what about money maps?

i think blizzard should not allow money maps to be made so i can learn to NOT use it

i'm very dependent on them

 

If there aren't money maps made, it means there aren't special map editors that can stack units. I want special map editors that can stack units, because hopefully they will also be able to have P12 triggers.

 

yeah the unit stacking thing is CRAZY.....

 

Yup, that's how you can have 50 workers mining what appears to be the same mineral.

 

Yeah, they should let 50 scv's mine1 mineral, then we wouldn't need to expand bases ;p I love money maps personally ;p

 

If 50 scv's mined one mineral, the mineral would deplete too fast. If 50 minerals were stacked, they wouldn't deplete for a very long time.

 

Since money maps are so insanely popular I can't imagine they would intentionally remove them from the game. Its not like people have to play on money maps after all.

 

Hate money maps..! There is no skills in massing units and sending them do the other bases and the best masser wins
Ofcourse there are som strats and tactics but still......

Down with the money maps! Down with the money maps!

 

from what I hear...they will have way better map editors (because of the engine they run) that will allow you do do awesome things like that. Or wait like a month after it comes out and someone will have developed a hacked map editor again.

hope and pray that you can rotate any items you set down to face another direction. ( I have spent hours on the map editor clicking then deleting because it was facing the wrong direction.)

 

Considering what the warcraft 3 map editor can do, which is highly impressive, I imagine the Starcraft 2 map editor is going to be INSANE.

 

I doubt you will be able to stack in SC2. Stacking minerals was an exploited glitch that largly involved the sprite-based nature of the game. in a 3D game, with an awareness of that kind of exploit, it makes sense that Blizzard will make sure that stacking doesn't happen. No stacking doesn't mean no money maps though, there were money maps before stacking was discovered- they just surrounded the start locations with thick clusters of minerals. Blizzard would have to do sometihng pretty crazy to make that impossible- like make continuous mineral exposure dangerous(like Tiberium), and I really don't see that happening.

Did you know that Blizzard already caters to money map players? There is a money map that ships with the game, can you name it? I bet it will return as a SC2 map as well.

Someone once told me, jokingly, "In my day we had to fight for our minerals!" But it is true, the struggle for resources is what causes most of the really cool stuff to happen in non-money games.

I personally hate money maps. They destroy the huge sections of the game that involve mining. Money games just turn into contests to see who can mass the most units. Battles become big, but they also become boring, the same battle every game. I also understand that there is a large proportion of players that do not need any real depth or variety to be entertained, it is like that with every medium. It is probably a good sign for them, because if you are dedicating less to the game, you are probably dedicating more to your real life. I for one have no real life to speak of, so I have to suffer having to hunt for interesting games.

Sorry if it comes off as elitist, because it is, because I do realize that people are absolutely justified in playing they way they want to play, even if I don't agree with it.

 

They can be fun if you want some mindless destruction! It's up to whoever's playing if they want to have a mass game or a more strategic game. I, personally, prefer money maps because they generally lead to longer games, which I'm better at. But for StarCraft2 I'm hoping to improve my tactics and strategy!

 

The first time I played a money map I wondered how they got the minerals so close to the buildings. I was such a noob. :

 

True, money maps means less tactics are required, and massing on units usually lead to victory. sometimes it's fun to build and destruct without thinking.........

Long games are better at measuring a player's ability, because the player will have to build up a base fast and resist rushes from enemies, then climb up the tech tree as the game progresses.....this will test how well the player utilises all units of a race.....

eg: if your using protoss, instead of just a victory from a swarm of zealot rushing into enemy's base, a long game would test the player's ability on using the clumpsy dragoons, the high templar, dark templar, dark archons, reavors, carriers, abiters, etc

 

money maps are retarded, ruins the point of expanding, when you can just sit there with 50 drones pulling out huge amounts of minerals/gas because they dont have to go anywhere

one of the most important tactics in the game is expanding, the more ground you have the more advantage you have against your enemy, at least tahts the case in regular, non-money map games

 

money maps are for a different type of game. a game where you can focus exclusively on your base/tech tree and creating huge, massive armies.

not everyone likes that kind of game but that's what money maps are really good at giving you.

 

yes........actually one of my new year resolution for 2006 was to give up money maps and practise more on normal maps.....but i couldn't.....especially when i use protoss i run out of money in the end....

and tips as to how to let go money maps? ;-)

 

Train on maps with very little minerals offline, then when you're used to that, switch to regular. You'll feel unbelievably wealthy.

 

Find a group or channel with players that only play non-money. It'll be easier to find good non-money games and learn good strategies.

 

fastest maps

will they still be in sc2??