I appreciate the fast response but let me explain why - all 3 are nightmares for TvP, 2 for PvZ. With loser-pick, it thus becomes very difficult in some MU ^^ Even without this it makes map pool skewed!

greenelve

Germany1392 Posts

October 11 2012 05:56 GMT

#343

On October 11 2012 12:00 Jealous wrote:

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Maybe its time for a council, some players with map knowledge to decide a mappool for all D Rank leagues and tours....would make it easier to have balanced maps for our skilllevel and map preparations when different tours have to be played in a short time.

Jealous

10154 Posts

October 11 2012 11:23 GMT

#344

I don't think it should be that formal - just check TLPD for map balances, combine with the knowledge that reverse ramp is designed to help P in leagues because of their poor showing as a whole, cliffs favor T and Z for muta harass, ridges favor Z in ZvP (think SR lurk contain), unbuildable center hurts T pushing, 3 player maps almost all Z>P and P>T in theory, etc. and use this knowledge to make a more balanced pool as a whole, not necessarily fully banning certain maps for imbalance ^^

Sentenal

United States12398 Posts

October 11 2012 12:22 GMT

#345

I'm in favor of keeping our current round robin group stage, rather than some confusing swiss system. Maybe you could seed groups based on Birdie's ranks or previous season performance, its up to you if you would want to do that. Personally I would seed based on standings from the previous season, into round robin groups.

As for maps, just take a big list of commonly played maps, and poll them. Pre-decide map lineups.

empty.bottle

685 Posts

October 11 2012 14:58 GMT

#346

It's neo aztec, not aztec the drops on the natural are annoying.
Even neo medusa(I hate that map) has a higher TvP winrate, the maps seem to be pretty balanced.
Even NHBR and Icarus are terran favored. oh oc othello...
I'm sure terran can't win cause of the map pool lol.
Idk about PvZ cause I suck, but I don't care about the maps, as long as blue storm isn't on the map pool, IMO the map pool should change for entertainment purposes rather than to strike the perfect balance.

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

October 11 2012 15:21 GMT

#347

Not all maps can be Tau Cross and Fighting Spirit.
As long as it's not broken like Tears of the Moon, or weird, like Troy, Holy World, Plasma, I'm ok with most maps (including Blue Storm

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pebble444

Italy2497 Posts

October 15 2012 10:03 GMT

#348

Finalists read this:

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I recieved only 3 games. Final is a BO7, so you must play out more games i suppose?

also Uround and sentenel third place match?

Btw sorry guys for not being there at game time and not being present generally lately.

Sentenal

United States12398 Posts

October 16 2012 03:35 GMT

#349

On October 15 2012 19:03 pebble444 wrote:
Finalists read this:

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I recieved only 3 games. Final is a BO7, so you must play out more games i suppose?

also Uround and sentenel third place match?

Btw sorry guys for not being there at game time and not being present generally lately.

Oh, I forgot there was supposed to be a 3rd place match. Guess I should contact Uround.

edit: As an update, I haven't heard from him since I PMed him like 2-3 days ago, so IDK if it will be happening.

edit2: have now heard from uround, should play sometime this week.

edit3: Never heard back about a time to play from uround. Might as well call the 3rd place a draw at this point, doesn't look like its gonna happen.