Custom Map #11211: Funtime DMD map #6774 Easy & Hard Challange. By: Oldnewby

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Author: Oldnewby
Size: 193x193

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Haven't seen any of this type of map in Collonial Space for a long time... Here is an opportunity to learn an unusual game playing technique... Play it the standard hard way then the fast easy way as a challange...

[oldnewby]

Great score time Martin... Now its time for you to show us how to do the map the hard way... 

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Once started it seems to be getting easier...
               https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3296745629

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Spoiler

Don't despair if everything gets wiped out after just a few seconds... Just maybe.. the spore towers have targeted enough of your units and help is on the way...

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[Loren Pechtel]

How is there a hard way?

I started with a conventional approach in the only reasonably clear area--the upper right.  It was very easy.  Direct assault is even easier.  How do you do hard??

[oldnewby]

How is there a hard way?

I started with a conventional approach in the only reasonably clear area--the upper right.  It was very easy.  Direct assault is even easier.  How do you do hard??

For the HARD WAY... just start anywhere on the East (Left Hand) side...  Upper Right is the easy- fast- way...  The Spoiler info above shows that it is possible to start in the bottom Left hand side... Starting on the upper left hand side is also possible but a lot harder...

Spoiler

I am working on a Plan to start in the bottom Left Hand Side per the above Spoiler Image... but using a COMBINED ARMS attack to avoid the grind across the entire map...

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AND Congratulations to Marinero... who won the challenge of doing it the HARD WAY!!!!

Results of a HARD START and COMBINED ARMS attack...

Spoiler

Lorne - This middle way ?? HARD then EASY ?? throw everything but the kitchen sink at it demonstration... was very clumsy... you will find it easy to beat this 9:26.3 minute time...
 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3298035254

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[Loren Pechtel]

How is there a hard way?

I started with a conventional approach in the only reasonably clear area--the upper right.  It was very easy.  Direct assault is even easier.  How do you do hard??

For the HARD WAY... just start anywhere on the East (Left Hand) side...  Upper Right is the easy- fast- way...  The Spoiler info above shows that it is possible to start in the bottom Left hand side... Starting on the upper left hand side is also possible but a lot harder...

Spoiler

I am working on a Plan to start in the bottom Left Hand Side per the above Spoiler Image... but using a COMBINED ARMS attack to avoid the grind across the entire map...

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AND Congratulations to Marinero... who won the challenge of doing it the HARD WAY!!!!

Results of a HARD START and COMBINED ARMS attack...

Spoiler

Lorne - This middle way ?? HARD then EASY ?? throw everything but the kitchen sink at it demonstration... was very clumsy... you will find it easy to beat this 9:26.3 minute time...
 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3298035254

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Easy was going straight for the inhibitor, not upper right.

[Loren Pechtel]

How is there a hard way?

I started with a conventional approach in the only reasonably clear area--the upper right.  It was very easy.  Direct assault is even easier.  How do you do hard??

For the HARD WAY... just start anywhere on the East (Left Hand) side...  Upper Right is the easy- fast- way...  The Spoiler info above shows that it is possible to start in the bottom Left hand side... Starting on the upper left hand side is also possible but a lot harder...

Spoiler

I am working on a Plan to start in the bottom Left Hand Side per the above Spoiler Image... but using a COMBINED ARMS attack to avoid the grind across the entire map...

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AND Congratulations to Marinero... who won the challenge of doing it the HARD WAY!!!!

Results of a HARD START and COMBINED ARMS attack...

Spoiler

Lorne - This middle way ?? HARD then EASY ?? throw everything but the kitchen sink at it demonstration... was very clumsy... you will find it easy to beat this 9:26.3 minute time...
 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3298035254

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The left side start isn't that bad.  You wipe everything but the CNs but the spores are inbound and nothing's hard after that.

[decrofull]

Started in the top right because I couldn't tell where else to start with the excess of emitters...
Only when I saw the torrent of Antispores i realized I chose the easy Speedrun route

[Johnny Haywire]

How is there a hard way?

I started with a conventional approach in the only reasonably clear area--the upper right.  It was very easy.  Direct assault is even easier.  How do you do hard??

For the HARD WAY... just start anywhere on the East (Left Hand) side...  Upper Right is the easy- fast- way...  The Spoiler info above shows that it is possible to start in the bottom Left hand side... Starting on the upper left hand side is also possible but a lot harder...

Spoiler

I am working on a Plan to start in the bottom Left Hand Side per the above Spoiler Image... but using a COMBINED ARMS attack to avoid the grind across the entire map...

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AND Congratulations to Marinero... who won the challenge of doing it the HARD WAY!!!!

Results of a HARD START and COMBINED ARMS attack...

Spoiler

Lorne - This middle way ?? HARD then EASY ?? throw everything but the kitchen sink at it demonstration... was very clumsy... you will find it easy to beat this 9:26.3 minute time...
 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3298035254

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The left side start isn't that bad.  You wipe everything but the CNs but the spores are inbound and nothing's hard after that.

Lots of all-caps and irrelevant punctuation made this painful for me to read, but I did see that starting in the upper left was "a lot harder" so I did that. Took out the emitter pretty quickly to establish a clear territorial dominance, then killed the Inhibitor in under 4 minutes total. I also did the "easy way" a couple of times but didn't feel like trying a third time. Very impressed (as usual) by Weasee's score, and Martin's too!

The explanation of "Hard way" is so confusing. This might be worthy of a remake where the upper left is the only option. I do like the concept and AC is always fun so why not?

Thanks for the map!