ASL5 Round of 16 Map: Third World - Page 3
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Dazed.
Canada3301 Posts
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EquilasH
Denmark2116 Posts
On March 16 2018 01:05 Chef wrote: I love all the new maps. It reminds me why I used to like StarCraft so much. I saw Flash play a really scrappy TvZ on this map just now and it was awesome to watch. I think oddball maps, even if they eventually get solved and are proven imbalanced, give a good shift to more strategic players who can surprise their opponent in any match up just with something that wasn't expected because it hasn't been fully exercised yet. It also de-emphasizes some of the more boring copy cat players who can make the game very stale when they have their way. I want us to find a new map to become the go-to fair map, like happened with Destination. I don't want to see 6+ year old maps anymore, there's really no precedent in BW for that and I think a lot of fans have lost interest. It's not always about maximum fairness to players, it's about entertaining content that makes people want to watch. Even if a map has to be removed after a single round because it is so bad, that's okay. Ideally a map is good enough it can be used over the course of a full tournament. Not having a proleague unfortunately gives us less opportunities to exercise maps in a semi fair way (because all teams have a lineup of varied races). There is a portion of the community that is happy to play every game on LT, or Python, or Fighting Spirit, and happy to watch every game on those maps too. But I think there are a lot of people like me too who need novelty to maintain interest, and who view constant reinvention and innovation as core to the spirit of BW, and imbalanced and unfair maps as a real part of the game. You can't experiment if you aren't willing to have failures. So I am excited to have a round full of interesting maps. I'm sure we will see one or two stable maps in the later rounds of the tournament, or at least a map that mimics the setup of FS. I just wanted to rant about that because I have seen comments about it being too adventurous, and I want to contribute to the opposite viewpoint. If this tournament had been FS and Circuit Breaker again, I might not have watched. Can't second these thoughts enough, Chef. Usually I only try to catch the actual ASL matches but with these new maps I've been watching so many games from Jaedong, Larva and Effort lately, and it has been awesome despite the language barrier. | ||
lemmata
465 Posts
Video: Stork plays against his gf + Show Spoiler + Stork's verdict: Protoss map. My life for Aiur? Really excited to see what other gamers will do to counter this. Video: Flash looks at the map + Show Spoiler + God's comments:
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Dazed.
Canada3301 Posts
7 o'clock not as good because gateway units get stuck against the wall if you build a pylon in the main and gateway outside I tested it and theres two gateway positions where both goons and zealots will not get stuck against the wall. | ||
ortseam
996 Posts
On March 16 2018 03:40 lemmata wrote: 1 zealot can block the entrance. Sweet I think Shine will do well on this map | ||
BigFan
TLADT24917 Posts
On March 16 2018 03:40 lemmata wrote: But if I win on this map, I think they update it to make it worse for terran. (lolz) Haha. It's like you can see his whole thought process XD | ||
Jukado
805 Posts
Edit: Version 1.0 has been released. | ||
TT1
Canada9926 Posts
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thezanursic
5478 Posts
I just wanna see how Flash performs on a map where other Terrans failed | ||
BigFan
TLADT24917 Posts
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thezanursic
5478 Posts
On March 31 2018 02:02 BigFan wrote: Nope, will be used again in Ro8 but Flash is likely to be in the Ro8 anyways so we'll get to see him play on it regardless. Ahh okay, it just seems Terran is struggling on it, so I'm wondering how he deals with it | ||
-NegativeZero-
United States2136 Posts
http://www.panschk.de/mappage/comments.php?mapid=4565 | ||
thezanursic
5478 Posts
On March 31 2018 04:38 -NegativeZero- wrote: damn, that really is a blatant ripoff http://www.panschk.de/mappage/comments.php?mapid=4565 Because two people can't have similar ideas? | ||
Peeano
Netherlands4485 Posts
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Peeano
Netherlands4485 Posts
On April 01 2018 04:12 Peeano wrote: Bit off-topic but could some1 link me to the Gladiator download? (Preferably a download link to all ASL maps, if that's available.) It's for TLPD! Edit: Found it https://m.blog.naver.com/kangkuyol/221078810586?navType=pr | ||
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