[M] TPW The Grid

The grid, a digital frontier
I try to picture clusters of units as they move through the map
What did they look like. Marines, zerglings?
Were the circuits like freeways?
I kept dreaming of a map I thought I'd never make
And then, one day, I was done.

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8 months, several layouts and 150+ hours in the editor later I am finally done with the map I wanted to create after getting inspired by a movie. I have gone through a dozen layouts and at one point I was 90% done with a map when I decided to start over on a better layout. Needless to say I am relieved that I am finally done.

New 6m2g version available on EU and NA. All bases have 6 mineral patches with 2k minerals each and 1 or 2 vespene geysers with 3k gas each. The original map is still up under the name TPW The Grid while the 6m version is called The Grid 6m.

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Author: Archvile
Map bounds: 136x148
Nat-nat rush distance: 152.6
Available: EU, NA

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Last edit: 2012-04-08 07:44:16

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IronManSC United States. February 05 2012 00:12. Posts 1660

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Immediately reminds me of Odyssey.

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ArcticRaven France. February 05 2012 00:15. Posts 1168

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The rocks in the borders kinda ruin the theme :[.

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Archvil3 Denmark. February 05 2012 00:16. Posts 968

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On February 05 2012 00:12 IronManSC wrote:
Immediately reminds me of Odyssey.

Yes that was a big concern to us as well. We did talk quite a bit about it and decided not to do any changes to The Grid. Despite the similairities the proportions and the center is different enough that the maps plays out differently.

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a176 Canada. February 05 2012 00:18. Posts 5431

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On February 05 2012 00:12 IronManSC wrote:
Immediately reminds me of Odyssey.

very true. but i like the additional middle bases here; with the pathing layout, adds a dynamic to this common layout.

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Archvil3 Denmark. February 05 2012 00:21. Posts 968

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On February 05 2012 00:15 ArcticRaven wrote:
The rocks in the borders kinda ruin the theme :[.

Not if you have seen the movie that inspired me to make this map

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ArcticRaven France. February 05 2012 00:24. Posts 1168

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What was this movie, by the way ?

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shiroiusagi Xel'naga tower. February 05 2012 00:43. Posts 1197

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On February 05 2012 00:24 ArcticRaven wrote:
What was this movie, by the way ?

Tron

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redoxx United States. February 05 2012 00:55. Posts 333

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I love the base layout. The expansion flow seems very natural, although not completely intuitive past 2-3 bases. Nice work

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Plexa Administrator February 05 2012 01:03.

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No doubt this map is well made, but I feel like I've seen it before - if you know what I mean.

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Archvil3 Denmark. February 05 2012 01:07. Posts 968

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On February 05 2012 01:03 Plexa wrote:
No doubt this map is well made, but I feel like I've seen it before - if you know what I mean.

I am absolutely aware of its similarities with Odyssey. I have seen playtests and we were talking a lot about it in TPW before I decided to finalize the map and I can guarantee you that the maps are very different in the way they play.

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lefix Germany. February 05 2012 01:15. Posts 944

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Strangely, I don't think it is that similar to odyssey at all. With the center bases and only 1 tower, it has a very unique dynamic to it. Needless to say, I like it alot.
But maybe you really should have just flipped/rotated the whole map to avoid this discussion

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LunaSaint United Kingdom. February 05 2012 01:31. Posts 601

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Yeah - at first I thought it was like Odyssey mixed with Cloud Kingdom, but I'm seeing a lot of subtle but very major differences.
Just compare how the low ground and middle play out.

Archvil3 always makes maps that look amazing, he certainly gets credit here. :D

monitor United States. February 05 2012 01:33. Posts 2280

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Looks fantastic! Great use of open space and chokes. I also like the basic expo layout! Honestly I can't find anything I would change right now. The only thing I'd keep an eye on is the two close corner expansions, because they might be a little bit too close and promote turtling or hidden expansions.

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prodiG Canada. February 05 2012 02:09. Posts 1993

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On February 05 2012 00:12 IronManSC wrote:
Immediately reminds me of Odyssey.

I saw the pic and was like "Oh, it's a lefix map"

Then I saw Arch made it and was like "w0t"

Cool map either way~

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Plexa Administrator February 05 2012 02:17.

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On February 05 2012 01:07 Archvil3 wrote:

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Not even just odyssey, there are a lot of maps with this layout

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digmouse China. February 05 2012 02:23. Posts 1198

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Looks so amazing, and it wouldn't be better to use space debris as background?

Mashmed Sweden. February 05 2012 03:15. Posts 198

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What is it with all these new maps being so damn chokey? Zergs will lose against protoss every game on this map.

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NewSunshine United States. February 05 2012 03:16. Posts 1021

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On February 05 2012 01:31 LunaSaint wrote:
Yeah - at first I thought it was like Odyssey mixed with Cloud Kingdom, but I'm seeing a lot of subtle but very major differences.
Just compare how the low ground and middle play out.

Archvil3 always makes maps that look amazing, he certainly gets credit here. :D

I dunno, looks sorta like Odyssey meets Daybreak, ever so vaguely. Even so, both are great maps and this doesn't look bad by any means either.

I agree about the aesthetics though, absolutely awesome. I love the use of the korhal buildings on the cliffs.

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ArcticRaven France. February 05 2012 03:28. Posts 1168

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On February 05 2012 00:43 shiroiusagi wrote:

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Tron

I guessn I'll just hang myself because of my lack of culture, then

I can't remember any map having the same layout, tweaked or not, as this one.

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