[SkyBreaker]

Originally Posted by Ridiculisk

Hey again Sky,

Thnx for keeping the BSG's comming. Such a good oppertunity to practice and have some fun in a good tourney format.

One question though? (regarding the maps thing...sorry) Are you planning on moving into some other maps besides the Blizz official ones. By that I mean something like the ICCUP maps, or GSL maps? Not neccessarily for this tourney, but maybe in the future?

Not saying I don't like your current map pool (cept basin, cause it's gay) and I agree that in order to improve we need to play on the maps we're most uncomfortable with. It's just ICCUP (and to an extent, some of the new GSL maps) has some truley awesome maps, and I'm pretty sure they're all fairly well balanced. (My favorite ICCUP map is called Sangsu Crossing or something like that, its baller!)

Could be cool to play on some official Tourney maps is all.

Anywho, talk to you tommorow.

No problems dude, I'm glad you're enjoying them =)

In regards to the ICCUP maps, I've looked into them and thought about potentially implementing them into the BSG however at the end of the day the sole-purpose of the BSG is for players to improve; hence the streaming & casting done with an educational mind-set so I think at this current stage it might be best for the BSG to feature ladder-only maps that are current in the SCII ladder map-pool. I mean, I'm aware a lot of people dislike my choices of including Jungle Basin and Steppes of War, but ultimately the reason they dislike the choice is because they feel uncomfortable on that map; so by "forcing" them to play on it, they might overcome that fear and overall become a more confident player.

That said I have plans in the near future to begin hosting a second tournament where I will probably make use of the ICCUP maps, it just depends on how much spare time I have - now that most of my days are spent training SCII before I begin laddering again =)