[TLMC] Team Map Results! Text by Plexa

Team play maps are an important part of the Starcraft 2 experience. While lacking a competitive scene, they serve an important function by making SC2 accessible and enjoyable for all skill levels. While the ladder team map pool has not seen as much turn over compared to the 1v1 ladder, we hope that with this contest we can start to change that. Each of the map submitted provided an interesting take on team play maps ranging from exceptional execution of standard concepts through to radically different ideas that keep the ladder fresh and interesting.



The top three maps will receive the following prizes thanks to Blizzard and TeamLiquid:



1st Place: Mega Bloks Battlecruiser signed by the SC2 Dev Team, Razer Peripheral Set, $100

2nd Place: Kerrigan Action Figure signed by the SC2 Dev Team, Razer Peripheral Set, $50

3rd Place: HotS box art Poster signed by the SC2 Dev Team and Razer Banshee Headset



I know you're eager to see the results, so here they are:



Honorable Mention: ESV Emrel Coast, TPW Drifas Throne

by Timetwister22 and Meerel





Third Place: ESV Retribution

by NewSunshine







Runner-up: TPW Mystic

by monitor







Winner: CruX Breeze

by Semmo





A huge congratulations to all our winners. Retribution is a map which could fit right in amongst the existing 4v4 maps on ladder. While Mystic brings a completely new flavour to 2v2 with it's split-map concept. Breeze brings team play back to its mass Tier 1 unit roots with aggression being the name of the game. All three maps bring something unique to the ladder and we hope to see them in use one day.



This concludes the second season of the TLMC, and we hope to be able to do this again in the near future.



Full Results

(1) Breeze

(2) Mystic

(3) Retribution

(4) Drifas Throne

(5) Emrel Coast

(6) Sandlands

(7) Mooniacs

(8) Rimfrost



Team play maps are an important part of the Starcraft 2 experience. While lacking a competitive scene, they serve an important function by making SC2 accessible and enjoyable for all skill levels. While the ladder team map pool has not seen as much turn over compared to the 1v1 ladder, we hope that with this contest we can start to change that. Each of the map submitted provided an interesting take on team play maps ranging from exceptional execution of standard concepts through to radically different ideas that keep the ladder fresh and interesting.The top three maps will receive the following prizes thanks to Blizzard and TeamLiquid:Mega Bloks Battlecruiser signed by the SC2 Dev Team, Razer Peripheral Set, $100Kerrigan Action Figure signed by the SC2 Dev Team, Razer Peripheral Set, $50HotS box art Poster signed by the SC2 Dev Team and Razer Banshee HeadsetI know you're eager to see the results, so here they are:A huge congratulations to all our winners. Retribution is a map which could fit right in amongst the existing 4v4 maps on ladder. While Mystic brings a completely new flavour to 2v2 with it's split-map concept. Breeze brings team play back to its mass Tier 1 unit roots with aggression being the name of the game. All three maps bring something unique to the ladder and we hope to see them in use one day.This concludes the second season of the TLMC, and we hope to be able to do this again in the near future.(1) Breeze(2) Mystic(3) Retribution(4) Drifas Throne(5) Emrel Coast(6) Sandlands(7) Mooniacs(8) Rimfrost Administrator ~ Spirit will set you free ~

Grettin Profile Joined April 2010 32020 Posts #2 Congrats! "If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu

RiSkysc2 Profile Joined September 2011 684 Posts #3 so..... is breeze going to be in the ladder map pool?

eTcetRa Profile Joined November 2010 Australia 819 Posts #4



Especially Semmo, winning both must've rigged them polls Congratulations to NewSunshine, monitor, and Semmo. Great work!Especially Semmo, winning bothmust've rigged them polls Retired Mapmaker™

Plexa Profile Blog Joined October 2005 Aotearoa 38208 Posts #5 On July 23 2013 22:24 RiSkysc2 wrote:

so..... is breeze going to be in the ladder map pool?

The maps will be considered by Blizzard for the ladder, no guarantees that any of these will reach the ladder! The maps will be considered by Blizzard for the ladder, no guarantees that any of these will reach the ladder! Administrator ~ Spirit will set you free ~

tredogz Profile Joined April 2011 Canada 158 Posts #6 New Team Maps ... I hope so. That would be awesome, thx TL. t to the redogz, tredogz

MavivaM Profile Joined November 2011 1533 Posts #7

Come on, guys!

Congratulations to all the winners and the partecipants as always: one map after one map, you will save the ladder soon or later Meerel keeps his tradition of never getting any prize despite making sick maps.Come on, guys!Congratulations to all the winners and the partecipants as always: one map after one map, you will save the ladder soon or later Your Opinion has been counted. Only 3 more Opinions needed for a reddit thread.

Cokefreak Profile Joined June 2011 Finland 8065 Posts #8 I wish all of these would be in the team map pool~

Still a lot better than almost all Blizzard made maps.

Destructicon Profile Blog Joined September 2011 4637 Posts #9 Great picks overall, I love all of the maps for different reasons, and I'm glad one of each kind of map got a spot, a 2 vs 2 map, 3 vs 3 and 4 vs 4 map, hopefully all of them make it into the ladder, they would improve it tremendously. And given that the team ladder could use massive improvements maybe even have the honorable mentions get some spots. Writer Never give up, never surrender! https://www.youtube.com/user/DestructiconSC

Quateras Profile Joined August 2012 Germany 866 Posts #10

Way more variety and experimenting, good job guys



Hope to see many of them on the ladder. I actually enjoyed the entered Team maps a lot more than the 1v1 maps.Way more variety and experimenting, good job guysHope to see many of them on the ladder. "If you don't know where you are going, you can never get lost."

Ragoo Profile Joined March 2010 Germany 2423 Posts #11 Hope they just add all of them. I don't see any reason against that at all. Member of TPW mapmaking team/// twitter.com/Ragoo_ /// "goody represents border between explainable reason and supernatural" Cloud

Plexa Profile Blog Joined October 2005 Aotearoa 38208 Posts #12 On July 23 2013 22:46 Destructicon wrote:

Great picks overall, I love all of the maps for different reasons, and I'm glad one of each kind of map got a spot, a 2 vs 2 map, 3 vs 3 and 4 vs 4 map, hopefully all of them make it into the ladder, they would improve it tremendously. And given that the team ladder could use massive improvements maybe even have the honorable mentions get some spots.

There are actually x1 2v2 and x2 4v4 There are actually x1 2v2 and x2 4v4 Administrator ~ Spirit will set you free ~

danl9rm Profile Blog Joined July 2009 United States 2728 Posts #13 Compared to what's currently in the map pool, I can think of no reason that the top 2 maps shouldn't be immediately thrust into it as well. "Science has so well established that the preborn baby in the womb is a living human being that most pro-choice activists have conceded the point. ..since the abortion proponents have lost the science argument, they are now advocating an existential one."

Master of DalK Profile Blog Joined June 2012 Canada 1661 Posts #14 Semmo winning all of the TLMC Kappa



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TyrianSC2 Profile Joined January 2012 Canada 52 Posts #15 Good to see contests like these, where members of the community have a chance at showing off their artistic design skills and have an impact on the game :D Well done all contributors!

BigFan Profile Blog Joined December 2010 TLADT 24438 Posts #16 Maps looking great! Congrats to the winners. Former BW EiC "Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017

Proseat Profile Blog Joined February 2012 Germany 4903 Posts #17 Congrats to the winning entries!

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Cricketer12 Profile Blog Joined May 2012 United States 13092 Posts #18 yay I like Breeze, reminds me of an old Brood War map Solemn Strike FTW l SC2 Liquibet Season 17 Winner l I am beyond imagination, succumb to madness.

Jonanin Profile Joined April 2010 United States 23 Posts #19 I like breeze... feels a little Hunters-esque, doesn't it? asdf

fezvez Profile Blog Joined January 2011 France 2903 Posts #20 Beuheuheuuuuu.... a bit more writeup please? I have no idea why these maps are good, why they were selected, how much better they are from the ladder maps, why I should feel pumped...



Honestly, only the winner seems interesting to me because it looks like BGH. But it's because you gave me no reason to like the others ><

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