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Randomaccount#77123
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States5003 Posts
March 08 2013 23:05 GMT
#1
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Enel
Profile Joined April 2012
Sudan430 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-08 23:15:08
March 08 2013 23:14 GMT
#2
Surprising to see Crossfire in top 5 best maps. I saw one good game on it, out of like 20 games. ZvP was also imbalanced as fuck on it.
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forsooth
Profile Joined February 2011
United States3648 Posts
March 08 2013 23:16 GMT
#3
Putting Antiga on the worst list while putting Daybreak on the best is absurd.
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
March 08 2013 23:19 GMT
#4
Hm definitely disagree with some of yours (cloud kingdom being the best when imo that is an awful map ).

The awful list of maps though was pretty spot on oh man looking at those maps almost reminded me of my nightmares :D
When I think of something else, something will go here
WhiteSatin
Profile Joined December 2012
United States308 Posts
March 08 2013 23:20 GMT
#5
It was a good read overall and thanks for putting it together.
I strongly disagree with some of the choices for both best and worst maps, but hey, matter of personal taste
DifuntO
Profile Joined November 2011
Greece2376 Posts
March 08 2013 23:24 GMT
#6
Shakuras and Metalopolois on the best maps list? Nope.
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Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7198 Posts
March 08 2013 23:29 GMT
#7
One thing i disagreee with is daybreak. Playing TvZ on that map for the whole of 2012 has been awful.
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iMrising
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States1099 Posts
March 08 2013 23:31 GMT
#8
I like cloud kingdom, daybreak is pretty good, but crossfire? idk.
People should try to understand what kind of approach the author did though. It is, as whitesatin said, a matter of personal taste.
Terrible maps is a easy one to make
Best maps is very debatable.
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cozzE
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia357 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-08 23:32:34
March 08 2013 23:31 GMT
#9
I still think Steppes of war would've been one of the best maps ever if they stretched it out and added a few expansions on each side. It has such a good layout for a plethora of different playstyles. Just my opinion though!
Kiyo.
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2284 Posts
March 08 2013 23:33 GMT
#10
Daybreak should be #1 imo. Crossfire shouldn't be in the top 5. Nice write up though.
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ffadicted
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3545 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-08 23:33:50
March 08 2013 23:33 GMT
#11
A good list I guess overall, but I didn't really get the difference between worst/best and extreme, don't think you should have that separate category lol Should just be a top 10 best/worst. There's also some pretty wtf decisions in there, but fun write-up either way. Daybreak is #1 though, cmon, cloud kingdom #1?
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bGr.MetHiX
Profile Joined February 2011
Bulgaria511 Posts
March 08 2013 23:34 GMT
#12
shakuras,metalopolis,crossfire best wol maps...


omg
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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France13023 Posts
March 08 2013 23:38 GMT
#13
I don't know if it's because I'm terran so the free overlord spot + the epic chokes at protoss thirds of cloud kingdom make this map disgusting, but best map really? .
WriterMaru
Geiko
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
France2047 Posts
March 08 2013 23:38 GMT
#14
I miss cannon rush map

I do hope they bring it back in HotS despite people being sick of it apparently
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Venomsflame
Profile Joined February 2011
United States613 Posts
March 08 2013 23:40 GMT
#15
How does Steppes of War not make the top 10 worst maps list...
Sent.
Profile Joined June 2012
Poland9331 Posts
March 08 2013 23:41 GMT
#16
I think it would be nice to make a compilation of the most influential maps of WoL. For example people can argue about the quality of Ohana but no one would deny it's importance in developing the immortal all-in which was the most popular protoss build in 2012.
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Steel
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Japan2283 Posts
March 08 2013 23:43 GMT
#17
Wolf would fight you over Crossfire. That being said, I miss metal
Try another route paperboy.
moskonia
Profile Joined January 2011
Israel1448 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-08 23:47:39
March 08 2013 23:43 GMT
#18
Hmm what exactly is the purpose of this thread? To let us know which map you like and why? I was expecting something else than this... First thing what map is good or bad is at least a bit subjective, since it depends on what kind of games you like. This is seen at this thread by you including crossfire as one of the best instead of an extreme map which it should be, because of the many chokes.

Overall I think its just wrong to compare maps that have a huge time difference between them, I would make a chart for best and worst maps per time, not one huge list. For example XN C was one of the best maps for its time, while today it would be a bad map, the same can be told on a few other maps.

Its nice and all you want people to discuss maps, but for a discussion the OP is rather poor, you mostly gave us a list and explained why you chose the maps. I wouldn't mind this thread as a blog, but other than that this is just silly.

EDIT: after reading the comments you can easily see why you can't define a good map, everyone has a different favorite and good / bad map list.
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
March 08 2013 23:44 GMT
#19
Oh man I loved Xel'Naga and Scrap Station. Good memories.

In my opinion, your top 4 is the right without a doubt, but I'm quite surprised by you putting Crossfire in top 5. This map is just meh.

Antiga does not deserved to be in a "worst map" list.
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TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
March 08 2013 23:44 GMT
#20
On March 09 2013 08:34 bGr.MetHiX wrote:
shakuras,metalopolis,crossfire best wol maps...

omg


These were all maps that introduced brand new concepts when they first came out. They were all extremely important in terms of the history of SC2 map making. By today's standards it is easy to point out their flaws, but I do think its fair to say that without those maps the scene would look different than it does today.

On March 09 2013 08:16 forsooth wrote:
Putting Antiga on the worst list while putting Daybreak on the best is absurd.


Antiga is definitely one of the worst maps, especially when you consider that the first version had gold bases and a warp-inable natural. That map should have been removed a long time ago. Daybreak is now a tournament staple.

Nice writeup, Barrin. I'm interpreting the lists to have taken into account the time that they were released as part of the judgement criteria ?
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