EPTIs there any word if the map pool changes for the new ladder season starting on the 26th of January? I know Blizz isn't supporting SC2 anymore, but is there at least a minimal map pool rotation?
Thanks.
New ladder maps for first season of 2021?
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iMECH_KolosS
Canada63 Posts
Is there any word if the map pool changes for the new ladder season starting on the 26th of January? I know Blizz isn't supporting SC2 anymore, but is there at least a minimal map pool rotation? Thanks. | ||
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Elentos
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On January 25 2021 02:32 Elentos wrote: They haven't said anything but I find it likely they will not change the map pool before the IEM World Championship so the players have experience on the maps. That's not a great reason given that if they had released/previewed the maps at the regular time the players would have had 6 weeks to prepare on them, but that's probably the reason Blizzard is going to give. The alternative explanation is that whoever's left at Blizzard doesn't know how to run the QA/performance tooling for maps, or how to make changes to them before releasing them to ladder. | ||
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deacon.frost
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samsim
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iMECH_KolosS
Canada63 Posts
On January 25 2021 07:12 samsim wrote: There has been no preview, and no news in the launcher or on the SC2 website for a new season. Got the info here. Not sure how realiable that is:  Battle.net Seasons | ||
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samsim
United States26 Posts
On January 25 2021 07:16 iMECH_KolosS wrote: Got the info here. Not sure how realiable that is: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Battle.net_Seasons Funnily enough, that page had a revision that reported that the season was ending in March as Blizzard revised their season end date, and then Blizzard revised the date again to the original one. Which only adds to confusion. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On January 25 2021 07:37 samsim wrote: Funnily enough, that page had a revision that reported that the season was ending in March as Blizzard revised their season end date, and then Blizzard revised the date again to the original one. Which only adds to confusion. So what I'm getting of this is, that there's only 1 person in charge and it's Joker  But honestly, would love to know when the new maps arrive and which are they. | ||
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iMECH_KolosS
Canada63 Posts
On January 25 2021 07:55 deacon.frost wrote: So what I'm getting of this is, that there's only 1 person in charge and it's Joker But honestly, would love to know when the new maps arrive and which are they. I guess we'll know on Tuesday ! :-D .....Or not hahah | ||
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Legan
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iMECH_KolosS
Canada63 Posts
On January 25 2021 18:05 Legan wrote: Also thing that could be highlighted is that TLMC has not been announced yet, but I guess everything is just scheduled to happen after IEM finals and/or Blizzconilne. That's true. Didn't think about TLMC. Are we sure it's still happening ? Been out of touch with the scene in 2018-mid-2020 so haven't seen one in a while. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On January 25 2021 18:05 Legan wrote: Also thing that could be highlighted is that TLMC has not been announced yet, but I guess everything is just scheduled to happen after IEM finals and/or Blizzconilne. Mapmakers need some time to do their maps and if the plan is to start new maps after the IEM which is happening in a month, I believe the time is now. But I've never payed attention to the scheduling of the TLMC so maybe later is fine. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
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On January 26 2021 01:32 deacon.frost wrote: Mapmakers need some time to do their maps and if the plan is to start new maps after the IEM which is happening in a month, I believe the time is now. But I've never payed attention to the scheduling of the TLMC so maybe later is fine. Nah. Blizz has always been insanely slow at that, with months in between the end of a TLMC and those maps being added to ladder. The next map pool will presumably still be maps from the January 2020 TLMC (under normal circumstances at least). If the TLMC starts after IEM I have some doubts about whether we'd even see those maps in the ladder season after the next. Assuming there's a TLMC at all... | ||
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Legan
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ZigguratOfUr
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On January 26 2021 02:14 Legan wrote: In last last two years TLMC was announced on 9th and 10th of January and submission phase lasted 25 days. The judging takes about one week. After that one week for tournament and another for iteration before voting opens. Voting usually last only 1 week more. I expect that they at least don't want to try getting people to judge maps during Katowice. I'm not sure how long the off season is meant to last, but that is of course the best time for running this. Everything was finished TLMC14-wise by the beginning of March last year. But the subsequent March map pool was still maps from the previous summer's TLMC, and it took three more months before maps from TLMC14 got to ladder. | ||
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CicadaSC
United States1913 Posts
On January 26 2021 02:14 Legan wrote: In last last two years TLMC was announced on 9th and 10th of January and submission phase lasted 25 days. The judging takes about one week. After that one week for tournament and another for iteration before voting opens. Voting usually last only 1 week more. I expect that they at least don't want to try getting people to judge maps during Katowice. I'm not sure how long the off season is meant to last, but that is of course the best time for running this. they should just add maps without people judging them tbh. anything will do. | ||
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Rantech
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InfCereal
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jimminy_kriket
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