At present ET is in dyer need of some variety, something fresh. Everyone has become a custom to the expected rotation of Supply and Goldrush, and every now and again adler is thrown in to "spice it up". However with such little diversity in a game that has the potential to be one of the most diverse games out there, I ask why? It's simple really, since the switch from 6o6 the same tactics has been employed on both supply and grush, making the game tedious to both play and spectate. Time and time again the community has cried for new maps, TLR recently hosted a map making competition which was unfortunately unsuccessful, due to the communities unwillingness to accept new maps. MeRlinator's efforts at reinvigorating Frostbite should not be in vein, and more cups should be organized to further test the new changes on frostbite and possibly improve it further. What makes frostbite so special is the unusual spawn times and fast paced nature of the map, due to the doc running element. I'm sure we have all witnessed an amazing moment on Frostbite, be it the cic7 final where meez got snipped down by matias, or the once in a lifetime drago panzerfaust, or even sqzz's godlike docrun.
Reactor is a remnant of the ET that touched so many of us, the fast paced team play orientated game, where ingenious tactics could turn a whole game around. However nowadays ET has become common and it's easy to predict what will occur in a game. With a few minor changes Reactor could become a competition ready map, filled with excitement and a zest of the old more diverse ET. Adding a ramp or a trickjump on the left side entrance on the first stage could possibly make it more fair:
However the map is arguably competition ready at present:
If I haven't yet convinced you of the excitement of Reactor, request this game : http://www.gamestv.org/event/888-kih-vs-crossfire-nu/ , as you will witness this game is played in the format of 5o5, is it not more exciting to watch than supply?
Shoutout to RazzaH for banner!
e: the constructable ramp is on battery.
EDiT: nice railgun barrier there ":D"
Imo its 2 hard to go to the objarea for axis at last stage. need one more fast way :x
Btw 1 thing that has nothing to do with reactor but i saw alot Teams playing erdenberg in 3o3 offis,thats exactly what et needs.
Moar New/Old Playable maps.
e:And yeah my english sucks.
I will do my very best that ESL will get erdenberg in too, we obv need more playable maps.
da muss ich dir wirklich recht geben
ich find es echt scheiße wenn man auf gruh als allie verzweifelt
The idea to give old maps new hope is really not that bad! Keep it on!
Some of those are better, some of those are worse, but there are a lot of beautiful and playable maps. Personally I'm tired of current map pool.
2) The KiH - Crossfire game is totally irrelevant, it was played 5 years ago when people were not used to the 5v5 format and didn't really play much 5v5 before the tournament. + The game style has changed way too much since Qcon 2006.
3) It's not a good map at all, there's no way of having an organized defence there, it's all a huge mess. Sure it could be fun to spectate, but from players' point of view, not really.
map discussion with someone who likes reactor is like discussing AIDS problem in africa with pope
ETPlayers are autists. They cant handle changes and therefor they wont be able to play a different map.
Reactor is a pretty good map and there are many maps that used to even be good at competitions that are now dead and gome somewhere.
id say watch et fragarea 1+2,best example for competition maps
But this one isn't good, as it has been said, the reactor are impossible to defend, too many entries which are too close from the objective.
And that is because it's NOT SO VERY GOOD
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Perhaps the most egregious of those could be fixed though, altering the last stage to make organised defences a bit easier.
typical axis camp map
Random passwords and a terminator arm doc run!
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reactor is a piece of shit [for reasons already stated]
need to play it more at cups and so..
its great map anyway
What about to play these fucking maps as well?
usually ppl dont want to play it though.
What happened to the maps of that mapping contest (pirates etc), did anybody actually test those maps? I didnt hear anything about them after the post with all download links.
No new maps are accepted cause the so called new maps so far have been SHIT.
Also there is 0 need for new map, mappool is healthy atm and has no need for new maps.
I understand that newschool kiddos wants to have new map and new "chances" to beat old clans, but it doesnt go like that, the fact is that the same guys who rape now will rape on new maps aswell.
But do you not think it might bring a bit more to the game rather than having supply and goldrush in every single game these days? With adlernest thrown in there sometimes.
I'm not a fan of reactor, it's horrible, but a new map (if it's any good) wouldn't go a miss.
even in the new usa box server they put this map which was awesome, but ...bah whenever it is about to be played some random tard just votes delivery or supply and ppl f1..resulting in the map never geting played cuz ppl became so used to always play same maps.
IMO: just do it
btw, wasnt SNATCH once a subject for a discussion? whats the (competition)problem of this map?
Frosbite, k, but put the flag back instead of this fucking cp!
:C
Yes they might have mistaces and unbalance, but give it a try, those maps where played in the past and imo one of the best 1ns.
Alot still remember sulliwans 6man sniping at fuel dump. A lot have seen intense rifle from raveneye in oasis.
Railgun a lot might think ( wtf???? ) hello, it is something different.Something unique where teamplay > every thing else.
Fix these type maps and you will get all my votes!
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