19:50, 28th Jun 2013
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What kind of models does it use? I have never played starcraft, so I'm curious. Is it all starcraft or is it warcraft on a starcraft map?

The description could use a little more information, but this looks pretty cool. Did you make it from scratch?

Sorry for the dumb questions, I just know nothing about starcraft.

It is simply a remake of a StarCraft map. It uses standard melee gameplay rules and WarCraft 3 races and units.

And yes it is made from scratch.

I think he's not going for a balanced Wc3 Melee map. I think its a StarCraft tribute map for nostalgia sake.

I know nothing about SC so I'm not going to rate. Based on the screenshots, it looks like he did a good job copying the other terrain. Abgm is right, though, that doesn't necessarily make for a good melee map.

+ rep for the reproduction value.

@abgm
While I appreciate your feedback I think you completely missed the point of this map. As Legal Ease said:

I think he's not going for a balanced Wc3 Melee map. I think its a StarCraft tribute map for nostalgia sake.

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which is spot on.

I thought about Neutral buildings, I thought about creeps and yes I also thought about the tiles used. This map is merely a tribute to the StarCraft map which does not have the features mentioned. It does indeed not make the most balanced melee map, and I have in no way tried to make it so.
I use Icecrown tiles to replicate the road tiles from the StarCraft map obviously.
I use a lot of stones (ref. pic 2) because I like the looks of it, and thats it.

There are two points where I kinda agree with you. Geysers looks better on the tile you suggested (again ref. pic 2). And yes the amount of trees are a bit low. However. I don't want to flood the map with tress, and since it is a small map it quickly gets filled.
Now that I am on the map size. Since it is such a small map I foresee short games, so the amount of trees might not even be a problem at all.

Lastly.

with all respect, im not voting for approve of your map in this state.

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With all respect. Luckily this is up to the moderators to decide.

Oh. I don't get why the map description should be improved since...

Anyway, I wanted to create the same map for WarCraft 3 and so I did.

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...kinda explains what's going on here. Though if it is decided that it lacks information, it will be changed asap.

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And thanks for the rep Legal Ease.

Right. You have had your say now and I do not want to turn this thread into a discussion board.

This map is playable. It is not your standard issue WarCraft 3 melee map, make your peace with it. You don't like it. Hopefully someone else will. End of discussion.

Damn I miss starcraft 1. Anyway, The map is fine for me. Looks pretty similar to the SC one.

Just some suggestions though. If you want to make it really similar to SC, what about just changing the hitpoints of the trees to 50+ so that you don't need a lot of them and you can make em' similar to those crystal/minerals? (forgot what it was called)

For now, my rating is
and + rep. :3

cool idea but you should scrape out the starcraft mechanics and follow the wacraft 3 in-game output.

All teams are too near to each other so they end killing each other in such an early game, there are no creep camps and all not even guards in the expansion sites, plus no neutral buildings that can support players via items and creeps.

terrain is too wide, the representation to the sc-based is cool but its better if you made it better than just following sc.

anyhow, needs more melee work and terrain

There is some terrain that I might change, but seeing as that is probably not enough I will leave the map as it is. My intentions never were to make this a WarCraft melee map, but a StarCraft melee map with WarCraft setting.
I know it differs from the boring standard WarCraft melee map with the mandatory creeps and item shops. That was intentionally.
I accept the rejection of the map of course, but refuse to change anything about it. You may delete it, since I don't know how to do so myself.