Winter Tournament - Map Thread

[Baffle-Boy]

another vote for kistra 

also i nominate CTF_conflict.

everyon loves this map, and it's pretty dman balanced. and, i wouldn't say it's too big for 4v4, i've had 4v4s on the map before and it seemed to work well.

[]GS[ Airman]

Kistra is in the pool.

>Conflict
I like the map and I'd be dumb not to use it, but i can't say that's exactly a good reason, I need a bit more from it. Sell it to me, Baffle.

Eureka: 0

[DSky]

Conflict won in the poll of best map, so it's already accepted by a lot of people (and even loved by some).
This a fast-paced map, which is great if we'll be doing two matches per day to speed up the tourney.
Also this map focus on teamwork, you could place a sentry and with the proper engie you would take every single jello scout in the way. So you would need some help from your team in order to make a succefull cap.
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I hate my broken english.

[]GS[ Airman]

Yeh, alright, good enough.

Conflict: 0
Eureka: 0

[trog]

nominating conflict


fun map, and you get punished if you don't push together. Interesting offclass opportunities and very dynamic gameplay

[Snare]

If you want examples of why maps are good/bad, I'd suggest just posting some of the videos from the previous tourneys.

http://www.youtube.com/user/gg2Snare
http://www.youtube.com/user/TechnoINS

http://www.ganggarrison.com/forums/index.php?topic=17704.msg358982#msg358982 - Feb. Tourney Videos

http://www.ganggarrison.com/forums/index.php?topic=20973.msg539584#msg539584 - International Exhibition Videos

i.e. I wouldn't mind seeing some ctf_zvector again. Jellonixons aren't as effective as other maps, so there is more of a medi-buddy focus (which is something I'd prefer to see).

Gang Garrison 2 Tourney - Team HTBA vs Team PHS Match 3

Gang Garrison 2 Tournament - Team [10] vs SSAAGNOSPT Match 2/3

[RebelINS]

ctf_zvector can get locked down way too easily in a 4v4, because of the location of the spawn. After the first successful push, the team can lock down guys respawning with an overweight/healer/rocketman while the runner can get multiple caps. At least on truefort and conflict, there are two exits out of the spawn. The top exit (the flag pole) is not feasible because it wastes too much time for an arbitrary flank.

[Agh]

ctf_noir is a good map, no discussion needed.

z3

[Brotacus]

I second that though, Agh.

[]GS[ Airman]

I'll okay noir.

zvector, not so much. Rebel posted my thoughts on it.

Conflict: 1
Noir: 1 (counting mal)
Eureka: 0

[[Royal Gay Penguin Nachos Ibarra Gordita Agave] LC]

I nominate Noir as well. It's like a smaller orange that gets rid of the negative aspects of it(especially in a 4v4), namely the sheer size of the map, and holding the tower actually gives a reward instead of letting people run right under you.

[]GS[ Airman]

Noir's in.

On second thought, I'll put zvector in. Worst case scenario, it makes it into the tournament and no one plays on it, it's still gotta be nominated and voted in though.

Conflict: 1
Eureka: 0
Zvector: 0

[[BH] sHN3T]

arena_aquaductv3 has had a lot of testing, quite a few people host it.
I know it's a bit full of myself to nominate my own map....
But still

Then again, some people may hate it. But before you post hate comments like spawn camping and falling off the map, please note that that was v2, not v3.

[Agh]

I'm nominating ctf_fourway, because it will force teams to think outside of the box and we'll see who is better at adapting to unusual situations. I'm serious.

arena_offblast is a decent map with interesting flanking options.

[]GS[ Airman]

>Fourway
this map is friggin' tiny what the hell

seriously, i wanna try this out before i okay it. i get the feeling that it's supposed to be larger than the image you linked, but it looks really cluttered.

>Offblast
PB's probably the best arena mapmaker on this site, even if I hate Offblast's death pits with a passion in pub matches because some kid's always gotta troll with it.

Always.

In competitive match-ups, that shouldn't be a problem though, because people will be playing for life or death and it actually gives pyros and detos some more situational value on the map with airblast and stickies respectively. Yes.

>Aquaduct
what

what is this i don't even

oh right, this is one map that earned my ire because people said it was good art when everything was blatantly stolen.

you're not selling me though. you basically said 'yeh, here's my map, people have played it before.' that's not a reason, tell me its competitive value.

I guess this means I need to get in touch with NAGN and force him to host a private server with some people to help playtest these.

Conflict: 1
Zvector: 0
Eureka: 0
Offblast: 0