[M] (2) ESV Edge of Oblivion by prodiG

On October 31 2011 13:33 phathom321 wrote:
Looks amazing @.@ Just out of curiosity, why did you remove the 5th base next to the gold?

On October 31 2011 14:08 Downside wrote:
This is what I see as a diamond level protoss player.

Looks like a lot a room for protoss abuse. Particularly the backdoor pathway from the gold. Looks like you could put a pylon up top hugging the rocks and then warp down onto the backdoor lane allowing you to attack from a position unavailable to other races in the early game. Also 3 bases all very close in proximity, with the added benefit of the nat being on highground that you can FFE on. Collosus would seem to dominate on this map as well. With so many cliffs around the first 3 bases protoss would seem to have a very easy time holding most all-ins. There are also a great deal of chokes making forcefields very strong both offensively and defensively.

Not my first rodeo. Fixed the pylon warpin well before the map was even in beta. The majority of the cliffs aren't pathable so Colossus don't have much to abuse.

Aside from that I see positioning tanks along the backdoor path to the gold to deny the nat as a real annoying thing terran could abuse.
This is intended. If you let a terran player drop a pile of tanks in your backdoor are you actually going to blame the map?

I don't play zerg, but this map looks like a zergs nightmare. I don't mean to trash on the map, cause I think it's aesthetic looks awesome, and I'm just a diamond player, my understanding of how the map would work might not be that great.

On October 31 2011 14:08 Downside wrote:
This is what I see as a diamond level protoss player.

Looks like a lot a room for protoss abuse. Particularly the backdoor pathway from the gold. Looks like you could put a pylon up top hugging the rocks and then warp down onto the backdoor lane allowing you to attack from a position unavailable to other races in the early game. Also 3 bases all very close in proximity, with the added benefit of the nat being on highground that you can FFE on. Collosus would seem to dominate on this map as well. With so many cliffs around the first 3 bases protoss would seem to have a very easy time holding most all-ins. There are also a great deal of chokes making forcefields very strong both offensively and defensively.

Aside from that I see positioning tanks along the backdoor path to the gold to deny the nat as a real annoying thing terran could abuse.

I don't play zerg, but this map looks like a zergs nightmare. I don't mean to trash on the map, cause I think it's aesthetic looks awesome, and I'm just a diamond player, my understanding of how the map would work might not be that great.