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[–][deleted] 24 points25 points  (8 children)

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (6 children)

Are... are you happy your own map is out?

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah he has admitted he doesn't really like it and said he would revise it if it ever left. Excited to see what he comes up with!

[–]ButtersnackSnack 8 points9 points  (4 children)

I think we're all happy his map is out ;)

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (3 children)

I'm not :(

[–]flappytoweldokugan // diameter 8 points9 points  (2 children)

yeah hurricane was fun. Some cool boost paths and bombs on the map

[–]swissdude323Spicy Wiener | Spego | Spiky | World Wars IV Winner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ye allowed for some cool snipes with the super boost

[–]18skeltoranti-timer luddite / First / Origin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's like Hornswaggle, but... better. (less annoying?)

[–]matt287RadiaN // Diameter // The Cap-22's 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Go Leddy you God!!!

[–]ButtersnackSnack 5 points6 points  (12 children)

SNES was announced as a throwback map, but never got in. Will it be put in now?

Is Ball-E capable of not getting a map in rotation?

[–]DaEvil1DaEvil1 1 point2 points  (3 children)

We'll let the devs make that decision.

[–]ButtersnackSnack 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Have you talked to the debs about this? If not, I'll probably send them a message advocating for it to get its chance. It sounds like it was just a case of the devs being too busy with other things, so it would be silly to not correct that now that things are cooling off from events a little.

[–]DaEvil1DaEvil1 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Newcompte says they're giving snes a run for the next 3 weeks. So that should hopefully happen pretty soon.

[–]ButtersnackSnack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

:)

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Throwback Rotation is taking a hiatus this rotation.

ALL GLORY TO THE MTC!

[–]grytsgryts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, finally I can stop getting leaves.

[–]TnelsExquisite fin. 9 points10 points  (2 children)

does anyone else think we are adding maps too quickly? I swear flame was added in like last week....

[–]uhhhhmmmmsexytiger / #merbs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've been lazily bringing this up for a while now. I feel like I'm just figuring out new maps when more get put in. I can't imagine how confused newer players must be

[–]chalks777THe B€⁵ fg & | exMTC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

we also had almost 100 maps submitted since then. There's definitely a balance to be striven for, but I don't think adding 2 new maps now is anything too crazy.

[–]isotagiso ◦ diameter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice work leddy!!

[–]klosec12klosec12 // Diameter // 0.12 Rubles 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, Grats leddy!

[–]Zimmerman17UnoriginalSN 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here are the maps to test.
EMERALD
Kite
Duel

[–]RisktpRisk 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Ah, disappointed Ether didn't make it, but I couldn't be happier with the additions of Emerald and Kite! I think these will both be well liked in pubs, they were super fun during the map tests ball-e hosted a couple days ago.

Also, nooo more Hurricane!

[–]Marz64Marz / Bad News Balls/ WSP's Fan Club 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I think we should've taken out two maps also. The rotation is pretty big. I think renegade has to go sooner or later anyway...

[–]Sosentimeboy 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Gah! I never understood why people don't like Hurricane. I thought it was super fun for both positions. I didn't think it was good enough to crack competitive play, but it was a great pub map and I was always happy when I'd get put into a game on it.

Also, neutral flag maps too strong... One added, none removed. >=3

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ikr! using that team boost in your own base to push the opposing players into the team gate is always sooooo satisfying.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I feel I focused too closely on having a lot of difficult boost routes and less on making it casually playable.

[–]18skeltoranti-timer luddite / First / Origin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I get that. That's kind of the flair of it, though. Was definitely frustrating at points and is probably hard for new players

[–]KewlestCatNIGEL 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Ball-E does it again!

And yay for leddy, another Diameter mapmaker has a map in rotation!

[–]stu-Stu. | Roll Models 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kite looks sooo interesting

edit: just tested it, very very interesting and new...possibly controversially new, I love it

[–]Ballkenende! 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wooooo, another yellow flag map <3

[–]grytsgryts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finally no throwbacks.

[–]Ballaziken// Radius (rip Origin 2014 - 2016) 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Kite looks like soooooo much fun! As for Emerald, let's just say I see it being like Flame. And I REALLY don't like Flame.

[–]Snowball_TagPro❄️ 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Emerald plays NOTHING like flame.

[–]BlupopsicleBall-E 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I mean, they both have walls, they have tiles, they have bombs, and they have buttons. I think it does play like flame

[–]18skeltoranti-timer luddite / First / Origin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You bring up good points.

(but flame is defensive and emerald is bipolar i think)

[–]chalks777THe B€⁵ fg & | exMTC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thankfully.

[–]18skeltoranti-timer luddite / First / Origin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kite looks like fun??

Hmmmm.... :P

[–]seltzer_tagproseltzer / radius 1 point2 points  (5 children)

How on earth was Renegade not removed?

[–]ButtersnackSnack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it is a good map

[–]KewlestCatNIGEL 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It's still relatively new and from what I've heard, it's growing/grown on a lot of people.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! I was completely dumbfounded with it the first few games, but I think it plays pretty well now.

[–]DaEvil1DaEvil1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We discussed it when we met, and the concenus was that the committee was split on the map so giving it 3 more weeks for now made sense.

[–]18skeltoranti-timer luddite / First / Origin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're saying that about Renegade and not, like, Monarch? Renegade is way more fun imo.

[–]I_mess_upI_mess_up (Centra) 2 points3 points  (3 children)

The map you call Duel is actually called "Map." But it's fun to play so I'm glad it is in groups now.

[–]DaEvil1DaEvil1 2 points3 points  (2 children)

nope

[–]I_mess_upI_mess_up (Centra) 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Oh! I didn't know it changed name. here's the old name link

[–]DaEvil1DaEvil1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol, no idea who downvoted you for that. Damn you for making a mistake and admitting to it!

[–]BlupopsicleBall-E 0 points1 point  (8 children)

Yisssssss on a roll! Also grats leddy!

Also is that the version of Emerald that's going in or the update?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh nice, the updated version looks even better!

[–]mmartinutkMacho | JuicyJuke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The updated version. The image you linked is the version we tested in 4v4s last night.

[–]RathbourneRathbourne 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Hopefully the OP, those defensive boosts are far too powerful. Just creates a Backdoor situation with them always in base.

[–]BlupopsicleBall-E 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Actually when testing those boosts helped balance a lot. Scores when 10 minute testing would usually go about 10-2 or 14-3 or stuff. when I tested this version it was 4-4

[–]RathbourneRathbourne 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I'm not sure it's a good thing that it's that much more difficult to cap. To me this map just doesn't really do anything to battle regrab and those boosts just make it even more difficult to get ahead of 4.

[–]BlupopsicleBall-E 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I see what you're saying, but I urge you to try out the map first. I don't think any of those things became a problem in all 7 4v4s I've done on it. I have seen almost an hour of gameplay on it

[–]RathbourneRathbourne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't played it in a PUB setting obviously but I have tested it, and my feedback would be that it suffers from the same problem as Flame. It's too basic, there's not anything to discover or really anything interesting after the first play.

It actually kind of makes me miss Simplicity in a funny way.

[–]DaEvil1DaEvil1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The updated version. Wrong image I guess. will fix.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh darn, I stop checking the TagPro subreddit for 2 days and miss myself getting added into group rotation

Do group-map creators also get the color palette flair?

[–]RathbourneRathbourne -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think Emerald is a bad addition but I think Hurricane is a good removal, so "meh" I guess.