This map I made in various different places. I was able to buy a laptop for $180 from the Pawn Shop, but I sold it soon after, yet I went around and for the first time ever having a laptop, made this map using the inspiration, from the various different places. Better late than never that I finally make a big size map that I actually finish until it's done, I've been waitin to since it came out, but I guess the laptop using the inspiration is what I was waiting for, like my whole life lol. If you would like to send it to various places over the internet for other people to splice or play go nuts!
This has been my all time favorite map for SC1 since it's completion about 2 month's ago as I turned 26 in September. Has a totally different kinda feel to it if ya know what I mean. Know what I meign man? This one has a few flukes in it too. It's almost like a picture on the minimap in the game where you can see north and south american on the left (did not notice that until it was already looking like that, which made me go 'woa', this is turning out good for me), There's an Alien lookin head bottom middle, a backwards hat wearing person bottom right up a bit in the ice somehow fluked, a couple UFO lookin bit's top and bottom middle, left a bit from the bases, and on the preview from this web-site even, you can see a smiley face bottom middle on that little path going up around and right, stickin out. I was amazed at some of the flukes on this map. A Hand holding a lightning bolt top middle, total flukes. Some I noticed after I made a click, and then I backed it up and saved it, and others I noticed way later on without designing them to look like that with that in mind before-hand.
I'm so addicted to this map, it's the only one I play on starcraft, it's actually got me back into it majorly. I've played it since it came out, but never had to actually buy it. I've had cd key's given to me from friend's who were gettin into other games, but I do not have one right now and I'm finally going to buy it :D
*PLEASE support Snowball Heaven!*
***!!!Props to the XoG, and ninja's out dere. Yoz, diss onez for Every-one'a You!!!
I would like to thank my laptop for this one. I've played sc since it came out. I've always wanted to own a laptop, who hasn't. I also always wanted to make a big sc map, but for some reason did not get to it until, well 10 years later when I bought a laptop from the pawn shop for $180. It was basically the same as the last computer I owned around 3 years before, and I had paid like $748 for it. This one was a laptop and $180. I took it around to all my favorite places outside, and to all my friend's places, and I used my surroundings for inspiration. I knew this was the right thing to do because I was making a map, and no map could have turned out like this from just sitting on a computer in one spot all the time. Whenever I felt like I hit the grind-stone really hard while building, I would pack-up my laptop and look for somewhere else to go, and then later on, I would find the perfect spot for inspiration and look at how well it turned out. Right after this map was done, which was about 2-3 days BEFORE sc2 came out, (haven't made any changes since and that's when I did-up '!!!ALL!!!' of the 'finishing touches', Tee hee hee) I sold my Laptop online for $180, and played Snowball Heaven over and over again on my step-bro's computer for the past 2 month's or so until feeling like I was getting torn up inside for being the only person alive for playing this map. I had to get it out.
So this map was the only thing to come out of my Laptop. It was all about making 'this one sc map' and finishing it. The older version's that I uploaded are when I was testing 8 player's with comp's (cuz I'm not back online yet I have to get a new cd key) and basically I figured were good enough to 'name' and call it done, but it kept asking for more until I finished up all the touch-up's and completed it, the final version called Snowball Heaven. I guess it was year's of not having made a big sc map, pent up, and having to wait year's before I could own a laptop and get out there and make a really truly awesome map for us sc players, that resulted in so many flukes.
The left side being the North and South American Continent's, UFO's, Hand holding lightning bolt, dude with a backwards hat, Alien head on the bottom in the minimap, a star, above the base in the bottom right on the minimap, camillion looking animal's, and just all around fun. Go Nibbit's for showcasing my map on the #1 spot, Filosephy's Snowball Heaven. I'm 26 now, and when sc came out, and I got addicted, I knew I would always get to building my map eventually. The #1 spot on Nibbit's, (Thank-you so very much again!) truly show's what it takes, heart. That and patience pay's off!!
One thing about this map, it never seemed to get finished, so when it was it was a strange, yet awesome feeling, because it kept giving the hint of a feeling that it was finished sometimes, but eventually it really 'got full' or ate it all up, and then became untouchable. Then 2 day's later sc2 is released, and they do not even come out with the full game, just the Terran Campaign, and I think about my map and I'm like, well, Sc2 is a joke, Long Live Starcraft #ONE!! And out of all the map's to come out before sc2, mine is probably the best, closest to sc2's release date. ;D I wonder if they also knew about it and came out with sc2 early to distract people from it :)
If anybody were to ask me for my advice, I'd say, "Not too much, Not too Little!!!
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Something about this map seems, familiar...
Congrats on #1 in popularity!
well done with this map! Keep it up!
Andi
I am a hudge fan of sc, and love all of the support, Thank-you hudge!
-creator
*I hope you find comfort in this map, in all aspects, and the festivities of the Holiday's :D
Just out of curiosity, why did you post this map three times? Are they different versions?
I'm glad you asked, because it is a very good question. 'My Original idea was only to upload Snowball Heaven!' I figured some people might like the design so much, they'd try to improve on it to play more, and that's when the though struck me . . . if I upload the other version's which were meant to be final, it'll give people more option's, without having to touch the map.
The other two were the only other version's I had backed up, because they were meant to be final, but it just kept askin' for more!
MKM1 was like a ramp testing one to put more pressure on, and also result in a shorter game time. I wanted it to be 'Major Kill Majority 1' which meant Major Interlacing base karma! However I liked Snow Drift Mountain's because it was somewhere around the original idea for ramps that I had, without the experimenting of them like in MKM1, which let's just make it simple here . . . was just for the sake of ramping up every base lol.
Before I got so addicted to SBH, I did play a little MKM1, and then sorta shrugged it off, basically realized it wasn't as good without all of the finishing touches that I had applied to the real final version, Snowball Heaven, and I haven't looked back since. The SBH design just has me addicted and feeling like it's way more sensible, and has a more oldskewl flow feeling to it, instead of just everywhere connected. The idea was it's a big enough map to connect the bases in SBH's way, hence it's max width but 128 height, so you think you have a long way to go, but that 128 height really cut's down a lot of time, and makes it literally, like, perfect timing for the flow. Made more sense is what I'm sayin, but uploading the older version's just gives more background on what else was intended for the map.
That makes sense.. anyhow, a great map!
****Just noticed, the Ultimate team tag at the top there . . . just thought I'd point that one out. Be a good 4VS4 or 2v2v2v2 too . . . Jesus! Happy Birthday Jesus too! :D Props!!****
Omg, on the in-game minimap there is at the very bottom center, it looks to be like a computer that I can make out, sitting ontop of one of those older towers that they used to make really wide, instead of tall and you'd put your monitor ontop of it. That is really neat :D -ty all for your support!
fun map! :D
***You gotta know this, I totally need to get this off my chest. I have a secret hiding space for Yeti on my map. ~~It's right beside the secondary base for the very bottom right spot. If you look at the minerals on the left of them is a little bit of ice to make the rest of the terrain beyond look hard to deduce. If you see there 'is' a doodad that I placed of a big tunnel, sort've iced over, but that isn't Yeti's home, it's if you go around the ice on the snow, you notice a little ledge, and a smaller tunnel, that isn't actually a doodad! That is my secret special home for Yeti that I had to tell you all about ;)***I love to see my map being used finally, thank-you all so very much for all of your great compliment's as well. Buh Byee!!!
what are you talking about philosephy? what about a yeti??? I'm confused
I like to think that Yeti has a home in a hidden cave on the map, which is right beside the secondary base for red, at the bottom right. Where Red would expand first, you can see a little bit of ice to the left of the mineral's, and above the mineral's a doodad of a big cave entrance, but that isn't my secret entrance to Yeti's home, it's just around the ice, to the left of it up against the higher ground, there is a little mini tunnel that appear's on the rocky side of the higher terran automatically without being a doodad. I like to think that Yeti's home is the mini cave entrance right around that small bit of ice near the top of it, with a tiny little ledge of snow hanging off the cave entrance. Plus when you look carefully to the left of the entrance, on the snow you may be able to make out a couple little foot-prints ;)
Ok, it's just on the preview it's too small to see the doodads.
I love it this map apart by design and is very comfortable playing there.
Hello. This is Filosephy. I'd just like to thank you all for your support once more, and also answer the question about the Psi Emiter, hence I read the review!
To answer your question, I felt like the map needed some 'movement' apart from all of the hussle and bussle of the game, that stuck out in a static, sort've, way.
~Thank-you very much for the review, it has brought joyfullness to my heart.
******
-Matt
Grace, Honor and Fortune, By The Warrior's Way
By: Matthew Micheal Brooks Rozon Clarkson
This is a story about imagining the unimaginable true Warriors. Warrior’s who never stopped fighting for the Honor that they felt in their Hearts, for when they face power which ends up being corrupted, and faces the greatest betrayal…..
you see,
this was a time, after the many had fought with whom had the most honor, by evil, honor is to be broken. It was from the betrayal and because of whom which were whom best served their Masters, that lead to the Ultimate Warrior in our story.
Once upon a very Mistèf time.. .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . A Lonely Warrior, not bound or unclean, Approached an Emperor one day. To this the Emperor was surprised and asked the Warrior that he may show discipline, or be discarded as easily as a rat. But when the Warrior had sensed this he approached and cautioned…. “He who is too righteous will cause the
downfall of others.” To this the Emperor replied “Do you Warrior think that I will not have your tongue unravelled?” But with his samurai sword drawn still, he approached more and said, “It is not that which I do not believe, it is that you would not have something in place for people who wanted to join your
army.” To this the Emperor did not speak, and for once his pride seemed kept without words. To this the Warrior then sheathed his sword and approached with a bow. He said to his Sensei, “It would fulfill my Gratitude if I could stand beside you, just by having said it.” The Emperor nodded……….
Only the Samurai would show how truly tame he
could be, foreshadowing over the Emperor, as so nobody else could draw that effect. It wasn’t subtle to the army that the Emperor was spending less time out in the field, because amongst the mist they all realized something. The Guru’s that are running around, aren’t as hasty, and their words are not
longer spoken, but spoken more clear thus the catch. The army does not have to fight if they are training, and if the Samurai is training the army, then they will not have been prepared enough, unless they were utterly capable of setting-go
their training, heading if into war, or their life’s dispute, that neither would the Emperor, without the Samurai.
It wasn’t power that the Emperor lost, nor respect, nor was it any friendships, but pain the Emperor did loose, and for the pain of others it was received, and all by the army, controlled by the Emperor, but true the Warrior’s heart or he would be able to cut the king’s head off. The army realized such admirableness shown by their Emperor for constantly inviting an estranged soldier, like many and more of us, like the ones that they call enemy, to take the turn of being an important decision maker. He is the Man whom rules and not only by War but by Birth-Right. It is the Emperor’s Tale which all
see as Devout and without question his Faith cannot be challenged. So does this Samurai challenge his Faith, and does the Emperor know this? Truly the Samurai could tell, he knew no meaning of Death, to him the Samurai, yet little did he know, their friendship could be bartered with, if the Samurai were to enclose the secrets that he has known.
Many a tales, whispered in the night, about fantasy’s and riches, lended an ear to those middle-ground in the areas it was spawning wealth and tears.
One who does well they say, can make it into the mount of a heaping gold mine, and live forever trying to dig it out while you don’t end up getting
sliced in half for it. So it was easy to say, what you had on person, had to be enough, and people could smell the empty pockets and ratty
armor-wares. It only pleased those who thought about value, to be around anybody, or keep anybody alive, with spoils. It isn’t about making it look easy he would say, its about making it hard when it appears easy, and so therefore you have it looking hard to do things your way, because while most see easy as somewhere to tread upon, a Samurai sees the end of his life being trimmed down, for stepping on top an ant, or placing the wrong point of our feet set down on the ground with many pebbles, sometimes in the grass where it is fun to dig roots up and place half in the ground to stand upon. Sometimes there were precious seconds in battle that he enjoyed himself in for such was the enravelment.
The tender soul of the Samurai was lost in between worlds and he no longer found himself a part of this world. He was trapped. Within his mind lay conflict, and too much forgiveness.
The Samurai was trapped, this was true, but he did not feel shame. As I said he had felt too much forgiveness in him, but that was because he had only felt the pain of the others whom he helped and swore to protect, but not those of the innocent in battle that he had mangled. So this gave a great distance of a whole of Loathing in the Samurai, that he kept in his eyes for the conflict. It was too great a wicked spell that had been cast upon the Samurai and he lost great deal of admirableness towards himself and the others.
It did in fact portrait him as a different man. One still yielding for its perfection, careless not the Samurai was, and he speeked with a different tongue which he then Denounced upon his undoubtedly friends they take a notice in his actions. It was a tease to the Samurai. Sheltered by his fear of regret, the Samurai kept to his regular round with the Emperor whom demanded that he taught himself great wisdom in between visits, are the Samurai was keeping up with doing himself until being almost swept away time, and time again, it was the Emperor who seemed more wise.
Secretly they kept it amongst the two of them, secret even from each other, that they were contending one against the other. Not in Honor or Alliances, Gold or stale value, but only true was one thing they could contest in complete secrecy. Faith was all these two men had left to compete upon. For as one watched the other closer, the two eyes that latched on after would be truer to smite. And it was the Samurai who got involved and held in the Emperor’s presence too long until his purpose was only to have given more to the Emperor. However, he knew that if he remain completely hidden with his intent, then since the Emperor would have been careful to know all of this, which his eyes do show later, that his master’s eyes would truly open to him, and the stars would be able to say, who won their conflict of Faith, but only if he were to survive the hate of every Soldier in the Emperor’s Army, his enemies, the Emperor himself, and if all that what else to prove to himself he is still after everything able to survive the hate in himself without suffering. To the Samurai, it was perhaps some say the written key to the beginning of the train of all thought, to any life you wanted to know about. To be explained better you might say, a hypnotic trance to make you know all, see all, and feel underneath a spell, which could beg you for more, oh wait yes the book.
Choices themselves can come from other people, and so a samurai must know this, and anticipate what it is they whom be standing in their light will try to accomplish by learning, or by skill, often not during with acquaintances. And so, he had much to rebuild, for honor, and trust, but also to gain. It was a deep secret he kept, one that brought trouble amongst the entire Relm which was under siege. He could face attack by anybody, or soul, by his mistakes, but most importantly by his fortune. It seemed that the most powerful will make him enemy, and the Lands would crack in half, just to indulge him in his pacifist time. To all people a-like this would seem normal, so to him, it was utter importance that he keep himself alluded from his past ever being mentioned, and his skills would have to be relinquished for training. During this time it was easy to get no affection and keep Contemplating the strategies to be used next, to entrap the full efforts of his army’s, while keeping influence that doesn’t lead back to the Emperor by the Samurai’s doings.
One day, belonged to all the army’s miscalculations, a strange Assassin Broke in, but to which was not owned by the Army, the Samurai! Found the traces of wax in a door handle, from a craftily formed wax key, and traced down the Assassin without even having known anything except where the assassin would Strike. At the hands of a Monarch in order to gain further access, but this he knew could not be allowed, too many have seen the wizdom which lies without ruin of the ages we were once all Deadlocked in Combat, and had no foe or friend to distinguish upon. In order to stop any Infiltration, he devised the most awesome of plans. He decided to wait upon the arrival of the unhospitable person to be. When he had spotted the false eye of the Soldier not amongst them, he gave to them, 3 of the most priceless rubies from the Emperors courthall, cathedral chamber. After doing so, the Assassin knowingly convinced, took them to their master whom could not believe their eyes. For this the Bribe to the Assassin was complete, and their Leader was then slaughtered upon by his own Armies after not wanting to sell them and become wretchedly rich. Constantly watching are those who will strip you of more then your reflections.