I wanted to create this around the holidays, but only now had time to get around to it. I hope you like it. The original file is 4000x4000 pixels in size, so no image host would take it without recompressing it, so here's a sneak-peek at the full version, some wallpaper-sized cutouts, and a download link to the full-sized version.
BW fighting!
1366x768 Cutouts:
>> download full version (7.8 MB) <<
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- How long did this take?
On January 21 2012 02:25 538 wrote:
Most of the work was actually going through a lot of replays and picking spectacular/appropriate events to include (as space gets scarce it's harder and harder to find fitting things happening at a certain spot), I have plenty of experience assembling screenshots, so that goes pretty fast once I have the scene. I spent maybe 1.5-2 hours assembling the empty map, then three afternoons and a morning lazily watching replays and adding scenes whenever I had some time.
Most of the work was actually going through a lot of replays and picking spectacular/appropriate events to include (as space gets scarce it's harder and harder to find fitting things happening at a certain spot), I have plenty of experience assembling screenshots, so that goes pretty fast once I have the scene. I spent maybe 1.5-2 hours assembling the empty map, then three afternoons and a morning lazily watching replays and adding scenes whenever I had some time.
- [about doing the same with SC2 maps]
I'm afraid that's not possible in the idea's current form - since SC2 is 3D, units look different from different angles, so you couldn't stich screenshots together like this.
- Which replays did you use? Where can I download them?
All replays are from TL's replay database (except for 2 of my own) here's the list of areas I could match up with sources:
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zerg main - ret (vs idra)
zerg nat - Mahell (vs Starve_Lt)
terran main - Sea (vs Chavi)
terran nat - some iccup player vs 538
protoss nat PvZ: Starve_Lt vs minus-Mahell
protoss nat PvT: Stats vs Flash
middle - Pr0t0ss.Lt vs 1a2a3a[fou]
battlecruisers: KaZe_WinDy vs ILove~Dambi
m&m-wraith army - Shinee (vs Juni)
ensnare - Force[Name] vs tmxk2akdgofk
PvZ battles at 6 and outside of zerg nat - Just_1st)ACW vs ty[3.33]
3rd East: Shine vs Piano
3rd North: Force[Name] vs tmxk2akdgofk
3rd South: KaZe_WinDy vs ILove~Dambi
- Will you do more like this?
I might, sometime. If you can recommend a pretty map which has
a) a lot of high level replays available
b) very few map versions
feel free to mention it!
- Download not working, other mirrors?
Let me know in the comments as hosts give up, I'll be uploading new mirrors.