SCCL Map Contest

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Not so long ago news appeared on our page about SCCL seeking new recruits for various administrative jobs, making us wonder how far have the preparations actually gone. But it seems like the big wheels are turning and the SCCL machine is in motion. The SCCL is getting mobilized, preparing for the blast off of the long awaited 2nd season of the high stakes ESL StarCraft Clan League. And first things first, they are hosting a mapmaking contest.

Here’s how it goes:

2, 3 or 4 player maps.
Maximum of 3 submissions per mapmaker
Balance is preferred over beauty.
The deadline for submission is June 1st.
Only one map will be picked.
The contest is hosted in cooperation with broodwarmaps.net
Submit map on the broodwarmaps.net forum here
The jury will consist of the main SCCL admin LoNiC;
Two Broodwarmaps.net admins: flothefreak and Listoric;
And two other jurors are yet to be revealed.

To satisfy my curiosity(and I am hoping yours as well) I hunted down

ESL-LoNiC, who was eager to answer the questions that troubled me.

What pushed you to host this contest?

I’ve seen many excellent maps submitted on bwm.net, and I think giving the mapmakers the opportunity to show off their skills in a top tournament is a great thing and will help this part of the community to remain alive and prosper, and give it the attention it definitely deserves. Other than that we want to give a signal that we are back in business and are going to start the second season soon.

Why is the time frame for the contest so tight?

We will need some time to determine the best out of all maps and probably will even have to adjust the balance a little. Since we are anxious to start as soon as possible and several good maps already exist we have decided that it would be the best to tighten it a little. Also not to give the qualifying teams advantage and training on the new maps, the last season’s map pack will be used for the SCCL qualifiers.

Can you give us an approximate date where we can expect the SCCL to be finally launched?

Hehe when it’s ready! Maybe in about one and a half month. First we are going to launch the qualifier and when this is done I will be able to give you a more accurate date