Pronunciation /pɾo.nunˌθia̯ˈmie̯n.to/

(literally) A pronouncement or "declaration".
(idiomatic) A military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century. They received this designation because coups were usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void.

For anyone who can't be bothered to read the whole thread, I'll summarise it here.

Pronunciamiento is an extremely small, tight map, ideal for 1v1s, small ffa games and Team Doubles at a push.
The map mostly consists of three routes to each base; a figure of eight by the sides, or taking a passage straight through the middle.
Power weapons include a sniper suspended over blue base, and a mauler suspended over red base.
Optimised for Slayer, Oddball and KOTH. No other gametypes have been accounted for, but Juggernaut also seems to work.

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For anyone who can, pull up a swivel chair and make yourselves comfortable.

Introduction

Firstly, this is the first map of mine that's come from /nothing/. No ideas of what should come out of the other end at all. Which I think is good, because I didn't have to cater for any pre-conceived images. However, I've certainly had quite a few inspirations in making this map.

Construct, with its multiple layers and paths to the same destinations.
Guardian, with it's compact, freeform structure, and asymmetry.
Slate Creek, with an excellent center piece and its many different levels of play.

So those were the maps bouncing around in my head as I made this. I actually started out with the red base, with just some huge blocks and a flamethrower. Gradually, I removed the flamethrower, added some spawns, and add some tight paths around the outside. Then I made the middle passage, added the weird obelisk structures, then finished off blue base. And then I scrapped half of it and tried again. :P 16 hours later, the final map popped out!

Cool fact #1: By placing the red and blue lights under the map, I managed to make an eerie look inside each of the oibelisk structures, as well as add a nice visual effect to the blue elbow. Woo, scary.

Weapons List

4x BR -- 30 seconds -- 2 spare clips
2x Magnum -- 30 seconds -- 2 spare clips
2x Plasma Rifles -- 30 seconds
1x Mauler -- 60 seconds -- 1 spare clip
1x Sniper -- 120 seconds -- 1 spare clip

6x Frag Grenades -- 10 seconds
4x Plasma Grenades -- 30 seconds
1x Power Drain -- 90 seconds -- No start
1x Overshield -- 90 seconds -- No start

Common sense -- 15 seconds -- No suicides

The weapon selection may look small, but it's a 2v2 map, and the dual wielding combos can be quite unique and useful. PR and Magnum for mid range, PR and Mauler for close range, each should take less than a second with some good aiming. Equipment has also been added, but it won't spawn at the start. Things tended to get a little crazy during testing when everyone was rushing for the Overshield and forgetting the other side :P.

Cool Fact #2: If you've got a Plasma Rifle, the lighting scheme means that it'll often turn the colour of the base you're facing. Dual wield them for police lights lolage!

Guided Tour with Screenshots

Ignore the teleporter, that was just for convenience whilst forging. As you can see, the map has a fairly symmetrical structure by asymmetric means. Ie, there's pretty much the same routes, but with different weapons, platforms, etc. I couldn't really get a clearer shot of everything, so bear with me.

This is where the flamethrower originally was, and it was originally meant to be the centre of the map! Thankfully, things didn't work out that way. There's a BR facing the red court, a route to the right, and the passageway through the middle with the Red Plasmas.

As you can see, there's another BR down this route, and a Magnum and some Frags. This is also a good way to sneak around the massive fight towards the middle, as it's relatively hidden from view. It's also a good camping spot in Oddball, and one of the hills in KOTH.

Cool Fact #3: Originally, this was the Mauler spawn, but that seemed to shift the balance a bit far in Red's favour... I rotated almost every weapon on the map through the Magnum spawn until I decided to leave that area as just an advantageous route, and nothing else.

Here's the new Mauler spawn. It's in a good place for red to fall back once they've claimed the mauler, and alternatively a good place for blue to mount an attack, getting behind the reds quickly. Originally housed a Missile Pod before I decided to cut back and add soemthing more conservative...

The red court contains the Overshield, one of the power weapons on the map. More or less in equal distance from both bases, should blue know how to jump, the overshield doesn't spawn until 90 seconds in, letting everyone focus on bickering over the sniper rifle beforehand. Also houses a magnum and some frags. Also a hill in KOTH.

Say hello to the blue base, which is personally my favorite. They spawn right under the sniper, but it turns out to be a fairly equal distance from both bases in the end. Blue can go left onto the elbow at the start to secure plasma, right by jumping over the fallen obelisk to pin down the red court, or straight through the middle for a more defensive path.

As you can see, they start with a BR towards the elbow, and another further down towards the court. However, the power drain also spawns midway into the game down blue corridor, which helps counter the overshield. Spawns at the same time as the overshield.

From the blue elbow, you have a great view of the mauler spawn and red passage, as well as access to blue's plasmas. Also a hill in KOTH.

Finally, the sniper spawn. One of the key obejctives free for alls and head to heads, it can be used both as a close quarters stopper and to patrol the blue viewpoints on the red areas. Although it spawns over the blues, red can often reach it first or at least finish off the rusher. Since there's no cover up here, bailing for somewhere else is advisible unless you can no scope like hell. The sniper spawn also provides a quick route into blue base, which can bring a deadly advantage to the reds.

Cool Fact #4: Because of all the paths available, a blue rushing for the sniper can simply jump to the left, bounce off the obelisk, and appear behind any following rushers in about two seconds. Be wary of this technique or get teabagged like hell.

Thanks to anyone who gets this far, I put a lot of time into this itty-bitty map and I'm glad you got something out of it! If there's any balance problems, let me know, and I might post a V2, so long as it's not re-arranging geometry or the like. This is my first map with ghost merging, so assume i'll improve the smoothness of my maps over time.

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