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Shangri-La is now playtested enough to be considered more than a beta map. Shoutouts to the creator of StarForge for the excelent program which made me construct the tile(?)ramps. Also a Shoutout to Djin)XuuL( for the first draft of the maps.

As You can see its a 4 player map with a basic setup around the bases. However the position of the ramps does that the center isnt the prefered travellingroute, meaning that secret fast expansion in the center is very effective in cheese strategies. That expansion is also mineable from 4 different directions.

The most interesting feature about the map, except the ramps, are the entrances in temple wall. I used tileset indexed to fix the terrain so that every position is perfectly wallable with only a barack, and this is required on close positions when protoss sends fast goons in the beginning.

Besides that the map is mostly design. Replays and downloadable versions can be found at www.broodwarmaps.net

[sub]I saw this map at broodwarmaps a few days ago. I love it. It seems to be balanced fine. Atleast no major flaws that I can see, im not the best at picking up little things. Personally, I would like to see some more expos on the map, like at the top and bottom possibly. But overall, a greatly made map.[/sub]

Congrats on the MOTW
Nothing really stick outs at me, other than that i dont like having the nat wide open on 2 sides, but thats just personal preference.

Is there a tutorial somewhere for those uber ramps?

[sub]Look at the terrian fourm. Its a pretty easy blend. Darkmarine has used it.[/sub]

Probably one of the coolest maps I have ever seen.

This was a great map to use that technique on. Great job.

[sub]However star, when you did that blending, where is the point where you changed from the high rocks to low rocks? It may cause some vision problems depending how you did it.[/sub]

I'm sure he did it properly, hes experienced enough to know that. Plus he probably playtested a ton.

[sub]Wow, you submited this everywhere. Just saw it at PGT. It would be sweet if this made PGT.[/sub]

Yea, this map seems amazing.

Forget what I said earlier, its probably one of the best maps I have ever seen.

overwhelming

If you look in the files section of broodwarmaps.net under "utility" or "others" (dont remember which one) I added a small custom doodad brushpack for everyone to implement on their maps. They include these ramps + my highground bridge.

As for the posting, you gotta post everywhere cause not too many users use all the sites simultainiously. I actually believe i am 1 of few to use all of SEN, BWM, TL, PGT and GG.net frequently.

Ramps: The vision is very easy to locate in-game, to get a rough idea, the lines are drawn quite precisely the tile before the cliff-to-lowground begins if you know what i mean They are quite large overall though so i have only encountered "problems" with this once, and that was when i built a turret for scouting, but missplaced it below on lowground so it saw nothing of the hill above

The nat open on 2 sides has been used before, most noticable on (martian cross) chow chow perhaps, although those expos on that map is a bit too easy to defend imo.

If you decide to give it a try, please upload replays on bwm.net since the system is really easy and requires no registration. It helps alot in balancing the map. Also drop a comment to push my threads if you like ;D

Thanks for your comments!
/Sp

I do, but only when I make a map which is not too often. I just lurk a lot.

Why not go for battle.net forums as well
(thats where all the cool cats hang )

noone hangs in b.net forums

Me, ETT, draeger, Shockwave, Mind-crime, hnr)Insane, and plenty of others i'm forgetting.

And who are they? lol

I like martian cross, I've played it quite a few times too bad I can't get anyone from pubs to play it with me, only my close friends.

I hope this map gets popular. GL to you. Try and keep your threads alive.

doing all i can

Do you visit TL or not? Thats were most people would know them from.

well i might just post there too then

You should post it on tl.net instead of just telling people to look at it on bwm :/

already had 2 posts about it on tl.net

Yea, i just found it using search

Whoa, awesome map!

I can see...no flaws in my opinion.

This map looks great. Nothing I can say, other than TEACH ME HOW YOU ARE TEH AWESOMAGE PWNXXORZ!!!

Eh, maybe not.