Intergalactic Advice sought

[Archon_Wing]

Folks on battle.net tend to only play on several types of maps. (ie. Lost Temple, Hunters, etc.) There's also maps that contain excessive resources (money maps) such as big game hunters, but I wouldn't recomond those.

The most popular non money map is probaly Lost Temple. It's probaly the least imbalanced of the Blizzard maps, but there are still some really cheesy gimmicks on that map..(also someone found out the bottom base doesn't mine as fast- how do you notice that!?) which is why there are many edited versions of Lost Temple. You probaly want to learn to play this map first. I do advocate learning to play the game over learning to play a map, but I think you might end up fighting over that temple quite a few times. :)

You can download the "improved" versions of Temple and a horde of other maps if you want some variety here: http://www.wgtour.com/map.php?datab=broodwar

These maps are in general more balanced than the ones originally released by Blizzard (although one might contest that) (Note: maps with "obs" in them need to be played with the setting use map settings These are maps that allow observers)

Finally, get ready to lose. You will lose many times, and that's a good thing. Just remember every loss is a learning experience. Well, that's what I tell myself. B)