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Backstory -

Ambrosia was known to be the food and drink of Greek Gods, and whoever ate it would become immortal. Well for the God of War, battle is his food, and blood is his wine. All the forsaken soldiers that die in war from cowardice, hiding from battle, or running away, spend eternity here, killing one another, and forced to fight, until they win the forgiveness of the God of War.

Description -

The idea came from the name, which is the title to my favorite song by the band Alesana. I looked up what it meant and went from there. Ambrosia is a small map, symmetrical map, designed with FFA gametypes in mind. It contains many interesting levels of gameplay, where no one spot you are safe for long. No weapon overpowers, with a nice ballance between close range and long range weapons, that can both be used effectively with skill. Sheild doors prevent grenade spamming the trench, however, are set up in a way that shield camping is not good. Recommended players 2-4, any more than that and you are likely to have spawning issues.

Specs -

Players- 2-4
Gametypes- FFA, Slayer/KOTH/Oddball
Symmetry- Symmetrical
Forge Techniques Used-
-Interlocking
-Floating objects
-Geomerging

Layout -

An overview of the map. Note, it is unescapable, trust me, I tried.

Facing the top deck. Several ways to get up.

Beam Rifle tunnel, and Bubble shield spawn.

The Trench (aka Bruteshot Hallway)

And now the pride of this map... the Tele-Ball
Run like a coward, and go up the lift, but are you safe? Take the risk if you must. Note this is the only way to get the oversheild.

You either come out on either side of the map here.

Or backwards up to the top deck.

This method is good for getting away fast when under fire, and getting an oversheild (set to respawn every 120 seconds) but, you might just end up in the middle of another firefight.

Weapon Placement -

Sorry, crappy paint this time.

The Trench

Upper Deck

Top Deck

More Info

Spike Grenades x3 - 30 seconds
SMG x2 - 2 spare clips - 30 seconds
Battle Rifles x3 - 1 spare clips - 35 seconds (yep, the paint map is wrong about clip size D= )
Bruteshot x1 - 1 spare clip - 120 seconds
Mauler x2 - No spare clips - 45 seconds (Must crouch to get to them)
Beam Rifle x1 - 100 charge - 150 seconds
Bubble shield x1 - 90 seconds

Gameplay Shots -

Guess who got cleanup?

Dodging a grenade while getting the mauler.

You know your desperate when you chuck a spike from that distance...

Using cover in the trench.

Bad choice of cover...

Fighting in the beam rifle tunnel.

Crazy King IS crazy...

FPS views are win.

Eyebulging muscle stretch... UUURGH! I THINK I MIGHT SPLIT MAH ASS!

Reviews -

Gameplay and the map itself rocks my socks off. 4 ppl FFA on this map is really freaking awesome. Lots of OMG WHERE THE F*** DID YOU COME FROM?! moments. Which I like. I like how it's really comp. but it's also got that laid back feeling and you get a bunch of laughs in.

Loved King and slayer worked great. Oddball was a bit quick, but otherwise still fun and not easy. I personally like the shield doors in, but that one is up to you as well. Great map! Good luck! :)

I liked it overall.

Yes, not much of a quote, but it's Insane ;)

This map is seriously great! I loved testing. You have my DL sweeny! Best of luck with this map and others to come. Seriously guys, check this map out! King is fun and I hate king normally :), Great 1v1 map for competitive play, as well as some good old fashion crazy ass fun. I'd like to see this appear in TGIF!

In short, I can sum it up in six words: EPIC AND WORTHY OF A FEATURE!

This is the first good map I've seen in awhile.
Well first good map worth my 100 file limit space :)

People I would like the thank for helping test my map. (No order)

Vorpal Saint
Insane 54
chrstphrbrnnn
ch33s3boy
megathumbs
InferiorPigeon
TurboGerbil
Sabian133
DisturbedPillow

Closing -
This map is perfect to get some good FFA practice in, while having a blast with lots of good laughs. 1 vs. 1 is fun, and 4 people is crazy, without being too overwhelming. Everything in this mapped was placed and layed out for the sole reason to make this map the most enjoyable ever.

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