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5/6/2012 8:51:39 AM
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Sometimes I wish MLG hadn't used Forge
I just finished watching a single MLG King of the Hill match on Battle Canyon, and it honestly felt awesome. It's so nostalgic to see players coming back to that particular map that has always been with us since the beginning. Everything was so cheerful, everyone seemed to be having fun, and the map had life in it, it had color, it had soul. It was beautiful.
But then, the video was over and I found myself upon the endless pile of gameplays, commentaries and montages done over gray, dull maps all over Forge World.
Sometimes I hate the fact that competitive players want pure symmetrical maps in order to play. Sometimes I wish there had been MLG matches on Reflection, Anchor 9 or even Uplink (if anyone remembers that, map, which in my opinion was great).
Sometimes, I wish the so called "skill" was agreed by everyone to actually be to play on Default maps, and not boring forge variants.
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It's a mixed bag. Some maps are just NOT ON when it comes to being fair for both sides. Asymmetrical maps can be fair with the right weapon and player spawn points, but that requires forge tweaking almost every time. Can you imagine Sword Base MLG? I shudder. But I also agree that Forge maps only present an equally horrible problem: Boring look, boring style, limited variations in map types. In short, it gets old VERY fast. But if Bungie/343 knew anything about how to make a map themselves this wouldn't have been a problem, now would it? Zealot (after forge tweaks whilst rolling my eyes) is pretty much the only really good default map in Reach. A couple of half-decent ones have come out in DLC.
