I love that you included maps by newer mappers as well. It puts the maps by veterans like bubkez in context and showcases the effort put in by the lesser experienced mappers.
Glad everyone enjoyed. I had a few issues with hammer and a move to a new city in the last months of the contest that kept me from cooking too hard, but I’ll be cooking in the next few months even with the map not moving on
Thanks for even taking the time to mention my map Dune! I think I probably shipped the map with some radgen texture somewhere, which is why it crashed. Im not sure tho, because I haven't been able to use my pc since I posted the map. I will defenitively keep improving my map (probably with a change of theme, because of the other map called de_dunes lol). Also, love your videos! They inspire me to improve my mapping skills
Once again sorry that im off schedule with this vid. I also will be skipping this fridays upload as well since I will be busy participating in GMTK2024. But expect to see weekly t2mure uploads back starting next friday :)
Don’t push yourself with this stuff too much!! It’s really good that you have a strong work ethic, but don’t let it take over your life/ruin your mental health. I’ve recently learned that and am trying to work on it, too ❤
I didnt think about it that way until I saw this comment ... Yeah maybe not having hostages in the principal office and bombing the gym isn't the best idea. However the high school I went to is symmetrical and probably would be cool to play on.
Cries in Timber not being shown at all - But in all seriousness, thank you for covering all these maps! There are so many interesting ways to think about the submitted maps in here and I absolutely love it.
@@T2mure All good man - with the sheer amount of impressive maps it's easy for one to slip through the cracks. Thanks again and get some rest! Good job on the video
the tier 3 silly tier made me sad remember the old CSGO community servers running goofy maps swimming pool buildings and saunas or boats, i used to play on a finnish server that run a bunch of sauna type maps which were really fun to play for the casual community experience
Just found your channel which surprises me bc i watch a lot of cs content but this is great insta sub. I had no idea that many maps were submited. I watched that Launders vid with homie who made santarita (something like that) but it was great insight to hear about just how much goes into building something like that..getting that glimpse of the nuances and small details from the pov of someone knows nothing ab thatbside of cs. All these guys the unsung heros, literally the backbone for us and i have a lot of respect for everyone who submited and appreciate you for putting me on. Great vid broski
27:01 I honestly thought that beeping was my Carbon Monoxide alarm, I spent 5 minutes double checking my house 😭 Then I started thinking, maybe it was part of the video? I kept going back in the video until I eventually found the beeping sound again. Great video, but maybe I should stop watching videos at 4:00AM 😂 Time to sleep.
the black gold callback at 8:00 gave me a jolt of nostalgia from doing operation missions. the place in the “see through cover” clip is where i went through three usp’s to finish it lol
Great video! Absolutely enjoyed this dive into some interesting, innovative and even crazy maps, that would actually add some fresh gameplay into competitive cs I see a lot of very different competitive games (cs, starcraft, overwatch) being afraid of adding any new and innovative maps into their map pools. So instead players get a bunch of "new" but absolutely generic, soulless maps that don't actually provide anything new to the game. I really hope valve has the courage to add something interesting to cs2. Even though there will always be players who dislike anything new
The amount of time and effort put into this video is admirable. I really enjoyed this review and learning from your point of view. Subscribed with ease. 👍
With the Armory update released the simple fact seems plain as day: the content people love in operations is not skins but maps, game modes, and objectives. I've known this for a long time with my decades of experience going back to the Counter Strike beta, but the broader community reaction seems to mirror my feelings. Thank you for covering the perennial heart of the CS community, a thriving and creative mapping community. I've got my fingers crossed that some of these will wind up in the official Casual and Competitive map pools as Valve's community spotlights. The state of the server browser, filled with premium membership-only servers and buried behind an unlabeled icon which opens it in a separate window, I am not surprised that most of the CS player base is upset with Valve's intransigence. Grinding the same 7-9 maps in a paltry ~3(ish) game modes would make anyone bored and irritable.
Just an awesome video. Really inspiring to see so many great maps, and I feel bad for not being a part of it this time. But nonetheless super exciting!
Love to see such a lenghty vid, almost an hour went by so quickly. Would love to play some of these maps as well and i really hope a good amount of them will make it into cs2, preferably as operation maps. CS2 is really lacking in the content department, so a good mix of new fun and comp maps would be great to make it fun. Maybe I should try the mapcore hub, if it's active enough
Really loved this review since it's the first one in a professional styled-video that is able to really collect your thoughts on most of the maps for the contest. Not to say that the existing VODs aren't helpful, but I feel like a video like this is good for really breaking down your opinions concisely to viewers, easy enough for mapmakers to find feedback and interesting to entice the regular player. It's something I would expect people the likes of 3kliks or WarOwl would be making later down the line on the competition. I was glad to see your ranking for Taisha and your initial thoughts running about it during Olaf's stream, so thank you!
i love the idea of cataract. the indestructible glass is such a small change, but impacts the gameplay so much without losing the competitive integrity of the game.
The best community map that was removed after some time - GRIND. Theme was QUARRY and SILOS. Mid doors for Ts and CTs. Mid connected with both sides, couple of entrains into sites. Path above T mid. SURF wall. Wall from mid to one site that can be boosted over, but also CTs could jump over it if they have good movement. Nice looking, fairly optimized. It was very easy to learn timings and understand how it works. I would put GRIND to be in competitive pool without thinking.
Warden should've had more commentary tbh, I playtested the map twice and it's now in a very good state layout-wise, while still being unique thematically My first playtest the map was chaotic, overwhelming and super confusing, basically a labyrinth. Catfood heard the feedback and has majorly improved it, my second playtest being 100x more fun. the map plays better than a basic 4 square/3 lane, but isn't trying anything wacky or crazy to achieve that unique feeling. Catfood is cooking
silly maps are the best. maps like insertion 2 gave me some of the most fun chill comp games i just appreciate maps that feel open and that allow for alot of cool boosts if you work with your team.
awesome video. downloaded a bunch of these today and they were really fun. i tuned into the stream a little bit. what map do you think you and olaf had the biggest disagreement on? downloaded a bunch of these
I think we disagreed the most on Melaka and Reiga. Olaf suggested huge sweeping changes to Melaka while I think it's mostly fine. And I really enjoyed Reiga while olaf didn't really like its layout.
Subway looks almost identical to the layout of a map from the 1v1 game friends vs friends. Idk if they copied it but damn it’s the same thing effectively
good, I am the author of de_trestle, I forget I uploaded it on map core, anyway I am working on new map, and thanks for your video let me know what should I do for my map!
I tried to make a hostage map for a 2017-2018 contest on Mars (yes the planet) called cs_spacebase but eventually got lazy and never finished it even though some really liked the potential (I am really good at detailing maps) I made a little fun thing where you can go outside and enjoy low gravity but die from lack of oxygen. Hope to see some great maps in this one.
Great video! Do you do map reviews or have somewhere to submit maps to consider? Would love to hear your thoughts on my first CS2 map. I don't consider it good enough to submit to MapCore in it's current state; then again looking at some of the maps here I feel it might be better :P
I dont usually review maps unless they were made for an event. But if you wanna get some feedback, I can suggest you join MapINK Discord, which is my server sort of like mapcore but much more begginer friendly: discord.com/invite/5kE8tbrR2k
Man i always wanted to try out the Source 2 Hammer, it looks like so much fun But then i remember the only game for it is CS2 and i loose all my interest I really crave more chill and relax gameplay, rather than a competetive grease fest Still simply seeing such cool maps, gave me a bunch of inspiration
Looks very interesting. Haven't ever seen an fy_ map, which isn't symmetrical, so wonder how that plays out. Definitely needs a radar, especially to navigate the underground areas. But looks nice and fun with the accesible roofs and open layout, tho I would need to actually play it with other people to give more specific feedback. Cool map overall 👍
The Silly tier is probably my favorite. I miss playing random maps on community maps like in cs source when i was younger. I don't really enjoy the focus on pure competitive maps
Submitted my first map which I made with a friend, predictably it was in the "first time" grouping. Even though you didn't give direct feedback, the general comments will help us for our next project.
Ok, took me like 3 hours to watch this, took too many breaks But holy, some of these maps were just nuts Elevation 44:14 is stunning Taisha 41:20 dayum Enigma 31:31 WOW, love this lift idea, reminds me half life 1 a bit Steelmill 30:18 feels unique If one of them wins and somehow gets into the game I'll return to CS2, haven't played since like 2019-2020
I'm really rooting for Coaline to win. I honestly doubt it will win because although it has an enjoyable and unique layout its theme is a bit too similar to Train. 2 other worthy conestants are Kowloon and Dumbo. I playtested all these maps and they play amazingly.
Love how many maps you managed to go over. It makes me want to try my hand at mapping next time. Question though: are the map playtests open? Where could I find the discord for this sort of thing?
CS definitely could benefit from having silly and somewhat unbalanced maps in non competitive settings. Imagine going into a casual match and you get a game in *de_rats.*
I love that you included maps by newer mappers as well. It puts the maps by veterans like bubkez in context and showcases the effort put in by the lesser experienced mappers.
did you know bubkez made mirage about 20 years ago?
@@Silverty did you know he's made more maps since
250+ entries is insane. i agree with everything you said at the end, everyone who submitted something should be proud.
Man Reviews 200 Maps, Goes Insane
I hopped on a voicecall with him after he was done. I can confirm he had gone insane. He laughed at the same meme for 5 minutes
I really didn’t think I had a chance with Nebraska, even if I don’t make it in you made my day by calling it an “operation map”
i just checked it out, i actually think its an interesting map with potential. dont count yourself out yet.
I looked at it too man, you should keep making maps. I hope I see you in the future
Glad everyone enjoyed. I had a few issues with hammer and a move to a new city in the last months of the contest that kept me from cooking too hard, but I’ll be cooking in the next few months even with the map not moving on
15:54 "At first I thought Stalagnate was a pretty serious... but then I found the elevator" LMAO
Thanks for even taking the time to mention my map Dune! I think I probably shipped the map with some radgen texture somewhere, which is why it crashed. Im not sure tho, because I haven't been able to use my pc since I posted the map. I will defenitively keep improving my map (probably with a change of theme, because of the other map called de_dunes lol). Also, love your videos! They inspire me to improve my mapping skills
Pleasantly surprised to see my map in the definitely tier! Glad you enjoy the map!
Once again sorry that im off schedule with this vid. I also will be skipping this fridays upload as well since I will be busy participating in GMTK2024. But expect to see weekly t2mure uploads back starting next friday :)
Never disrespect Jesus again 5:39
Don’t push yourself with this stuff too much!! It’s really good that you have a strong work ethic, but don’t let it take over your life/ruin your mental health. I’ve recently learned that and am trying to work on it, too ❤
I feel like being off schedule from uploading 5-10min videos because you made a 49 minute video is absolutely justifiable
There is a schedule?
@@Astrobay13 I have been uploading every friday for the last 4 months
13:39 "I myself made a map of my school and that was some of the most fun I've had in csgo" I don't know how to feel about that...
I didnt think about it that way until I saw this comment ... Yeah maybe not having hostages in the principal office and bombing the gym isn't the best idea. However the high school I went to is symmetrical and probably would be cool to play on.
@@NeonBeeCathistory isn’t meant to repeat itself lmao
If you really want for cs to become something bigger than niche eSports game, you should stop projecting real life to it
Cries in Timber not being shown at all -
But in all seriousness, thank you for covering all these maps! There are so many interesting ways to think about the submitted maps in here and I absolutely love it.
Timber is a exceptionally great map! I'm looking forward to see where you'll take it
BRUH So sorry man. Timber was suppsoed to be shown together with the other definitely maps. I have no idea how did I miss it
@@T2mure All good man - with the sheer amount of impressive maps it's easy for one to slip through the cracks. Thanks again and get some rest! Good job on the video
After I finish this J I'm finna go check it out. I'm really excited goin off the other comments...I'll update🤞🏽
the tier 3 silly tier made me sad remember the old CSGO community servers running goofy maps swimming pool buildings and saunas or boats, i used to play on a finnish server that run a bunch of sauna type maps which were really fun to play for the casual community experience
holy cow, I can't believe you went through all of these! Thanks for the kind words about de_cart
👨👧
Tryna strike a chord
who tf let you out
Hi Carson
@@AzozGamer936wasn’t it a 19-17 yr old relationship?
WOOO BABYYY THIS IS WHAT WEVE BEEN WAITING FOOOORRRr!!!!!!!
cheers for the feedback and john aero shoutout
This was structured really well, thanks for making it!
it's cool seeing maps by people I know being considered GOAT tier or Operation level
Just found your channel which surprises me bc i watch a lot of cs content but this is great insta sub.
I had no idea that many maps were submited. I watched that Launders vid with homie who made santarita (something like that) but it was great insight to hear about just how much goes into building something like that..getting that glimpse of the nuances and small details from the pov of someone knows nothing ab thatbside of cs. All these guys the unsung heros, literally the backbone for us and i have a lot of respect for everyone who submited and appreciate you for putting me on. Great vid broski
27:01 I honestly thought that beeping was my Carbon Monoxide alarm, I spent 5 minutes double checking my house 😭 Then I started thinking, maybe it was part of the video? I kept going back in the video until I eventually found the beeping sound again. Great video, but maybe I should stop watching videos at 4:00AM 😂 Time to sleep.
This alarm is so cursed, confused the hell out of me as well at first. Sorry for the inconvenience 😭
Literally had the same reaction, fucked me up
the black gold callback at 8:00 gave me a jolt of nostalgia from doing operation missions. the place in the “see through cover” clip is where i went through three usp’s to finish it lol
OMG!!! My map at the GOATS section!!! And having its mid praised!!? I can't believe! Thank you
The amount of work you put into the video in such a short timespan is impressive. Thanks for all the effort and feedback
38:19 Thank you so much - i really appreciate that.
Also thanks for the video, it gives a really good overview about all entries. Love that.
Great video! Absolutely enjoyed this dive into some interesting, innovative and even crazy maps, that would actually add some fresh gameplay into competitive cs
I see a lot of very different competitive games (cs, starcraft, overwatch) being afraid of adding any new and innovative maps into their map pools. So instead players get a bunch of "new" but absolutely generic, soulless maps that don't actually provide anything new to the game.
I really hope valve has the courage to add something interesting to cs2. Even though there will always be players who dislike anything new
Amazing video! I didn't expect to sit down today and watch someone talk about potential new community maps for 50 minutes.
The amount of time and effort put into this video is admirable. I really enjoyed this review and learning from your point of view. Subscribed with ease. 👍
With the Armory update released the simple fact seems plain as day: the content people love in operations is not skins but maps, game modes, and objectives. I've known this for a long time with my decades of experience going back to the Counter Strike beta, but the broader community reaction seems to mirror my feelings. Thank you for covering the perennial heart of the CS community, a thriving and creative mapping community. I've got my fingers crossed that some of these will wind up in the official Casual and Competitive map pools as Valve's community spotlights. The state of the server browser, filled with premium membership-only servers and buried behind an unlabeled icon which opens it in a separate window, I am not surprised that most of the CS player base is upset with Valve's intransigence. Grinding the same 7-9 maps in a paltry ~3(ish) game modes would make anyone bored and irritable.
Just an awesome video. Really inspiring to see so many great maps, and I feel bad for not being a part of it this time. But nonetheless super exciting!
3:42 Salutation Valley looks like a modified final Ins objective/Sec Spawn from Insurgency/Insurgency: Sandstorm.
200 maps reviewed is epic! well done, you are amazing!
Love to see such a lenghty vid, almost an hour went by so quickly.
Would love to play some of these maps as well and i really hope a good amount of them will make it into cs2, preferably as operation maps.
CS2 is really lacking in the content department, so a good mix of new fun and comp maps would be great to make it fun.
Maybe I should try the mapcore hub, if it's active enough
these huge maps, now at the part of Enigma...
imagine if people started playing 10v10 or something on them? and it worked...
epic!
Great video! Thank you for doing this.
Such a promising mapping scene. Inspiring video!
I really liked the fact you analyzed even the lower tier maps and gave some constructive criticism.
27:30
Honestly, Inertia would probably play better as a TF2 map instead
27:02 That alarm was mixed in such a way that I ripped my headphones off in a panic thinking something was happening outside
Its horrible
Woah, the concept for steelmill seems like it could be incredibly cool if fleshed out beyond one box
Really loved this review since it's the first one in a professional styled-video that is able to really collect your thoughts on most of the maps for the contest. Not to say that the existing VODs aren't helpful, but I feel like a video like this is good for really breaking down your opinions concisely to viewers, easy enough for mapmakers to find feedback and interesting to entice the regular player. It's something I would expect people the likes of 3kliks or WarOwl would be making later down the line on the competition.
I was glad to see your ranking for Taisha and your initial thoughts running about it during Olaf's stream, so thank you!
6:12 Thanks for your feedback, will totally think on how to improve the map
I miss Basalt. Even if it wasn't balanced. The aesthetic of the map was great and it felt fun to play on.
5:41 - wait that map design sounds cool though...
Defenitely can be fun, but I imagine most comp players wouldnt enjoy it
this is such a creative video idea and title, I was fully expecting to be click baited but this is crazy!
i love the idea of cataract. the indestructible glass is such a small change, but impacts the gameplay so much without losing the competitive integrity of the game.
"2 jiggabite downlow" lmfao I love the accent man, you earned a sub today
I was rewatching some of your videos today and I was thinking like "Man, I would love to see longer videos from him!" and then here we go
Fantastic video! Thanks for the feedback on Depot.
Makes me wanna bust open Hammer again even if it's just to make something dumb, really cool maps
@@Killysunt keep it a secret, but we will be starting a contest for dumb maps later today ;)
We need this video to blow up 🙏, let the CS community check out the new maps
wow, ritual looks great.
many great ones in the silly category, for sure!
Cool video! Keep up the good work!
I love silly maps, they rock my socks
Amazing vid thank you for your time well spent for the better of cs community, excited to see which map will win
In my humble opinion I think wildcard maps would be more fun to play than the goats, just because the gimmicks :) Good video!
I agree. Bring back the silly. I want custom lobby browser In game in its own menu category on the homepage.
Flick gives me studio vibes from Black Ops 2 I would love to play that
The best community map that was removed after some time - GRIND.
Theme was QUARRY and SILOS.
Mid doors for Ts and CTs.
Mid connected with both sides, couple of entrains into sites.
Path above T mid.
SURF wall.
Wall from mid to one site that can be boosted over, but also CTs could jump over it if they have good movement.
Nice looking, fairly optimized.
It was very easy to learn timings and understand how it works.
I would put GRIND to be in competitive pool without thinking.
grind is a bit too simple imo, not a bad map at all but i wouldnt call it the best community map
I love silly new maps, reminds me of cs 1.6 and source, fun and such
Amazing production content - Subscribed
i watched thru the whole thing so i'm the goat
ah hell ye jigsaw you da goat!
This guy hates hallways
45:47 Kowloon is a CoD BO1 map, and from what you showed us, it shares some similarities.
Warden should've had more commentary tbh, I playtested the map twice and it's now in a very good state layout-wise, while still being unique thematically
My first playtest the map was chaotic, overwhelming and super confusing, basically a labyrinth. Catfood heard the feedback and has majorly improved it, my second playtest being 100x more fun. the map plays better than a basic 4 square/3 lane, but isn't trying anything wacky or crazy to achieve that unique feeling. Catfood is cooking
Mineral is such a cool idea! Hope it goes through
Babe wake up! A new t2mure video dropped
Amazing video, thanks!
silly maps are the best. maps like insertion 2 gave me some of the most fun chill comp games i just appreciate maps that feel open and that allow for alot of cool boosts if you work with your team.
awesome video. downloaded a bunch of these today and they were really fun. i tuned into the stream a little bit. what map do you think you and olaf had the biggest disagreement on? downloaded a bunch of these
I think we disagreed the most on Melaka and Reiga.
Olaf suggested huge sweeping changes to Melaka while I think it's mostly fine.
And I really enjoyed Reiga while olaf didn't really like its layout.
@@T2mure thanks for reply dude. I said I downloaded maps twice lol. keep up great work
The two bombs on top of each other with glass is really cool
love the spelunky music
Subway looks almost identical to the layout of a map from the 1v1 game friends vs friends. Idk if they copied it but damn it’s the same thing effectively
fucking great watch! thanks for the kind words :)
great vid. more background music would be nice
good, I am the author of de_trestle, I forget I uploaded it on map core, anyway I am working on new map, and thanks for your video let me know what should I do for my map!
29:10 also the enemies would just peek with the crosshair placement on the escalator. Interesting idea.
I tried to make a hostage map for a 2017-2018 contest on Mars (yes the planet) called cs_spacebase but eventually got lazy and never finished it even though some really liked the potential (I am really good at detailing maps) I made a little fun thing where you can go outside and enjoy low gravity but die from lack of oxygen. Hope to see some great maps in this one.
Where do you find people to host PUGs for all these maps? Trying to find a community server with a good custom map rotation is rough.
The Mapcore Faceit hub is the place to be
There's also multiple discord servers like MapINK, Mapcore, Se that regularly play early versions of custom maps
huge bomboclat container
Great video! Do you do map reviews or have somewhere to submit maps to consider? Would love to hear your thoughts on my first CS2 map. I don't consider it good enough to submit to MapCore in it's current state; then again looking at some of the maps here I feel it might be better :P
I dont usually review maps unless they were made for an event. But if you wanna get some feedback, I can suggest you join MapINK Discord, which is my server sort of like mapcore but much more begginer friendly:
discord.com/invite/5kE8tbrR2k
Man i always wanted to try out the Source 2 Hammer, it looks like so much fun
But then i remember the only game for it is CS2 and i loose all my interest
I really crave more chill and relax gameplay, rather than a competetive grease fest
Still simply seeing such cool maps, gave me a bunch of inspiration
@@Redstone_Co I play mostly on custom maps rather than actual comp games and enjoy quite more
I LOVE THE SPLUNKY MUSIC THANK YOU
love this series
Would you tell me if my map fy_miami sucks? It's on workshop
Looks very interesting. Haven't ever seen an fy_ map, which isn't symmetrical, so wonder how that plays out.
Definitely needs a radar, especially to navigate the underground areas.
But looks nice and fun with the accesible roofs and open layout, tho I would need to actually play it with other people to give more specific feedback.
Cool map overall 👍
Tundra is gonna be the one added to the map pool
45:37 kowloon was in cod bo1 story mode, and multiplayer if i recall well
All im missing is the minimap. Especially for the high end maps, where its the small details you are talking about, that makes the difference
21:15 The only problem with this map is that I'd probably abandon as soon as I get CT
Enigma, cataract, cliff, wild, copper, fuji, flick, contact, coaline and chum look the most fun to me🙂
The Silly tier is probably my favorite. I miss playing random maps on community maps like in cs source when i was younger. I don't really enjoy the focus on pure competitive maps
OMG Neuschweinstein, imagine that this is what they actually have inside there :D
Copper looks like it could become a casual mode cult classic similar to cs_militia or cs_assault
This vid mustve taken you so many hours to put together. Respect 🤘
Submitted my first map which I made with a friend, predictably it was in the "first time" grouping. Even though you didn't give direct feedback, the general comments will help us for our next project.
Ok, took me like 3 hours to watch this, took too many breaks
But holy, some of these maps were just nuts
Elevation 44:14 is stunning
Taisha 41:20 dayum
Enigma 31:31 WOW, love this lift idea, reminds me half life 1 a bit
Steelmill 30:18 feels unique
If one of them wins and somehow gets into the game I'll return to CS2, haven't played since like 2019-2020
Not only will one of these maps make it to the game but most likely multiple and I am so excited
We need to be allowed to play on OG 1.6 maps like mirage, inferno nuke. It is so much fun
I'm really rooting for Coaline to win. I honestly doubt it will win because although it has an enjoyable and unique layout its theme is a bit too similar to Train. 2 other worthy conestants are Kowloon and Dumbo. I playtested all these maps and they play amazingly.
UselessMouth mentioned 🎉🔥
the fraud that he is
Love how many maps you managed to go over. It makes me want to try my hand at mapping next time. Question though: are the map playtests open? Where could I find the discord for this sort of thing?
@@peanutphobia4967 Playtests are currently on a break but will resume soon. Heres the discord: discord.com/invite/ASTnsCAXf5
The map Yankee at 4:14 has a nice layout
CS definitely could benefit from having silly and somewhat unbalanced maps in non competitive settings. Imagine going into a casual match and you get a game in *de_rats.*
Thanks for 3 sec Refuse review🤝🏻