Custom Map #9657: Ore map. By: Martin Gronsdal

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Author: Martin Gronsdal
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[teknotiss]

be warned dudes, this is a totally unforgiving start. so save early and save often!

i do love the concept, the having to start in C is a good touch, but the flank "bases" are pretty much impossible to hold early and the start needs a near perfect micromanagement progression to get established.

personally i would have given the player 1 or 2 blasters since you are so stingy on the ore accessibility in the early game.

maybe one mortar too...  8)

[Martin Gronsdal]

Glad you loved it  ;)

[Altren]

Great map. Very hard start and you still can loose if not fast enough after feeling safe. And nothing to add to make such map better.

[Martin Gronsdal]

WOW

thank you for playing!

[D0m0nik]

7 mins??!

[Martin Gronsdal]

I saw that too...

[SanchesS80]

I would be great to have 'easy' version of this map.

[Martin Gronsdal]

Try to focus on the totem corner only. This may make it easier

[Johnny Haywire]

Yeah, on my first try I dropped all 3 CN's and tried to get a jump by having 6 ore mines at once. That was way too much micro & stress so on my second attempt I did it the easy way - by just starting in the upper left corner, and that worked just fine (albeit a bit slowly).

If you are struggling with that concept, I encourage you to notice the strength of the totems then ask yourself how you might be able to build a forge early on. Martin never rarely includes terps in his maps so maybe that's a hint?

I didn't have to micro much at all (hence the longer-than-average time). Just push in one direction and get some more ore mines, then hold that position while you push in another. I paused maybe 6-7 times at the start so for those of you who hate micro-ing, it's totally doable.

Three things that are signs you KNOW this map is going to be good AND challenging.
1) Author: Martin Gronsdal
2) Title: Ore map
3) Rating: Below 5

Thanks for the map!  ;D ;D ;D

[Martin Gronsdal]

T.H.A.N.K you!