Custom Map: Gurney' Teddy

[UpperKEES]

He he you really made an huge hint for your first hint here =)

Should I delete some parts? ;)

Easy talking for you now you've already finished it! :P

[SPIFFEN]

He he , no dont delete anything , im just not used to that you post so good hints for your first hint post =P

[UpperKEES]

I felt I had to compensate a little for my misjudgement of the difficulty....

Still quite a battle after the first minutes though!

[SPIFFEN]

I think for reasons of privacy, Gurney's identity and true DOB should be omitted from forum discussions as much as is possible.

Note that we made sure that this was okey with Virgil before we posted the map .
And that added some time for the map making , since we all where busy .
So this map would probably ended up in the trashcan , if we did'nt get an ok from Virgil .

[SPIFFEN]

I felt I had to compensate a little for my misjudgement of the difficulty....
Still quite a battle after the first minutes though!

Yeah , i had some spore problems because the Blasters was busy ,
so i tryed to stay super safe during advancing =)

[Sqaz]

UpperKEES will post some hints later if needed , and i think it is needed .=P

Here we go:



At this screeny you see how to obtain 5 techs and 4 upgrades (if you like). I would select the green upgrades for the first 3 you get.



At the next screeny you see where to build your reactors and blasters protecting them. Don't try to defend the collectors you've built on the right; that will cost you more energy than it will gain you. First build a blaster on the low grounds and add a second one later on. Always try to build as many reactors as possible before adding more weapons. Add a third blaster to the left of Odin City that is able to fire up and down. The fourth blaster will be placed to the right of OC to protect the city. Keep adding reactors 1-2 at the time.

About 30 seconds before the spores will arrive (so not at the moment of this screenshot) you should build 2 SAMs at the indicated location. They may fire 2 missiles for the same spore, but the nice effect is that the second missile will go for another spore (that is maybe not even in range yet). No need to build a SAM on the right side: the blaster over there will probably take care of a spore and when it doesn't only one collector is lost that can be rebuilt easily and in time to resupply the blaster with ammo.

Another couple of minutes later you will most likely have to add a blaster to the left of the SAMs to stop the creeper coming in from below, so keep a space open for that (planning ahead is important!).

Now take it from there and don't hesitate to ask for another hint if you get stuck. :)

Or, if you don't like to struggle every second of the first minute you can also say: "f*ck the speed and storage" so you can cover a larger terrain cap the left ear and build up without any real problems, you will then have to move the city close to the front every time so you don't get a too long connection line.

[UpperKEES]

Or, if you don't like to struggle every second of the first minute you can also say: "f*ck the speed and storage" so you can cover a larger terrain cap the left ear and build up without any real problems, you will then have to move the city close to the front every time so you don't get a too long connection line.

Yep, also a possibility, although I didn't try that yet. I wonder what the most efficient approach is, but I guess we'll find out soon! I think not going for speed, storage and the 4th upgrade saves a lot of energy, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the best choice. I'll try that strategy when my time gets beaten.

[fridge]

Hi folks, nice map, a bit too much time in the beginning(i like, thanks) tried to shut of the spores by blasters.

[UpperKEES]

Thanks! :) Glad to see people are still having fun with these 'oldies'!

[DethbyIT]

Good collaboration and a fun game to play.
Thanks for putting it together.
dbit

[Ebon Heart]

Good collaboration and a fun game to play.
Thanks for putting it together.
dbit

Since you're not going to say it, I feel the need to... 500th post Dbit, congratz! You're a hero member now! :)

[DethbyIT]

Heh!

I wonder if they should change that from "Hero" to "Verbose"?
(But thank you for mentioning it.)
dbit