TLMC #16: Finalists and Voting

Rejuvenation

By: volumin

A map with 8 bases per player, furthest expansion have one rich vespene geyser. There’s a small mineral wall between forward base and triangle 3rd to provide optional pathway.

Features:

• forward base very close to the natural, but with vulnerable mineral line
• small mineral wall between forward base and triangle 3rd to provide optional pathway, additionally at forward base one mineral node is moved to let bigger units pass
• Xel’Naga Tower between forward and rich vespene bases hidden behind LOS blockers

Nemesis

By: themusic246

A diagonal symetry battlefield with a direct path from natural to natural. Winding paths break up expansions and attack routes as the game progresses.

Frost Giant

By: -NegativeZero-

Description: This map is small and has a short rush distance. To help compensate, the direct path to your opponent passes along three narrow bridges that the defender can use to help hold off early attacks. Pairs of rocks can be destroyed to open up wider paths later in the game, but doing so will also reduce the attack distance to your own expansions.

Features

• Small map size, low base count
• Narrow bridges along direct attack path
• Rocks must be destroyed to open late-game attack routes.

Waterfall

By: Superouman

Two protoss factions are cohabiting in this small rush map. A stream divides the map in two but there are 3 ford passages and 2 bridges that let players move across it.

Features:

• While being a small rush map, the first few expansions are reasonably defendable.
• During the lategame, because there are only 6.5 bases per player, both player will expand close to each other.
• For the decoration, there is a small stream that runs across the map and ends with a nice waterfall. There are 3 ford passages and two transparent bridges over the stream where units can move across.

Cryogenian

By: Superouman

The direct path between the two players is overlooked by two Xel’Naga towers. Controlling both these towers is difficult so the gameplay around these areas is dynamic.

Two watchtowers oversee the main path. It is not possible to control both towers at the same time.

Data-C

By: KillerSmile

Main and natural are exposed to air harrass, but the initial 4 bases are easy to secure, with a winding path to the opponent through the lowground, that can be shortened by destroying rocks. On the sides there are watchtower above a rich gas base, that help against proxy tactics, but don’t cover too much of the map.

Singularity

By: themusic246

Rocks break up the more direct paths on a map that allows for a variety of expansion patterns. Technological growth has finally become uncontrollable and irreversible.

Moondance

By: Marras

Moondance is a map with a lot of bases but a short rush distance. A pocket third offers players a safe expansion but it has less mineral nodes than a regular base and only one gas geyser

Features: 9 bases per player, pocket base has 6 mineral nodes and one gas, other bases are standard. Rush distance is short. There are rocks on some of the ramps and los blockers on the lowground areas. No fancy features.

Emerald Princess

By: Skypirinha1

While early bases are easy to take, it will get considerably more difficult to take further bases, The Rocks in the middle block a quick path across.

Features: 2 large rocks near the center block pathways with acelleration zones. Once destroyed the path to the other side of the map is quicker. reaper ledge(s) and Overlord pillar allow good but not too easy scouting. This way early game is safe, but the midgame gets accelerated.

Centuries Later

By: Superouman

Description: There was a thriving megalopolis here, before the Dominion decided to annihilate it.
This map has a major twist: A second entrance to the starting base can be opened by mining the triangle third base. The triangle third base has two additional mineral fields with a value of

Features:

• The main base has a backdoor that is blocked by the minerals of the triangle third
• The triangle third has 2 additional mineral fields that have a value of 200.

Aftermath

By: depressed1

-Aftermath is a mixed up map you might want to play because it doesn’t have certain rules on how to set up the third.

Features:

• 4 levels
• Golden base
• Low-ground base with large acceleration zone
• A Mineral line like a front line to separate players from each other
• Definitely (possibly) a way not to take the triangle third and take the bottom corner base (or golden base)
• The rocks were used to organize the passage through the gold. Kinda neat.

Stargazers

By: Marras

Stargazers offers the opportunity to either play standard games or make things a bit more spicy by opening up the path through the pocket natural.

Features:

• There are 12 blue maps in total plus one gold base at the 6 o’clock position
• The pocket naturals have a standard amount of minerals and gas but the base is blocked by two mineral nodes with the value of 10 per each
• The minerals blocking the ramp leading from the pocket natural have a value of 40 each making opening up that path a big commitment if done by the attacker
• Line of sight blockers are situated in the middle area and the bottom of the map
• The Xelnaga Tower at the 12 o’clock position can see a little bit of the outermost parts of the pocket natural mineral lines.

Voting

TLMC uses a voting system where voters assign points to their top five maps in order of preference. Please follow these instructions when voting:

• You may only vote for a total of FIVE (5) maps.
• Among your top five maps picks, assign your points/votes as follows:
  • Highest rated map: 5 points
  • Second highest rated map: 4 points
  • Third highest rated map: 3 points
  • Fourth highest rated map: 2 points
  • Fifth highest rated map: 1 point
• You may only assign each specific point value once (only one map can be awarded 5 points, etc).

Public voting via TL.net determines the final rankings in TLMC #16. All sixteen finalists, as selected by the judges, receive $200 per winning entry. The top five entrants, as determined by public vote, will be awarded additional winnings as follows:

First – $800
Second – $500
Third – $250
Fourth – $150
Fifth – $100

Maps that place high in TLMC #16 are not guaranteed to be added to the competitive ladder. ESL and Blizzard will reference TLMC #16 and other map-making competitions, and choose which maps to add at their own discretion.

Prize money has been provided by Shopify and ESL, and we thank them for their support of the map making community.

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