iCCup Map Team releases AE maps, now sponsored!

iCCup Sanshorn Mist AE
Remade By: SUPEROUMAN
Currently Published On: North America, Europe, Korea, China


The original Sanshorn Mists was a map that was truly ahead of it's time. It has many concepts on it that were not able to be used when it was created. Players did not understand how to play a very open map, with multiple easy to take bases. Games when the first version was released were mostly one base or two base all ins.

It came to my attention several months ago that Sanshorn Mists put into modern play would probably work very well. So we did a silent test on the Korean Weekly. We had several games on it to verify that it would not all be one base cheeses and such. The results were fantastic, with it playing out as a true two player macro map like no other. It was from this that the idea for the AE Maps was born.

You will notice this is the map that underwent the least change from the orginal, as most of the the problems lied in the visual department, and not terrain features. We feel with this visual upgrade as well as some other small changes (adding more pathing routes) that Sanshorn Mists will be the go to for 2 player macro maps in the future.

iCCup Othello AE
Remade by: Grebliv
Currently Published On: North America, Europe, Korea, China


Othello was the first BW map to be remade during this project. The original map's style and general layout on paper seemed to be very equipped to make an easy transition into Starcraft II.

Like Sanshorn Mists, very few things have changed from the original, but some of them are pretty significant like the changes to the cliff behind the natural. One thing that has NOT changed and makes iCCup Othello AE a first of it's kind is a total lack of a Xel'Naga Watchtower. There is very few spots where one would make sense, and we felt that adding it would be simply adding it to add it, not for any in game purpose.

Othello was a highly regarded map in BW and we think it will be a fantastic addition to SCII.

iCCup Sungsu Crossing AE
Remade By: Monitor
Currently Published On: North America, Europe, Korea, China


iCCup Sungsu Crossing is one of the oldest iCCup maps in existence, and every game that didn't end in a bunker rush was dynamic and action packed. TvZ in particular was a non stop slugfest.

However the original in modern games is much too short, and the side paths are not really worth using. We looked at these as complicated but fun fixes. The solution to the rushes was obviously to extend the map as much as possible while maintaining the aggressive style of the map.

This map is not by any circumstances a super macro map, many games will not get off 2 bases. But this is a dynamic map that as the game progresses and can very easily become a true macro map. The middle choke will become borderline unusable once T2 tech hits, and the third has a LOS blocker heading into it, so it will be easy for a defender to mount a effective counter attack. This combined with the fourth with a very easy to hold XNT will allow players to play any type of style, although ground based play should be much stronger than air.

iCCup Katrina AE
Remade By: Neobowman
Currently Published On: North America, Europe, Korea, China


iCCup Katrina AE is the final map. It is without a doubt the most experimental map of the bunch, and is a map that will require possibly very different play styles compared to most maps. Like the original Brood War map, you have easiest to obtain natural in SCII mapping history, but you have a huge main that can be dropped or harassed, and taking bases beyond the second will be very risky.

iCCup Katrina AE should be the first "air" map in Starcraft II history and was designed to reward air play as much as possible while not totally eliminating the possibility of ground based armies.

This map has undergone quite extensive changes from the BW version (mostly related to size), and should be one of the most bizarre, yet playable maps in the pool that will reward both the fans and players games that are NOT just standard.