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SpasMaster is proud to give you
VERSION 2.2.7

TALENTS
After over 2 months and a half in the making, Sunken City brings a massive new update and a new feature: Talents. Talents bring further customization for the 24 Sunken City Heroes. Each one of them will have access to 8 Unique talents and will have to choose up to 3 of them. This feature aims to make building and customizing your hero experience even further up to the point where two players could have entirely different play style with the same hero.

A preview of the Mage and her Talents

NEW & UPDATED HEROES
With the addition of Talents, countless changes have been made to existing heroes. Some of your favorites come with minor tweaks, major reworks or even replacements. Here are a few examples:

• The Warrior hero now uses mana as damage fuel for his new Colossus Strike ability, while his other skills generate mana.
• The Death Knight now uses health instead of mana as resource for his abilities, while mana becomes a health regeneration tool.
• The Flame Warden has been reworked into the new Blood Mage hero.
• The Blademaster has been reworked into the new Windmaster hero.
• The Witch Doctor can now summon Tiki Masks as pets!
• And much more!

The new Windmaster and Blood Mage heroes

DIFFICULTY UPDATES
With the addition of new abilities and Talents the power level of the players increases which is reflected with the increased difficulty of enemies across the board. Additionally certain Glyphs have been changed or adjusted to the new additions. All of that being said, expect greater resistance and more dangerous enemies!

Your enemies await to test your new powers, now even stronger than before

MORE
These are just the headlines of what is to come in 2.2.7. Other changes include All Random Command, New Challenges, Terrain Changes, UI Improvements, Training Target Dummies, Bug fixes and more!

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WORLD WONDERS



Participants are to create a map with (a) great monument/s and wonderful creations of all kind.
Whether or not the origin of said monument is human or otherwise is for the participant to decide.
The name of the contest does not imply that you have to create a "real" world wonder.
You are, of course, free to do so if you want, however.

• No submission may violate any of the site rules.
• All submissions must follow the current theme. If any terrain does not fit, a moderator will tell you as soon as possible as to avoid confusion.
• Your submission must be posted before the deadline. The post containing your final submission must also contain the following:
  • A few in game screenshots showing your submission in action.
• You must show at least one unfinished preview of your submission, before the deadline, as proof that it’s yours.
• Your submission may not be started/made before the official launch of the contest.
• Judges may not participate.
• Teamwork is not allowed.
• Map may consist of any resource as long as it is public.
  • Unless a used resource belongs to either Hive Workshop or sc2mapster, a link to the used resources must be provided.
  • Resources made public after the launch of the contest are not permitted.
• No image editing tools may be used to enhance the terrain previews (however cropping is allowed).
• Adding triggers is allowed but will not be judged on. They are simply for your own satisfaction.
• Protecting your map is prohibited. The terrain will need to be looked at both in game and in the galaxy editor.

• First Place: 45 reputation points and your entry on an award icon and a custom user rank icon.
• Second Place: 30 reputation points and an award icon.
• Third Place: 15 reputation points and an award icon.
• Participants and Judges: 5 reputation points

Creativity	Was the terrain bringing something new or was it rather simple? Uniqueness factors greatly	/20
Detail	Measurement of detail in design and overall detail balance. Impurities include rough edges, deficiency in execution, and general disorder.	/10
Technique	How well thought out was the terrain and how was the approach to execution. Did it bring new elements?	/20
Aesthetics	Overall composition of the terrain and a good fluidity. Does it contain rough spots and missing aspects from it?	/10

• 75 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
• 25 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.

Score S = 25v/TOT_v + 75( j₁ + j₂ )/TOT_p

where v = votes entry received, TOTv = total poll vote count, j1 and j2 = score from judges, and TOTp = total judge score possible.

• Heinvers

• The contest shall begin on 3rd of August and conclude on the 3rd of October, 2016 GMT

Assigned Staff: Heinvers