This is because their economy is accelerated at the start since they only need one probe to morph in multiple buildings quickly. Protoss is generally believed to have an unfair advantage on FPM. Also drops can come from a wider range of angles in the mid spots. This means drops have less distance to travel to get to your main, so it is easier for the mid spots to be dropped. Mid spots have a side where there is very little distance between the base's ledge and their main nexus. Corner spots have longer and narrower chokes so that they are easier to defend. The Fastest Possible Map is imbalanced because the corner positions have an advantage over the mid spots. Today Fastest Possible Maps have developed their own community with two fastest leagues and specific strategies and build orders.Ī battle between Zerg and Protoss on the Fastest Possible Map Ever To make Fastest Possible Maps a map editor that is capable of stacking minerals is needed, such as StarEdit on the Macintosh or StarCraft Extra Editor.
All of these maps can be downloaded from the Download section. Other popular versions are Fastest Possible Map Green, where the grass tileset is used, and Fastest Possible Map Perfected which has two stacks of minerals per base.
Fastest Possible Map Ever Space is the most popular and it is the layout and dimensions used by the FPM gosus in the fastest leagues. Many different versions have been made since then. The map was hugely popular and he later revised it by getting rid of the minerals along the sides of the base and giving it 10 vespene geysers to create basically the same layout as we see today. created the Fastest Possible Map Ever on by taking the "$$$BEST MAP EVER$$$" and adding 50 stacked minerals right next to your starting location.
A professional Starcraft Broodwar gamer named MeAT. The Fastest Possible Map Ever started out as the money map where there were rows of stacked minerals along the sides of your base and many vespene geysers, known as "$$$BEST MAP EVER$$$" or also called Pado Map. The Fastest Possible Map (FPM) is one of the most popular Starcraft and Brood War maps on. The original website has been moved to a new location: Credit for all content, code, style, and images of the website go to the original owner. Check out the community section for more information.
No further details about his background, other than his nickname being KimDragon, has been released at this time.This website has been acquired from the original owner in an effort to update the the state of StarCraft: Fastest Possible Map gaming and to let gamers know that the FMP community is still alive and kicking. While the pair of maps will most likely never see competitive play, the move shows Moon's understanding of a demographic that is often difficult to engage.Ī certain "General Manager Kim" from the camp's Digital Media Team has been identified as the creator of the two maps. The game is still going today, setting the standard for the rest of the world in regard to esports production value and level of competition. StarCraft has a long history in South Korea, and is widely accepted as the game that popularized esports and made superstars out of the top players. Moon's party - The Democratic Party of Korea - has always enjoyed the support of the general gaming crowd, in large part due to three-time congressman Jeon Byeong-heon's efforts as KeSPA's (Korean e-Sports Association) chairman. The South Korean internet's reception of the event has been positive overall, with many longtime fans of the legacy RTS praising the campaign team's timeliness and creativity. Ahn's party number just so happens to be three. The end of the 26-second clip ends with "Player 3 was eliminated" - the standard system message the game displays when Player 3 is defeated by having all of their buildings destroyed. The second is a copy of the popular classic map "Hunters," but with a twist: The player who gets to start from the 1 o'clock base gets a massive economic advantage.Ī tiny promotional video was also released along the two maps, featuring a subtle political jab towards Moon's political rival Ahn Cheol-soo, who is second in the polls.
The first map is relatively bare and straightforward: Moon's full name and party number are spelled out in minerals at the center of it.