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Laelth
Famous Hero
Laelth rhymes with stealth.
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posted April 05, 2003 09:22 AM |
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*** Laelth's New Map, "Agathon" ***
I've just learned that Tournament of Honor has accepted my latest Heroes IV map, Agathon. It should be posted on the ToH Maps Page soon. Here's a look at the mini-map:
Agathon is also available for play in the Clans of Vandea Tournament. You can download it immediately from the Battle Maps page. I tried to make this map well-balanced, active, interactive, beautiful, and relatively fast. Hope you enjoy it.
-Laelth
apologies to those who've seen this elsewhere ...
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valkyrica
Supreme Hero
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posted April 05, 2003 10:46 AM |
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these mapmakers are crazee 
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insatiable
Supreme Hero
Ultimate N00bidity
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posted April 05, 2003 05:31 PM |
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apologies to those who've seen this elsewhere ...
..yees.i recognize that fuzzy looking minimap,like looking it through rainy glass
its a laelth map!
ok,its on my 'monthly playlist'
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Laelth
Famous Hero
Laelth rhymes with stealth.
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posted April 05, 2003 07:05 PM |
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Jinxer
Legendary Hero
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posted April 05, 2003 07:42 PM |
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I am impressed with how fast you can turn these maps out. However, I was kinda hoping to see a new age in map design. Seems all the maps that come out are all a mirrored type map with 1 or 2 choke points to break thru and meet and fight.
Take Genesis for example, it has atleast 4 different ways to enter opponents area as well as a ton of area to interact with oppoent without having free access to his town / area. Basically there are Multiple strategies to use in any given game. Obviously Genesis is NOT perfect, I just used it as example.
With most of the other maps on TOH page, with the 1 or 2 choke points there is no suprise. No thrill. Just both sides build up armies and meet at choke point and fight?
Jinxer
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Laelth
Famous Hero
Laelth rhymes with stealth.
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posted April 05, 2003 07:50 PM |
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genesis is a great map ... very complicated and very interesting, but, truth be told, agathon was specifically designed to be a quick, noob-friendly map. i made it very simple, intentionally. and i won't be making many more maps for H4. i have one on the drawing-board (a ridiculously-complicated, take-forever-to-finish map that ought to appeal to the serious H4 players who are bored with all the older maps) and one that blue-camel and i are making jointly. after that, i think, i'm done with H4 maps. i need more time to play.
-Laelth
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Psychobabble
Known Hero
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posted April 06, 2003 03:29 AM |
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after that, i think, i'm done with H4 maps. i need more time to play.
Noooooo!!!!
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Blue_Camel
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posted April 06, 2003 04:47 AM |
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its very true. laelth has ambitions to be active in clans in the future, and to play a lot in toh in general... and I completely understand what he's saying. If I didnt make maps I could have a ton more time to play. We'll see if he actually goes through with it.
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Blue_Camel
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posted April 06, 2003 04:50 AM |
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not to mention he has that www.vandea.com/clans thing to worry about
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valkyrica
Supreme Hero
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posted April 06, 2003 11:22 PM |
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Take Genesis for example, it has atleast 4 different ways to enter opponents area as well as a ton of area to interact with oppoent without having free access to his town / area. Basically there are Multiple strategies to use in any given game. Obviously Genesis is NOT perfect, I just used it as example.
Well you have compared it to the other maps, and as you say there aren't 1 or 2 choke points ( there's only one really, whoever gets to middle gets huge advantage, so go sprites and imps), so that makes it PERFECT ...
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With most of the other maps on TOH page, with the 1 or 2 choke points there is no suprise. No thrill. Just both sides build up armies and meet at choke point and fight?
Jinxer
Well that's what we would expect from a heroes game ( not taking chatting in between turns into consideration ), nice heroes, nice army and fight, but then again, some of us like to scour maps with stealthy thieves ... and run away from fights
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Tc_Fear
Famous Hero
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posted April 08, 2003 08:19 AM |
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zud
Promising
Famous Hero
box worshipper
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posted April 08, 2003 03:53 PM |
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Daym.........
If tc is sayin its a nice map already. He must have figured a way to kill opponent week 1
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Tc_Fear
Famous Hero
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posted April 09, 2003 08:39 AM |
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zud try DesertWar.new one.prety long.no RUSH posible.
we ll play sometime.I ll show u ,that speed in slow maps give thesame advantage
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Wolfman
Responsible
Supreme Hero
Insomniac
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posted November 27, 2003 06:12 AM |
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I liked the map too, I seem to like most of your maps...
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Laelth
Famous Hero
Laelth rhymes with stealth.
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posted November 27, 2003 01:52 PM |
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Thanks, Wolfman. It's been a while since anybody's been really "hip" to this map, but I always thought it was one of my prettiest ... the area where the lava meets the jungle is rather nice, I think. Perhaps the border guards need to be a little stronger. Otherwise, I think it works pretty well.
-Laelth
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valkyrica
Supreme Hero
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posted November 27, 2003 07:52 PM |
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He's alivveeeee, stop by more often, we miss you already
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Laelth
Famous Hero
Laelth rhymes with stealth.
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posted November 28, 2003 01:10 AM |
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Hiya, Valky. Law school's been keeping me busy. You still need to finish kicking my arse on another of my maps, if I remember correctly. School lets out in a couple of weeks, and you'll see me on Gamespy then.
Later,
-Laelth
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