NEW 1v1 Maps! - StarCraft 2 Public Test Realm!

[K9GM3]

Looks like very Reaper-friendly maps... I approve.

[Zer0fication]

I think Protoss will have a hard time with this new maps :(

[AfterStarX]

All the new maps are heavily macro oriented, which is Zerg's strength.

I'm glad we have new maps but I find that some of them have very wide areas making it extremely easy for zerglings to overwhelm everything.

P.S.: I play Random.

[madladgregor]

finally zerg getting some love from blizzard.......

[yuppy64]

Last one should be called XelNaga Taverns

[Tuber12334]

sweet new Tile Sets nooo Lava Map though ...

[jordmanb2]

2nd one reminds me of Delta Quadrant... that sux

[Veloh15]

is there only 1, 2 place spawn maps?

[Hynjia]

Finally...more maps that zerg can do well on...

[Robo120130]

@Hynjia well zerg could do well on it before, but now with the removal of the cliff, a higher % of zerg winnings is gonna happen.

[thebronzedragon1]

you can name durt farm zelnarga ruins

[evan999333]

Lost Temple 2 = the most zerg favored map ever!

[kendo512]

@evan999333 Yeah I can imagine some sick ling runbys just outside the vision of the tower as a counter attack. As a toss player, I'm gonna be pretty worried about that.

[DaMnUFo0]

black sheep wall!

oh starcraft 1...

[seren2002ser]

They want to avoid terran all-ins with scv's and tank abuse in the natural.

[Cornspenser]

roach*

[Cornspenser]

Ya, I definatly think they are trying to get morep oeple to play Zerg, sincei t is the least played race, probably ever since the +1 roch range and huge building buffs.

[RyanLikesYourMum]

@Cornspenser hope not i hate playing ZvZ

[scottyelf]

Tank drops were stupid OP on the previous version, I like this better

[DavidTiglidi]

hmm makes me want to switch for zerg

[Regnellse]

do something epic for 500th video!

[jmeiskues]

"desert hills" or some version of that was definately in the beta

[scout42389]

@jmeiskues Desert Oasis. It's out of the map pool.

[supergod577]

pause, play video and hit 2 tickle:p

[Poopsmith411]

the gold expansions on the last map only have 5 patches. is that different from normal?

[JouniKari]

@Poopsmith411 You blind or what? There are six

[kb39295]

The one that looks like Junkyards seems to have a severe lack of bases

[cmaeornthered]

@kb39295 theres 4 mains and 6 expos. not enough? i think it adds an element of fast paced action

[Crealtos]

Joshy, go get a job.

[furikuri52]

The fact that the Desert Hills map doesn't have symmetry relative to the gold bases/third base is retarded. If you spawn at the bases near the golds, your third will ALWAYS be the gold expo. If you spawn at the other two however, you'll probably be forced to take the expo with "harass hill" right next to it.

[RAmenFSM]

The desert map will have to be cross position spawns only or it will be asymmetrical and zergs will mega rage

[lphoenixl]

These maps are horrible besides lost temple 2. Its like they picked the worst map (Delta Quadrant) as a template and modeled everything after that. Test map 5 (aka. Crystal Forest) looks like a bad version of shakuras. Imagine TVZ in that map close positions. The terran can just break down the backdoors and zergs wont be able to touch them considering how small that choke is.

[Segatar]

@lphoenixl Then zerg are going to have to learn to deal with siege tanks. Holy shit, how surprising.

[rangermerrydog]

so many destructible rocks

[Menikmat1]

Is it me or do all the new maps have back-doors or pseudo back doors with rocks ?

[TheAvelestar]

Sweet man, this is much appreciated. Thanks! =)

[jmertelj]

Kinda zerg favored maps? (: yeeey

[Chavtheworld]

I swear the gas at the high yield is different... I must be crazy. Anyway - you're awesome Joshy for redoing this video!

[EddyMcK]

I love how much effort you put into your videos

[PuLseViper]

Errr guys quick question I try to get onto the public test realm but it doesn't work, can anybody tell me why?

[NicoTnz0r]

IM THE TOSS! ~ Thanks joshy for ur great vids always :D

[br1menz]

damn blizzard always trying to balance the game out for zerg

[fansut]

wow this maps suck ass

[Codad]

Thank you josh :D

[Mewi987]

fucking americans get to test new maps haters gon hate

[ComeToJesus]

Damn Josh, you're just a people pleaser aren't you? Keep up the hard work.

[JONmanIStheBEST]

jk, it's pretty nice

[JONmanIStheBEST]

more zerg friendly?

[Sh4d0w3244]

This is why I watch this guy-- he messed up on a video and instead of being lazy and not fixing it he redid the entire video. PROPS!

[ACFunky]

Thanks for taking the time to do this again josh. we can see things heaps better now. you rock!

[famouz316]

terran is trash in the first place so its irrelevant if they balance the maps

[toxickiller12]

i really like the names you gave them

[tjello]

LT2 is too balanced lol, not good for Terran =P

[mannhingkhor]

Much better.

[mcfly17]

Idra must be drooling over this.

[pushpoppushpop]

I'm pretty sure that Blizz released these maps to deal with the complaints about collosis. Cause now u can get a HUGE concave on the collisis XD IM SCREWED!!! (i play Protoss) :P

[beautifulblackmetal]

"Dirt Farm" :D:D:D

[PatriotIzzy]

All of these map's expos are wide open. Certainly not Protoss favored. Lets see how games turn out with pros ;)

[3JeanPierre3]

nice "Dump"

[eberaldo]

you opponent is gonna be able to backdoor you :)

[gundamfan555]

I'd pronounce it a lyot-ee, like a coyote.

[Subject790]

That second map bothers me as a Terran player. I could see it being hard to expand on.

[russle360]

FINALLY MAP BALANCE!

[cascoll2000]

Hey Josh there is one thing you missed on Test Map 4. You can Siege some ones main from the low ground where you said a pylon could be placed for warp in's. As long as Terran has vision of the High ground they can hit your main from that spot because of the short proximity. to see what I'm talking about look at 9:46 in the video

[Snyphen356]

haha 8:50 look at the gas

[benzeza]

@Snyphen356 HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH

[Mattybeany]

YES YES YES YES, no more drops<3

[Vacheresseb]

These looks better than the current map pool but still horrible.

[MutenRoscher]

@Vacheresseb why ?!

[fbmbirds]

Look at 10:04 whats with the vespen gas thing check the ground around it. the yellow black circle is not centered

[Reapent]

@fbmbirds OH NOOO!!

[AbstractPacifist]

@fbmbirds I noticed that too, and i was like, wow that looks shitty haha, these maps are too wide open, look like a map n00bs would make, ie a map i owuld make... common blizz, where the recreactions of the brilliient other maps??

[weirgaming]

@fbmbirds Ya i noticed it before for both of them...  odd... >.>

[ydna2]

thanks for the update video....I couldn't even pay attention in the first one. much better now!!!

[lucast1533]

The second map is both horizontally and vertically symmetrical

[iWearCapeIRL]

I'm actually not sure about these maps... Lost Temple 2.0 looks amazing tho. Hopefully they disable the close-by-ground positions like for shakuras plateu, because otherwise the third (former island expo) will give Terran an un attackable expo against Zerg.

[Rib5]

Can't wait for some replays from these maps!

[dudearinos]

the second map is vertically symmetric

[3Carnifex]

holy shit , this is lost temple without all of its imbalanced shit for terrans , if they release this map soon , ill be more than happy to play on this perfect map. Other maps are really cool as weel , thank you for this video !

[3Carnifex]

holy shit , this is lost temple without all of its imbalanced shit for terrans , if they release this map soon , ill be more than happy to play on this perfect map.

[cascoll2000]

@3Carnifex You can play it on PTR right now

[NewAnarchy88]

Sweet!!!

[Barkilax]

nice but im not gonna spend another 15+15 minutes to watch it again w/o fog

[AskJoshy]

@Barkilax You don't have to. =)

[onedaysnotice44]

oooo yay fog of war is off now :D