Beads on a String
Creator: Everdan || First Published: 08/11/2016 || Players: 2 || Size: 21x16
Categories: S-Rank, Global League, Standard
Rating: 5.41 in 22 ratings
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Comments:
ahanzhe1 (08/11/2016 10:26pm | Edited: 08/12/2016 12:41pm):
+ 2 for making the map.
+ 1.6 for creativity (1.6/2)
+ 1 for terrain variety (1/1.5)
+ 1.6 for complexity (1.6/2)
+ 0.5 for the map name as bonus points
+1 for equality
+ 0.5 for gameplay (stuff like chockiness, or had a test on the map, 0.5/1)
8.2/10.

Okay, acting like an map judge was fun. Note that I'm not a good map critic.

The towers and the airports'll help with the chocky points, while the chocky points helps to protect the
towers.
The rivers were pretty cool, and it enabled multiple paths in the fronts. And it's also nice that it has multiple
fronts and units can easily move from one to another.
So overall, it's a nice map, and the gameplay would be interesting.

ichbinsehselber (06/24/2018 02:00pm):
the map has a symmetry issue there is a forest at 18,5 but there is none at 2,10
Everdan (08/06/2018 01:40pm):
Fixed.
knocklok (06/20/2019 01:25am | Edited: 06/20/2019 01:26am):

Sir_Billy_Bob (11/10/2022 09:46pm):

Silverblade204 (11/12/2022 12:15pm):
S-rank? No wonder why i see this map alot in public matches.
Twaifu (05/14/2023 08:37am):
Awful map. I never want to play it again.
DarthCheesuS (01/12/2026 05:51pm):
Interesting map but way too stally to be in the live pool
Spritemare (04/07/2026 11:33am | Edited: 06/26/2026 04:47pm):
I would recommend a 1 turn base skip for P1 by capturing the city between the preowned and neutral base. This breaks tank
order in favor of P1 (becoming ABAB for a P1 skipper).

Edit since I originally missed this: P2 does not get to repair tank order by also doing the skip, and I think the skip is optimal for your capture game regardless, even with the unit count hit.

Edit 2: whoopsies this also makes P2s tower contested while P1's tower is fine, which is especially problematic as I think Javier is meta in tier 1 for the first time in his life.

I will only very rarely say a map has notable TA, but with this skip I would infinitely prefer playing as P1 to P2.
Hunydont (05/22/2026 02:02pm):
I don't like this map
Ragnarokex (06/28/2026 09:54am):
The HQ should be on the side of the base/airport rather than the double base side.



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