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On September 19 2011 03:49 ZAiNs wrote:As a spectator I highly doubt I will watch any games on these new maps which I will likely never play on, sorry . If there were a few mixed into a regular map pool then I would watch them as they would be part of a series, but as is I can't see myself paying much attention. Just giving my perspective, sorry if my post comes across as trolling.
I know what you mean. That's the reason I don't watch TvZ, it's takes so long and i wont play this match-up, but from the "no-player spectator" point of view, I think is better to watch good maps that i dont play, then bad maps that i play
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On September 19 2011 03:49 ZAiNs wrote:As a spectator I highly doubt I will watch any games on these new maps which I will likely never play on, sorry . If there were a few mixed into a regular map pool then I would watch them as they would be part of a series, but as is I can't see myself paying much attention. Just giving my perspective, sorry if my post comes across as trolling.
No problem!
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I wonder if this is the start of a rivalry between TPW and ESV fighting for spots in all the big and small tournament's map pools. Should be interesting but it's good to see you use custom maps from anyone!
Want to start it off by saying why you like TPW maps more than ESV ones Xeris
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TPW contacted me about it and we worked something out. I think the iCCUP/ESV team contacted me several months ago but there wasn't any followup, TPW wanted it more ? We're just happy to be including some custom maps :D!
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Isn't it unfair to the players to base their qualification into a very important tournament on maps that nobody has really played before? What if there is some exploit discovered a day before the event that allows one race to win almost every match on that map? Doesn't that remove the legitimacy of the entire tournament?
I would love some sexy new maps, but wouldn't implementing one or two maps at a time as the first map in a match be a better way to get them played? I just don't understand the thought process behind making every map in the pool a map nobody has played on before.
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On September 19 2011 09:15 SiguR wrote: Isn't it unfair to the players to base their qualification into a very important tournament on maps that nobody has really played before? What if there is some exploit discovered a day before the event that allows one race to win almost every match on that map? Doesn't that remove the legitimacy of the entire tournament?
I would love some sexy new maps, but wouldn't implementing one or two maps at a time as the first map in a match be a better way to get them played?
I believe all the TPW maps have gone through the MOTM system, which should work out any easily discovered "exploits". I'm not sure what could be discovered that breaks a map completely in favour of one race that isn't easily discovered. The likelihood of finding something game breaking a couple days before the tournament is probably very slim, and the admins should be able to just remove it from the map pool if it does happens.
Beyond that, it leaves all the players on the same playing field, with two weeks to learn a bunch of new maps. I guess in two weeks we will see if that was a good idea, or a bad one.
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Very excited to see this all new map pool. Will be watching this for sure
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Is there a chance the maps can be uploaded to SEA, or do we needa jump back and forth between servers to practice?
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NASL having the balls to use all new maps for its tournament. Very nice to see. Hopefully this is the start of something great for the foreign map making community.
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@xeris. So 16 invited players, 8 from this tourney...8 from the next I assume? for the tourney for the final seed for the LAN event?
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Finally new maps! Hopefully this is an experiment to see which of the maps are the best so that maybe next season we see at TPW map in the main map pool.
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On September 19 2011 09:23 Icekommander wrote:Show nested quote +On September 19 2011 09:15 SiguR wrote: Isn't it unfair to the players to base their qualification into a very important tournament on maps that nobody has really played before? What if there is some exploit discovered a day before the event that allows one race to win almost every match on that map? Doesn't that remove the legitimacy of the entire tournament?
I would love some sexy new maps, but wouldn't implementing one or two maps at a time as the first map in a match be a better way to get them played? I believe all the TPW maps have gone through the MOTM system, which should work out any easily discovered "exploits". I'm not sure what could be discovered that breaks a map completely in favour of one race that isn't easily discovered. The likelihood of finding something game breaking a couple days before the tournament is probably very slim, and the admins should be able to just remove it from the map pool if it does happens. Beyond that, it leaves all the players on the same playing field, with two weeks to learn a bunch of new maps. I guess in two weeks we will see if that was a good idea, or a bad one.
If you DO find something you think is game-breaking, please contact us too and not just NASL. Then we might have a chance at correcting it before the tournament.
Our email: info at theplanetaryworkshop com
On September 19 2011 09:44 Benjilol wrote: Is there a chance the maps can be uploaded to SEA, or do we needa jump back and forth between servers to practice?
Unfortunately we cannot upload them on SEA at this time, because we do not have a SEA account. That will come in time, and I hope we will be able to host maps on all regions in the future.
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On September 19 2011 09:12 Xeris wrote: TPW contacted me about it and we worked something out. I think the iCCUP/ESV team contacted me several months ago but there wasn't any followup, TPW wanted it more ? We're just happy to be including some custom maps :D!
Uh what? I followed up...........
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On September 19 2011 15:10 Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 19 2011 09:12 Xeris wrote: TPW contacted me about it and we worked something out. I think the iCCUP/ESV team contacted me several months ago but there wasn't any followup, TPW wanted it more ? We're just happy to be including some custom maps :D! Uh what? I followed up...........
Dunno, the last time I talked with an iccup mapper was in season 1
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On September 19 2011 12:05 Shaetan wrote: @xeris. So 16 invited players, 8 from this tourney...8 from the next I assume? for the tourney for the final seed for the LAN event?
This one has 8 players qualify, next one which will be the following weekend will also have 8 players qualify.
32 players final tournament... 1st advance to NASL Grand Finals, Top 4 advance to NASL Season 3
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On September 19 2011 15:21 Xeris wrote:Show nested quote +On September 19 2011 15:10 Diamond wrote:On September 19 2011 09:12 Xeris wrote: TPW contacted me about it and we worked something out. I think the iCCUP/ESV team contacted me several months ago but there wasn't any followup, TPW wanted it more ? We're just happy to be including some custom maps :D! Uh what? I followed up........... Dunno, the last time I talked with an iccup mapper was in season 1
I personally sent the information about our most recent maps and stuff to the owner of NASL on August 4th, but ok.
Still glad for TPW, good for them !
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On September 19 2011 15:25 Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On September 19 2011 15:21 Xeris wrote:On September 19 2011 15:10 Diamond wrote:On September 19 2011 09:12 Xeris wrote: TPW contacted me about it and we worked something out. I think the iCCUP/ESV team contacted me several months ago but there wasn't any followup, TPW wanted it more ? We're just happy to be including some custom maps :D! Uh what? I followed up........... Dunno, the last time I talked with an iccup mapper was in season 1 I personally sent the information about our most recent maps and stuff to the owner of NASL on August 4th, but ok. Still glad for TPW, good for them !
I'm not the owner though, he never communicated that to me T_T ! =[
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On September 19 2011 03:54 NasKe_ wrote:I know what you mean. That's the reason I don't watch TvZ, it's takes so long and i wont play this match-up, but from the "no-player spectator" point of view, I think is better to watch good maps that i dont play, then bad maps that i play What?! I play Protoss, and TvZ is the best and most exciting matchup in the game. I implore you to try and watch it again, it's soooo fun to watch!
Anyway. While I think that a tournament of entirely new maps is quite extreme and could possibly go wrong, I think the idea is really good. It's certainly much better than sitting on the same old map pool for months on end. Hopefully these maps are all good, and will bring some great games.
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