Gullywash

Gullywash
Map Information
Map type	5CP
Latest version	cp_gullywash_f9
First released	April 9, 2009
Last updated	June 3, 2022
Developer	Jan "Arnold" Laroy
Official map	No
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Competitive Information
Format	6v6
In rotation	Cup 20 Season 42 Season 10 OZF 34

Gullywash is a map created by Arnold. The map was first posted to the TF2Maps.Net forums on April 9, 2009 and was promptly included in ETF2L 6v6 Season 6 later that year. The map has been a staple in the competitive 6v6 scene since then, and was officially added to the game on October 13 2011.

Gullywash is well-known for its more closed design; featuring only two entrances (choke and big door) to its middle point as opposed to the more popular three entrances. This can often lead to more stalemates and slower play around the second point. In contrast, Gullywash is notorious for its relatively fast-capping last point featuring a flank route underneath the point known as "water".

Callouts

Mid point

Gullywash mid point callouts
Choke Big Door Dropdown Lower / Yard Elbow / Banana Nipple / Point Ramp / Small Banana Boxes / Crates Top

Second point

Gullywash second point callouts
Upper / Balcony Rocks Big Door Lobby / Shutter Choke Second Point

Lobby

Gullywash lobby callouts
River Balcony / Launchpad Lower Lobby / Wood Main Upper Lobby Shutter / Lockers Lobby

Last point

Gullywash last point callouts (defenders' perspective)
Shutter / Lockers Balcony / Launchpad Left Point Main River Right

• The area underneath the point is known as "water"
• The area underneath left is known as "secret"

Map information

Gullywash has one of the shortest last point capture times in the competitive map pool, at 3.8 seconds with x1 multiplier. This, combined with the flank routes below and beside the point (water and secret), make Gullywash prone to round-winning backcaps.

Point capture times (seconds)

Multiplier	Mid	Second	Last
x1	19.00	16.00	3.80
x2	12.67	10.67	2.53
x3	10.36	8.73	2.07
x4	9.12	7.68	1.82
x5	8.32	7.01	1.66
x6	7.76	6.53	1.55
x7	7.33	6.17	1.47
x8	6.99	5.89	1.40
x9	6.72	5.66	1.34
x10	6.49	5.46	1.30
x11	6.29	5.30	1.26

Respawn wave times (seconds)

Control points owned by opposing team
1	2	Neutral	3	4
8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9

Health and ammo packs

16	6	18	8

Rollouts

The Demoman rollout leads to choke, whereas the Roaming Soldier rollout leads to big door with the rest of the team. The Medic will usually go up elbow and meet the Demoman at choke.

Demoman

Roaming Soldier

Map pool history

Gullywash has been a staple in the competitive community since its debut in 2009; being very popular in organized tournaments as well as pickup games. It is one of very few maps to have only been dropped from the map pool once (in Oceania for OWL 5). In 2020, the Refresh.tf project began working on Gullywash and released versions of the map with many minor fixes that made it more suited for competitive play. These fixed versions have since been adopted by the community in preference to the official version.

Gallery

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  Overview of Gullywash

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  Gullywash callouts

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  The area beside the last point, known as "secret"

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  The area underneath the last point, known as "water"

Trivia

• The callout "water" was named due to the area being filled with water in previous versions of the map
• The callout "river" was named due to a river being outside the windows in the area in previous versions of the map. Additionally, it "leads to water".
• The original name for Gullywash was cp_worselands.

External links

• TF2Maps.net forum thread
• TF2Maps.net Refresh forum thread
• TeamFortress.tv Refresh forum thread
• Refresh.tf page
• Footage from TLR featuring an earlier version of the map, showing the water in "water".