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Knowledge gained from forums can be a big help to a player trying to learn, especially one trying to jump up a league. My last thing is, Blizzard does look at those things. Pro percentages were a big reason for the changes, both win/loss percentages and play percentage. Be less a Terran hater please. Maybe Z shouldn't get Mutas every game, or P shouldn't make Stalkers every game. Even if all they did was heal, they'd still get made by every T player not going mech.

i agree with blizzard, completely. as a mid masters player. i hate when decisions are made by low skilled players. like the phoenix buff. Honestly. i HATE listening to QQ from a negative gold player. focus on getting better and stay off the forums ffs. and the last thing is. blizzard. Look at the korea and pro game charts since day one. terran has 100% always been ahead on win loss. way higher then z or p. stop buffing nerfing p and z. and let the players try a new build. for a couple months. then fix w/e needs fixing. and medivacs should be split into dropships and meidcs. not just 1 unit that does everything so terran makes it every game.
well thats my 2 cents

Y R U so mean kpasa. I think they tried to hard on these maps.

lol @ the balance whine and QQ in here. Nearly every single person claiming "this map is overpowered for this race" are silver or bronze league. Literally, everyone of you. I actually wasted my time checking your profile (sad, I know). You guys are at the bottom of the skill pool, you are better than maybe 20% of people playing this game, do you really think your opinion is valid? Do you really think we want to hear what you think about these maps when you're at the bottom of the skill pool? You basically prove to us that you have 0 understanding of the game, then go on to bolster a biased opinion supported by minimal evidence aside from your horrid play. In the time it took you to think of 'how "unbalanced" these maps are' post you could have opened or created a 'help me' thread trying to improve your own play. It's amazing how quickly you can improve if you alter your attitude towards improvement rather than whine, and that goes for most things in life, not just starcraft. I'm assuming majority of you are teenagers at best.

With that being said, props to Apollo for taking the time to do this. Awesome of Blizzard to actually incorporate tournament maps into their ladder pool. Keep this up Blizzard!

I'm loving these new maps. i think cloud kingdom is a little more balanced and provides good macro games. I kinda liked Xel'naga caverns but the backdoor at the natural was really annoying. too many cannon rushes. back to cloud kingdom, ZvT looks a little more T balanced but zerg still has many options such as burrowing behind the tanks, as not many people get ravens or scan on a whim. PvZ looks way more balanced because mutas won't be used as often due to being able to hold with a couple of cannons on each side. anyway, for Korhal Compound i think it's a pretty balanced map, supporting macro games and risky maneuvers. i'm loving what blizz is doing to the maps, just fix PvZ and all will be good ^.^. thanks for listening to a guy spout about some new stuff lol, this is all based on videos and the few games i've played on each map.

i personally like the GREAT JOB blizzard did with the new 2v2 maps. cant believe season 6 only featured 2 new maps for 1v1 and how you forgot about the people that dont like to play 1v1 cheesefest ladder. Sad all i have to play with for 2v2 is the same old maps thats consist of now 2v2 cheese bcause the maps are so small. Why no new maps for team games blizzard? does it require that much work to make a map for 2v2 thats big enough you can actually have a macro game on instead of just cheese fest all day? REALLY DISSAPOINTED BLIZZARD, REALLY DISSAPOINTED.

I don't hardy play 1v1 since season 2, though it is true about 3v3 and 4v4 being unbalanced. You can have one or two bad players on your team and it be over in no time. 1v1 is a more true test of a player skills.

im a mother of 6

Is it just me or does Cloud Kingdom seem like a Terran-favored map in TvZ? There seems to be so many ways to abuse Tanks in this map with all these cliffs overlooking both your natural and your third, not to mention the whole elevated center of the map. Not being able to use Mutalisks effectively vs Terran is essentially a handicap for Zerg against Terran because they're one of the only units that can cause economic damage against Terran. Walling in the natural is a no-brainer, and once that's established, how the hell is a Zerg supposed to damage a Terran's econ without going all-in? It's baffling to me.

People complaining or saying that they don't play 1v1: This game was meant for 1v1, that's where the balance is at. Team games are the imbalanced part of the game.

i only play 4v4. i dont give a crap about new maps for 1v1. Blizzard,plz make new 4v4 maps.That would be epic.

I don't play 1v1 so I don't even care

finally new maps :) everything is working smoothly

You forgot to mention that half of the SC2 population can't play these maps, Apollo.

Wtf i still cant download the maps i have tried 5 times how can get this to WORK!!!

Can't download maps, BLIZZ please fix/provide status update.

I can't download the maps either =(

Can't download the new maps. Even re-installed the whole game again, but still no luck.

When did Madden get an accent?

Great explanations. Very helpful in planning before even starting the season. Older map explanations would be much appreciated as well. Thanks Apollo!

I had no trouble at all with loading the maps, although I know a lot of ppl did have trouble. I downloaded the maps somtime last week (prior to Season 6) to practice on them once they announced the new changes, and I think that made a big difference. I did have trouble, and am still having trouble, looking at other players' match history and some profile information. Hopefully it will all clear up as time goes on. I can only imagine how many peaple were trying to download these maps all at once.

I'm able to play normally as well since the start of the season

A very nice explanation. TYVM. when I'm able to play these, I'll have some good insight into them. About explaining older maps: yes please! Any excuse to hear more of that charming voice.. mmmh...

maps been working for me since season began

only way to play today is to load a map u already have guys new maps not dow nloading

fk this bessnes wtf is going on mth fk-ers

Why I cannot download the game what hapend how know

great map guides :D

Why is it saying that I cannot download the game content at this time?

I'm just going to take the 5th as my 3rd... as zerg. fixes the problems of chokes and low ground.