EPTROUND 1 CLOSURE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
ROSTERS
-updating rosters will be possible between the rounds
-teams can trade, release, and acquire players freely, without a draft
-any new player must meet the following critteria:
a) be an active user in the live reports threads of the SC2 section
OR
b) show exceptional involvement in the community in other sections of the site (examples: Mizenhauer's writer coverage, Kashim's liquipedia work)
-the rule above does not work retroactively: soO, GuMiho and Railgan all allowed to keep playing (and can be traded or released like the other players)
MAPS
Following changes are being made to the map pool:
-[LRTL]Incubation is being replaced with TT
-Regarding replacement of other maps, the players are asked to vote in the polls:
Abyssal Reef
Port Aleksander
Caldeum 3
Pandora
Neo Catalyst
Ametrin
ROSTERS
-updating rosters will be possible between the rounds
-teams can trade, release, and acquire players freely, without a draft
-any new player must meet the following critteria:
a) be an active user in the live reports threads of the SC2 section
OR
b) show exceptional involvement in the community in other sections of the site (examples: Mizenhauer's writer coverage, Kashim's liquipedia work)
-the rule above does not work retroactively: soO, GuMiho and Railgan all allowed to keep playing (and can be traded or released like the other players)
MAPS
Following changes are being made to the map pool:
-[LRTL]Incubation is being replaced with TT
-Regarding replacement of other maps, the players are asked to vote in the polls:
Abyssal Reef
Port Aleksander
Caldeum 3
Pandora
Neo Catalyst
Ametrin
As for the possible replacements, players are encouraged to suggest their own picks, otherwise we will converge most likely to some of the TLMC maps and old ladder/tournament maps.
