Logic

Interesting talk with Elige from Team Liquid.

Talks about the competitive map pool and community maps straight after the intro.

Any chance that a diff tool like TwentyTwenty could be added to the site?

It would be really nice way to show off the changes to your levels while you are working on them.

The CS GO Team uses the same plugin when releasing a blog post about new maps, like Inferno or Dust II.

I clarified my post a bit.

1 hour ago, Logic said:

T's are very limited when going mid, mainly because of the awkward S-curve I added to keep T's from getting to mid too early. I will redesign this area to make it more interesting for attackers.

I don't want T's to get too mid too early.

21 minutes ago, Interfearance said:

Maybe this will fix mid timings while maintaining flow. You can even make the stem of the "T" parallel to the left side of it to increase timings (in blue)

I will test it out. Thanks for the feedback!

After taking some time to gather and break down the feedback it's pretty obvious that there are a few major flaws with the map in it's current state.

1. T's are very limited when going mid, mainly because of the awkward S-curve I added to keep T's from getting to mid too early. I will redesign this area to make it more interesting for attackers.
2. T's are very limited when going B. While the hard chokepoint is intended it's no fun for terrorists to stand around and wait while smokes are up. I will connect this area to mid more to give attackers something to do mid-round.
3. It's safe to say that I have a scaling issue and that the map is too big because of it. While the theme features large structures I kinda went overboard with the scale. I have started to scale things down and will probably try to make the map 20-25% smaller.

Thank you to everyone who have provided feedback so far!

Slow progress this week. Haven't been able to get much done, but regularly posting some progress might help out. We'll see...

16 minutes ago, El Moroes said:

Hey guys, let me present you our new baby

More baby pictures/videos please!

Here is some feedback I gathered from last night playtest.

I mainly played on the A-site of the map.

Update: https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2019/05/24172/

Biggest change:

[GAMEPLAY]
– Loss bonus money will now always step down to $2,900 after a team with a $3,400 max loss bonus streak wins a round.

This is a weird description, because it only mentions this specific round and not what happens if you win the following rounds. But I tried it out and it basically means that the loss bonus no longer stacks, but caps at $3400.

Great change IMO!

Thanks man Glad to be back!

4 minutes ago, Vaya said:

Glad you are back dude

Thanks man! Glad to be back!

1 hour ago, Interfearance said:

@Logic the geometry looks really good, and seems Egyptian to me.

Correct! Thank you! The level is based on the Temple of Philae, located on an island in the Nile

1 hour ago, blackdog said:

 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44250597

The fact that the article ends with "What are the signs of bowel cancer?" is a very nice gesture.

Totalbiscuit passed away yesterday, on May 24th 2018. Condolences to his family and friends.

Thank you John, for all of your hard work. I am going to miss you. 

"Excellent. Please proceed into the chamberlock after completing each test."

34 minutes ago, Squad said:

We got 2 controllers, if that's what you mean.

We shared a controller. I thought the game didn't support two, or did you use a workaround?

14 hours ago, Squad said:

Yeah, I played Brothers with my girlfriend

Me and my GF did the same thing. Did you share the controller as well?

I have high hopes for this game! I love the co-op element in these games!

Gotta patch that Negev!

Update blog and specifics.

Now we're going to start shipping ga(mes aga)in

Also, Guardian's 1v5:

A much better screenshot of A site.

18 hours ago, blackdog said:

Is it something wrong with matchmaking recently?

All my recent Wingman matches were either super easy (few and far between) or I got matched agains gold/whatever. Last night was first time I got a gold in my team…

I don't think there is anything wrong with MM.

Wingman still seems a bit off balance, people are not at their correct rank quite yet 

Maybe things will work out this time.

For anyone interested in a 20 minute talk on the matter.

If anyone is interested in editing the Valve-made maps 3klicksphilip got you covered!

I was far to lazy to edit those func_details myself...