I have played these days some really great maps.And after so many years of playing I saw alot of maps,some great works,the other well..Sometimes when I play great maps,I ask myself wich are the best maps I ever played
I also readed some people like Inept or PsychoTemplar are not satisfied about the maps in the current competitions,sadly they don't offer alternatives.
So I'm really curious to see what are for some of you the best 10 maps ever.It is not necessary to argue about them,if you wanna say something about that maps you believe are the best,fine.
Please don't choose maps just because they are the most played maps,or so.In this case I already have the answer - the pro maps(but if you think some are under the 10 best,fine).I wanna know your personal opinion,no matter how old,new,in use or forgotten those maps are.Also you can choose evry type of map you want,for 2,3,4...8player
It doesnt greatly matter to understand this list as a ranking.Ok?
My list is definitely not in any ranking order, nor do I think they are the greatest maps ever, there are too many maps to consider, and I haven't seen all the maps at mapdori yet, and there are some really nice ones there. Hell, I don't even know all the maps here at bwm, I find new great ones all the time that were made long ago.
Luna
Dream of Balhae
Rush HourIII
Neo Goddess of Day
Amistad
Aegis
Nautilus
Velocity
Amber
Space Lotus
I'm sure people won't like my choice of luna, and rh3, but I do really like those maps. Luna is a nice map for being basic, I don't like the pos imba in it, but w/e. Rushhour I really like, for the mostpart I think it doesn't have that much pos imba, which is great for being a (3)map. I would say it's the best 3 player map there is; I think it's well balanced too.
i also dont have a list in my mind but i think i can mention spontaneous some great maps.this means i have a opinion.everyone can criticise a map,but you need courage to reveal what you think it's a great map,and more courage to say this are the maps i consider for the best ever maded.nobody knows evry map,but from evry list it's possible to read an estimation.just as a footnote;spoilr's maps are better than nightmarjoo's.
now my list:
-sattarchasm
-space lotus
-galaxy prime2.0
-memory cell
-gravity
-regnum noctis
-prelude of light
-signal
-ruby
-the artist
+into the darkness(a map from the old days,that i love very much.but i don't think it's so great maded like the other in my list). modified by Grief_Stricken
hah well I wasn't gonna argue anything in this thread because SpoilR had wanted it not be a big argument thread, but Grief said SpoilR's list > my list, so I must defend my choices and explain why I don't share his opinions on the map^^
My list ommitted Sattarchasm. No doubt a good map. It's nice and standard and basic, while using a layout very different from lt. I'm not fan of the positional imbalance in it however, and it's a bit too plain for my tastes, I mean I don't like the mineral count for the expos, the style the map plays; I didn't care for the map much when I played it, but that was a long time ago.
Space Lotus, good map, I really like it, even though it has the (imo) boring expo mineral count and pos imba; I really liked the way the map feels and plays.
Darina's Feelings, I found this map on my comp and looked at it again. It's something new and different, which I like, but overall it never appealed to me. I have not played the map nor have I seen a rep of it so I can't talk about it too much.
Arcadia, I don't like this map. It's very basic, really offers nothing new. It's not really racially balanced at all, and it doesn't at all appeal to me. I don't like the way it plays.
Gravity; my review of Darina's Feelings is very similar to that of Gravity. Just not my style map, it doesn't appeal to me, but it's certainly a nice map.
Jade Zone, it's not a bad map, but I really don't like it.
I like Regnum Noctis.
Memory Cell, eh its pos imba is pretty bad and it plays boring. It's just too standard for its own good, and the special stuff in it never gets used. Good 2v2 map though imo.
Galaxy Prime I've already explained why I don't care for it. I think your liking of Prelude of Light and Jade is just for the same reasoning behind Galaxy Prime, "nice deco" -_-
Gaia is not bad, but I don't like the pos imba in it and I've heard t>p in it for narrow middle. Sometimes I really like it ingame othertimes I hate it.
The maps I chose I really like; they're all different. The island ones are all really well done island maps, and the other (2)maps are good, they're unique for the mostpart.
I really like lnept's last choice. (8)Theatre of War is a really great map. I used to host it alot back in the day for 3v3 or 4v4. I think i may try to make it into a (4) map some day.
lol ToW :D Maybe someone should polish it up a little - I haven't seen a fixed version yet, and I doubt it was perfect right from the start, there certainly are some minor flaws ;)
i cant name ten.. just cant, not even making an order, i love a lot of maps, motws and other forgotten jewels here
extremely good pro maps imo is rh3, r-point, nostalgia, namja iyagi and paranoid imo, all has its special strength and gives a great twist on gameplay without being horrible imbalanced.
antares,you say,you love many maps.but in the end all you have to give us are pro pieces.
are those maps really the paragon typ of the ultimative map for you?or you just hiding behind those maps.after the formula,i cant say something wrong when i chose promaps
and spinesheat;coulee...?!? is this everything you have to say?
just spoilr,nightmarjoo and inept have a opinion here? depressing...
ye my list is nearly the same as antares ones... one of my favourites is also hall of valhalla - there were a lot of good games on it (also in the wcgs)
lol I hate Paranoid Android, R-Point is a t map, but fun for 2v2, other maps there are good. I'm not a fan of Nostalgia, but that's probably just because I have a lot of bad memories from playing on it when I was a 40 apm noob =/
@ grief: the pro maps i mentioned is the best from me from the maps that was used in league sometimes. the favourite pro maps of mine. amateur maps is a different type from me, because i was playing less when i was active as a player, so i cant form my playing style on many of them also i know less about its gameplay as i didnt see many replays from the high-quality gamers. despite i love many of them as much as the mentioned pro maps.
@grief: It's more depressing how you don't seem to understand the intention of this thread... It's to name the maps one considers the best. There is no need to name unknown maps or pro maps or whatever, just the maps one considers the best.
And that's why I named Coulee; At the time it was released it was so damn fresh and still not horribly imbalanced - at least at that time - there never was a map that drew my attention as much as this map.