A_E's 1v1 map reviews

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Hi all,

I recently showcased a community map Riverside on YouTube because I failed to get the King of the Hill stream interested in seeing it, and it's simply stunning, and deserves praise and the chance for iterative feedback.

The map maker was very happy with my advice and although I'm no WhiteFlash in terms of map knowledge - I have spent most of my time in this game commentating high level players playing in tournament settings. Also been involved in organising several tournaments and had to sift through a lot of feedback on what makes certain maps imba etc.

Therefore I believe I have a lot to offer a map maker that's trying to make a map that is balanced for 1v1 purposes.

If you have made a map and are looking to make it a challenger to the current tournament level roster of CoH2 maps: Crossroads, Kholodny F, Angoville, and Faymonville - ask me in this thread and I'll take a look, offer feedback, and try and organise top players to play on it where possible.

Playlist of other map reviews I've done

Master League - CoH's tournament player ranking system.

GCS2.ORG - All info on the fan funded mega tourney I organised.

YouTube.com/AECoH - casts, analysis, and tournament gameplay.

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Map Review: Riverside part B - Simen has made some excellent improvements, what next?

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Hi A_E,

nice reviews. Keep it up!

Are you interested in testing the new version of Halbe? The original was added to the game two months ago, but my map was often discussed for its, uhm, controversial design. I tried to balance a few things in the new update and would be greatfull for a detailed review.

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Thanks!

I've already done a review on Caen V2 which will go live on Sunday evening, with guest commentary. In short we much preferred the earlier map and think bowing to pressure to remove a lot of red cover it takes away from the character of a very interesting map. It's awesome already imo

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16 Feb 2017, 13:55 PMbeagletank

Hi A_E,

nice reviews. Keep it up!

Are you interested in testing the new version of Halbe? The original was added to the game two months ago, but my map was often discussed for its, uhm, controversial design. I tried to balance a few things in the new update and would be greatfull for a detailed review.

Workshop

I like your map!

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16 Feb 2017, 15:24 PMAPlebsyTeddyBear18

I like your map!

I agreed it's awesome already.

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If you're at all interested, I'd highly value an analysis of Kolberg Outskirts.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=693670934

I've recently picked up working on some maps again and made some modifications since the Map Contest.

It's hard for me to gauge high-level competitive 1v1s and the metagame since the vast majority of my 1v1s are custom matches or on LAN with friends which has a different sort of headspace than automatch.

Also, I simply no longer have the time in my life to be trying to commit to being a competitive player in the CoH2 1v1 scene, but I'm more than able to squirrel away some weekend time for map making. Feedback from anyone with more knowledge of that world is always quite useful.

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edit: woops.

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Map Review of Caen with creator MonalithicBacon

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Nice project!

I don't know how you pick what map you want to review, but i just thought that i would throw this in here. I should've put this map into the last competition, but unfortunately i chose not to.

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