Bracket 3 ScapeCon ll Map Contest: Deadline 11th

[infectedsloth]

This is the third of three brackets for the ScapeCon ll Map Contest. If you don't know what ScapeCon is check of this subform.

The goal of this contest was to create tournament quality maps that didn't use road or castle, but you were allowed to use ladders and battlements. There was a total of 26 maps submitted. This bracket has eight maps and the others have nine. The top 3 from each bracket will advance to the final round. You may vote for multiple maps. You are allowed to vote for your own maps.

Links to other brackets: 1, 2

Polls close Wednesday 5/11 at 11:59 PM Central.

Odin Wept



Nomanisan



The Way is Wrong


Pool of Shadow 2.0


Broken Top Pass



Mesa:


Glacial Hollow


Nemesis

[Dysole]

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Odin Wept

Was expecting one big tear pool. Got 4. Odin must've been pretty sad.

Nomanisan

Needs an Omnidroid and an evil villain lair.

The Way is Wrong

Which way? That way? Or wait. Maybe ALL WAYS ARE WRONG. Deep philosophy thoughts here.

Pool of Shadow 2.0

There is in fact a pool of shadow. Well done. 3.0 will probably cover the map in shadow. Mika likes this.

Broken Top Pass

Break off the tops of all your glaciers for maximum effect. Real artists destroy very expensive terrain pieces for realism.

Mesa

I grew up in Arizona and I've been to Mesa. There is too much green on this map.

Glacial Hollow

I mean yes the glaciers are hollow. Could maybe have one dissected in half as an example. Clearly more people need to be mutilating their Tundra sets.

Nemesis

A Heroscape map?
puts fedora on map
PERRY THE HEROSCAPE MAP!



Odin Wept, Nomanisan, The Way is Wrong, and Broken Top Pass are the ones I voted for here.

~Dysole, having way too much fun with this contest

[Sheep]

Originally Posted by Dysole

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Nomanisan

Needs an Omnidroid and an evil villain lair.

C3G is providing the Omnidroid and there is an evil lair. You just have to go under the water to get there.

Spoiler Alert!

Mr. Incredible Arrives At Nomanisan Island

Love the reviews Dysole!

[PouncingWolves]

Originally Posted by Dysole

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Glacial Hollow

I mean yes the glaciers are hollow. Could maybe have one dissected in half as an example. Clearly more people need to be mutilating their Tundra sets.

Mutilating Tundra sets!? Blasphemy!
The name came from the small overhang under the central glacier, though it was rather difficult to capture it in VirtualScape, so I chose a picture from the angle that showed the whole map best...rather than the map hole best

[GameBear]

Originally Posted by PouncingWolves

The name came from the small overhang under the central glacier, though it was rather difficult to capture it in VirtualScape, so I chose a picture from the angle that showed the whole map best...rather than the map hole best

Wait.. there's a hole?? We need another picture!
I guess that explains why the glacier is perched up so high.

[PouncingWolves]

Originally Posted by GameBear

Wait.. there's a hole?? We need another picture!
I guess that explains why the glacier is perched up so high.

There is indeed! Be-hole-d, the IRL version:

Spoiler Alert!

[superfrog]

Again, some thoughts on a few of these maps, focusing on ones that advanced and ones that (imo) deserved better. Bracket 3 is the only bracket without one of my maps in it so hopefully I'm less biased here


Odin Wept

How do you make a Norse God cry? Burn his tundra.

Classic Typhon terrain-stretching build. I like the placement of everything except the low-ground glyph lava field. Got my vote anyway.

Nomanisan

My only complaints on this map are the molten lava, which could/should be water, and the virtual level 3 jungle-backed spaces adjacent to the central lava field. Overall a really nice map, got my vote.

The Way is Wrong

Seems really basic. Not necessarily in a bad way, I think it would deliver some fine gameplay, but doesn't jump out to me in a contest setting. It also takes me a while to wrap my mind around the SZs for some reason (back 3, but only the grass).

Mesa

Justice for Mesa! I voted for 8 maps overall in the first round of this contest and this was the only one of those 8 not to advance . Really the only thing I don't like here is the random grass height off to the right. It might also be slightly too big, but I love this as a 1 RotV submission.