 3 matches on it and saw 2 yesterday on the stream...but the look of the map with the saturation is absolutely lovely! It has a sense of hyperreality to it and that is only fitting.. its a scifantasy game anyway. Great job man!
and the tvt on the stream rocked, the terrain seemed to force the players into a different playstyle which is always interesting to watch