Welcome to the Thunderdome
Creator: Leary93 || First Published: 01/04/2023 || Players: 2 || Size: 23x23
Categories: B-Rank, Fog of War, Mixed Base
Rating: 4.65 in 31 ratings
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Comments:
Leary93 (01/04/2023 12:43pm | Edited: 01/04/2023 12:47pm):
Intended for fog (probably works in std too). Mixed base once again. This time with relevant vision information on the
reinforcement lines, 2 com towers
and high income, paired with slightly more defensible terrain to take the sharp edge off the RPS from mixed fog, but also
allow
strong wallbreaks later, making an emphasis on vision control and positioning. FTA counter such that BM is 0.5 turn behind on
one side and 0.5 turn ahead on the other. Should work.

Kindle, Drake and Sami should be upped 1 tier. Grit might need to be banned for healthiness, there's a high number of arty
locks possible, and b-ship control is too big for him.
Leary93 (05/28/2023 09:55am):
FWIW - Drake and Sami don't need to be upped a tier in the current iteration for the quack cup, due to removal of reefs (2,5),
(17,2), (20,17), (5,20)
COMMANDERWOLF (06/02/2023 07:10pm | Edited: 06/02/2023 07:12pm):
Hey Leary93, I caught something on your edits of the removal of reefs thats worth attention. It worth re-adjustment of fta. Its a
huge flaw of fta with removal of reefs.
COMMANDERWOLF (06/02/2023 07:19pm | Edited: 06/02/2023 07:22pm):
I suggest 2nd player's extra pre-owned man to be moved 1 space down from 11,1 to 12,1 so it can't be moved inside the
boat on turn 1.

Or move 2nd player's lander 1 space up from 8,1 to 7,1.
Leary93 (06/02/2023 07:46pm):
> FTA counter such that BM is 0.5 turn behind on one side and 0.5 turn ahead on the other.

Blue moon's infantry is exactly where the other bases could move it in 1 turn. Base skipping isn't a good move anyways, but
if it was, both players would have a fair advantage at it - fwiw this map has been tested by multiple players and no TA was
discovered around it. If you have an opener that has actual turn-advantage, please share it on the discord ^.^

COMMANDERWOLF (06/02/2023 11:36pm):
I found something by myself, and it has absolutely no tactical advantage. Hehehe. I won't tell what else I found. But it might
leave you like this though. [*_*]




SledgeHammer (06/02/2023 11:58pm):
The worst map I've played so far. Absolutely no fun with the boats and recons. HQ is too
exposed with Sami allowed.
Ratatoskr (06/03/2023 05:42pm):
I lost so map is bad, but map is actually good. Paradox?
melly (06/04/2023 04:31pm):
I’ve seen trolls make better maps
ShadowFox321 (06/05/2023 09:56am):
Too much transporting around. Not keen on it
PizzettinOnTheStreets (06/05/2023 10:11am):
Welcome to the Slumberdome
FlooberDoober (06/05/2023 02:25pm | Edited: 06/05/2023 02:40pm):
Played quack cup and sami is still definitely way strong on this due to the sheer quality of life the +1 move on transports gives you for balancing where they go. Even if everyone can technically bounce back and forth sami can do this in ways others can't giving much easier time nabbing the ports underneath them without interrupting the transport of troops. Should be considered.

Looks like a lab cap victory could be easy to threaten and pull off also if.
Tali (06/06/2023 07:31am):
Is good
ZombieLoki (06/06/2023 12:31pm):
Sami can hide units from pre-deployed recons while other CO can't. Sami should have been
banned.
FlooberDoober (06/06/2023 04:45pm | Edited: 06/06/2023 04:46pm):
Yep sami pretty much immediately wins the game as soon as scop comes up by capping both labs, you have to protect them hard which is pretty impossible with 2 to protect on up to 4 fronts.

I want to love the map cause of the transport requirement + high vision of incoming troops. Just ban sami and probably drake.
Ranu (06/07/2023 08:18am):
Dejavu, I feel like we have been in this place before, hiding in the... yeah, I dont think I can bend the lyrics any more to fit.
But if I had a penny for each time Sami was unbanned in experimental fog map on T3 in a tournament that I participated in
and going on a rampage, I would have 2 pennies. Which isnt a lot, but it really shouldnt have happened twice [in a row]. I
thankfully dont have to deal with a Sami myself, but I can definitely see how she is an issue from a mile away.

It is a really fun to play and think around map as standalone, but please, whoever is responsible for the tournaments, what
the heck are you doing?!?
dision (06/09/2023 09:04am):
I love how the admins on this site act like they're the defacto team for determining all the best maps and consistently approve
all of these really crappy maps to this kind of thing and in the GL.
melly (06/12/2023 06:34am):
^based^
Ziugy (06/12/2023 01:32pm):
Black boats over the labs would help, right?
PizzettinOnTheStreets (06/13/2023 04:11am):
This map is so boring. Up till Day 6 you're still building up forces, then it becomes a mess with the only interesting strategy
being whether you should ferry Infantry, Land Units or Air Units, but even then the Recons (while a fun addition) ruin it since
you can't create a surprise attack.
Really bad. I just ended up throwing my units after 15 days of suffering.
Scurge (06/13/2023 09:24am):
I wish there was a way to 'save' your recon(s), like if there was an extra pipe seam next to each, adjacent to the forests..
floragreene (06/13/2023 02:54pm):
Sure Sami not being banned is a huge oversight and shouldn't have happened, but what really perplexes me is the whole
transportation thing. Who in their right minds thought "Yes. Making reinforcing the frontlines being an arbitrary transport
minigame is a good addition to this map."

0/10 no buys even with sami banned
melly (06/14/2023 02:22pm):
just won a match on this map without fighting the enemy lol
Crocophile (06/14/2023 07:23pm):
if i were to go on an expedition into the uncharted deserts of deep arabia, i'd hunt amidst the shifting dunes for artifacts of
times gone. with fortune, one such artifact would be a magical lamp. i'd rub the lamp and unleash the djinn trapped within,
and in gratitude, the djinn would offer to make my greatest wish come true. now, the djinn's power is vast, and with it, i could
wish for any boon imaginable. wealth. power. love. other great things that tempt the hearts of men. myself, i have never
wanted for much; i would wish instead for something that would benefit those besides myself.

i would wish for transport puzzle maps to disappear. please don't make any more of these. i just want to move my units
forward. please
gh_st (06/19/2023 09:15am):
well... I had fun



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