I've been watching that SC XNote invitational and I find it quite interesting that new maps are used continiously, some created via fan competitions (like at BLizzcon) others by leagues.

Does anyone else feel WC3 is really stale in terms of the amount of new maps which come into tournaments? I mean TS was "relatively" new but thats now a year old? Aside from that there was Maelstrom now gone and Treasure Island.

We need more maps, to really test who is the best player!

If the patch only add maps into the tournament map pool, then i...

Very true.....and let's hope the patch log doesn't look like this:
"Fixed a bug that..." , "Removed 2 trees on..." , "Changed Item drops for..."

there were some new maps like Maelstrom Bloodhoof Nighthaven, they were WEG Maps but they could be used well imo

hell yeah, new maps would be so great! The only "sucky" thing is that it's way harder to balance wc3 maps than sc maps :/ due to creeps, positions, fountains etc....

forgot something: i liked it when, a few years ago, the Korean tv leagues constantly used different maps like nighthaven etc...

There will be some new maps used in upcoming Korea team league, 1v1 maps are: SnowDrop、TirisfalGlades-AWL、OverTheBridge、RaiderAssalt and TwistedMeadows_Summer.

But the most important thing is will WC3L or NGL or other orgs can put these maps in map pool?

MBC & OGN got their own map-creator team,which release 2 or 3 new maps every new StarLeague.If a map has issues like imba,bug etc the players & teams send feedback to the organization,then this map will be fixed or removed asap.I remember they even reedited a map just one day before the final.

new maps would be great. it's very boring to see the same maps over and over again. but it wouldn't be easy to creat balanced maps. so i doubt that new maps would have any chance to be used in big tournaments or in the wc3l and ngl.

Pché i think there are enought maps for w3 nO?
This is not a real problem for tournaments and i think th ereal problem is balance some races in some maps.

the real prob is the balance, u r right. so wcIII needs some balanced maps, so that the mappool can variegate => more diversion => more strats => more fun for the viewers (of pg-reps/vods) and players

np in the 1.22 patch there are many changes and they improve orc i seen it so be ok !!
PD: !!!! in th e 1.22 patch elf is degraded !!!! ty god!

cant wait to see Tirisfal glades in the korean leagues,cuz i need some help on this ;D when i play ladder humans always make exe and when i try to counter it with expanding myself they always kill it with mortars from their exe.When i try to attack i cant cuz of the towers... so any help how to deal with this?

For those who want to try out some new maps, take look at http://www.sk-gaming.com/file/6281 :)

Thanks a lot. Will test some of them now :D

sry to disappoint you. there are actually only two new maps which is snowdrop and modified twisted meadows. they just added sponsors' logos in other maps :S

I wonder how the maps from blizzards latest contest will fare, if they will be incorporated in the major leagues. I kind of wonder though why wc3l and ngl don't design any new maps for themselves or even hold their own contest.

On a side note is there anymore information about that acb league with their new maps?

snowdrop is a new two players' map and it looks quite interesting, however creeps in the modified twisted meadows look way too strong -_-

the modification of tirisfal glade is awesome... i wish the original map was like that one... : x