Offical League Maps in 1.7
Posted: 13-06-2003 15:30
This post is in concern with the new league map being added in 1.7, Greenbaize. I do believe it is a good map and should be included in 1.7 but I do not think it should be used as a league map.
Greenbaize is the only map which provides many obstructions placed randomly on the pitch. Lego fan has 1 wall as an obstruction, not 12 (i think) randomly placed balls which vastly interfere with game play and tend to make the game more spammy by lobbing the ball in random directions depending on which way the ball hit the billiards.
Also GB is the only map on which you are able to shoot a horizontal ball out of the pitch causing for a reset. This can be abused by a team that plays GB a lot. Knowing when to reset the ball can accomodate a cherry picker who sits at half to get the ball instantly at 1/2 pitch which defeats the risk of passing upfield.
On that same note, a team can exclusivly play GB for all home games and retain a HUGE advantage by knowing the layout of the map by heart. This is fine, but puts the other team at a huge disadvantage for all plays that work on Greenbaize (with the exclusion of standing on the billiard balls to jump into the pbox) work on all other league maps flawlessly.
This map, Greenbaize, is a good map, but Spaceballs][ is a map almost identiacal but without the billiards and 2 backwalls but was never considered as a league map.
From a playabilty standpoint, i don't beileve it should be allowed as a league map.
Greenbaize is the only map which provides many obstructions placed randomly on the pitch. Lego fan has 1 wall as an obstruction, not 12 (i think) randomly placed balls which vastly interfere with game play and tend to make the game more spammy by lobbing the ball in random directions depending on which way the ball hit the billiards.
Also GB is the only map on which you are able to shoot a horizontal ball out of the pitch causing for a reset. This can be abused by a team that plays GB a lot. Knowing when to reset the ball can accomodate a cherry picker who sits at half to get the ball instantly at 1/2 pitch which defeats the risk of passing upfield.
On that same note, a team can exclusivly play GB for all home games and retain a HUGE advantage by knowing the layout of the map by heart. This is fine, but puts the other team at a huge disadvantage for all plays that work on Greenbaize (with the exclusion of standing on the billiard balls to jump into the pbox) work on all other league maps flawlessly.
This map, Greenbaize, is a good map, but Spaceballs][ is a map almost identiacal but without the billiards and 2 backwalls but was never considered as a league map.
From a playabilty standpoint, i don't beileve it should be allowed as a league map.