Microcosm
Creator: nerd-boy || First Published: 06/17/2008 || Players: 2 || Size: 28x17
Categories: B-Rank, Standard
Rating: 8.14 in 21 ratings
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Comments:
nerd-boy (06/17/2008 02:24pm | Edited: 06/17/2008 03:09pm):
mi·cro·cosm (n) --- a little world; a world in miniature

I made this map kinda sorta for fog purposes. The tanks on the reefs have vision 3, which
means they can see what is built by the other side in fog games. This means that the other
side needs to decide when to buy a battle copter to kill the tank (the tank is in a reef,
so only the battle copter will be able to see a tank there).

And before you ask, yes, there are four bases per side on purpose. Hopefully with the
openness of the map (within the fronts there are lots of spaces to go, and the pipeseams
allow slightly extra maneuverability, including backup support for the side fronts),
ubersauce infantry spam shouldn't be too much of a problem here. Besides, we need more
4-base-per-side maps on this site anyway.

CO Bans: Ban Sturm and Sami. Maybe Kindle too. Oh, and the broken 5 (but that's a given
anyway). And Sonja in fog.
Unit Bans: Black Bombs and Stealths.

Don't hesitate to leave a comment. Unless it's a flame. That's what my PM box is for.

Edit log:
4:15 PM Tuesday June 17 2008: Center opened up, forced front created.
Dragunov14 (06/17/2008 02:44pm):
I don't like it, 2 many factories, and this map will be whoever can make the 1st piperunner
and get it into a strong postion.
nerd-boy (06/17/2008 02:45pm):
Piperunners shouldn't see too much use. They cost 20000 funds to make, and you have four
factories, an airport, and two fronts to maintain.
Dragunov14 (06/17/2008 02:45pm | Edited: 06/17/2008 03:15pm):
sry double post
Dragunov14 (06/17/2008 02:47pm | Edited: 06/17/2008 03:16pm):
sry triple post...
felix45 (06/17/2008 03:03pm | Edited: 06/17/2008 03:03pm):
seeing as pipe runners are extremely weak and the only good position for a piperunner
really would be the middle, I hardly see them as a problem.

dragunov, if you think this map swings in the balance of making a piperunner, why dont you
go play a game on it and build no vehicles but piperunners and tell me how it works out.

honestly I feel building a piperunner would be easily punishable and probably result in a
loss.
Dragunov14 (06/17/2008 03:15pm):
Well he edited the map, b4 the pipes looked differant... now they wouldn't even be a
problem...
DuelStriker2 (06/17/2008 04:38pm):
Tank reefs/10
Munchman (06/17/2008 04:41pm):
Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit, simmer vegetables on stovetop in small amount of
water to medium high heat. Wrap ham in tin foil and bake in small 9x9 metal pan in oven
for 2-4 hours. Add vegetables 20 minutes before removing ham from oven.
nirial1991 (06/17/2008 06:54pm):
Best map released today, i really can't spot any flaws here.
funwes (06/17/2008 07:32pm):
I'm a little worried about the comm towers; if a player rushes both of them they,
SURPRISE, auto get +20% to attack. Perhaps stretching out the islands on the corners a
little could opt for island recovery without sending a whole B chopper there. Otherwise,
flaws are either invisible or (more likely) not present.
nerd-boy (06/17/2008 07:36pm):
Build a missile to protect the infantry-laden T-copter from invading your island.
Dhomochevsky (06/18/2008 07:35am):
Looks excellent
themapmaker (06/23/2008 04:26pm):
Definitely one of your better maps 10/10
Meta Rexy (11/17/2008 08:00pm):
levitating tank/10
Good job I like this map. :) 9/10
Slazzy (07/10/2009 11:43am):
can you use tag powers in awbw?
nerd-boy (07/13/2009 12:27am):
You mean the highly overpowered "move twice in one turn with two different Super CO
Powers"? No, you can't.

You CAN, however, use 2 COs, akin to the AWDS tag system but without the luck synergies or
the Tag Powers. It's really buggy though.
Slazzy (09/19/2010 05:53pm):
ys it namd tag den wen 2 cos r 2gtr its namd tag
funwes (12/15/2010 09:46pm):
The English language lays dead at your feet as you ejaculate over its mangled corpse.
Xaif (07/02/2012 10:43am):
"I made this map kinda sorta for fog purposes."

"CO Bans: ... And Sonja in fog."

lolwut. Ban Sonja in the one situation she's actually useful? That's like saying Ban Eagle
because there's airports.
nerd-boy (07/15/2012 05:57pm):
Sonja can see into forests and reefs during her CO Powers, thereby allowing her to kill
that tank in the reef without needing to invest in a Battle Copter. This is an unfair
advantage for the Sonja player, and is why Sonja should be banned.
Nyvelion (06/04/2015 03:21pm):
How about ban Sonja because Sonja makes games inherently unfun, almost to the extent of Sturm.
BountyFrog (10/12/2015 09:48pm):
Agreed Nyvelion because you can see the units' health...
BurningStarFour (12/06/2018 02:14pm):
It would take Sonja a while to kill that reef-tank without a battle copter. She sees in reefs only on her power, and
she will still need to have at least 2 (maybe 3) ranged weapons that can attack the tank on the same turn
(because on her next turn the reef will become hidden again). If a Sonja player can make that kind of commitment
to killing the reef-tank, I think they deserve it. But the other player will probably do the job faster with a battle
copter.



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