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LHK
Profile Joined May 2015
204 Posts
January 26 2021 00:28 GMT
#21
That's super disappointing. Really feel like the community should make some noise about it, not updating the map pool between seasons is just awful and further drives me away from playing the game. Blizzard may not care about SC2 anymore but the community surely does. Did Blizz just forget or is this how things are going to be from now on, on the same pool?
-Laura
HelpMeGetBetter
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
United States764 Posts
January 26 2021 00:35 GMT
#22
On January 26 2021 08:27 InfCereal wrote:
New season is live on EU. Same maps.


Didn't we have a short 2 month season before? Hopefully things are just weird due to IEM
ReZero
Profile Joined April 2019
United Kingdom29 Posts
January 26 2021 02:19 GMT
#23
To be honest, I don't have any expectations for Blizzard right now, especially after they stop updating StarCraft 2.
Snakestyle11
Profile Joined December 2018
191 Posts
January 26 2021 02:46 GMT
#24
Would be nice if they would give ESL/afreeca control over ladder seasons, maps and balance patches.
Chris_Havoc
Profile Joined August 2016
United States600 Posts
January 26 2021 03:32 GMT
#25
I think an ESL/TLMC collaboration for future ladder map pools is actually a pretty snazzy idea all things considered.
Owner of the SC2 Esports Anthology channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SC2EsportsAnthology
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-01-26 03:58:12
January 26 2021 03:57 GMT
#26
On January 26 2021 12:32 Chris_Havoc wrote:
I think an ESL/TLMC collaboration for future ladder map pools is actually a pretty snazzy idea all things considered.


It's a good idea, and helps with many of the current problems with TLMC. Instead of one contest per year with the maps getting to ladder and the tournament scene 4 to 16 months down the line (and several patches down the line though that might not be a problem going forward), they could instead hold smaller contests more regularly, and test them out by using them in the ESL Open Cups for example. And with a system like that you can take bigger risks with maps, since if it turns out through regular testing in the open cups that a map has glaring issues, well then you can just swap it out from the pool before bigger tournaments happen.

However while that's great for tournaments I don't think that really solves the problem of ladder. The bottleneck has never been a lack of maps, but rather that Blizzard has to get around to QAing and performance testing to make sure that any toaster PC they officially claim to support for SCII can run on the maps. And doing that and uploading maps to ladder is the one thing that Blizzard cannot offload to the community.
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
January 26 2021 08:56 GMT
#27
Oh come on Blizzard, this is ridiculous.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
iMECH_KolosS
Profile Joined November 2020
Canada61 Posts
January 26 2021 17:05 GMT
#28
.....Looks like I'm going to veto Jaganatha, Pillars of Gold and Submarine again for a few months hahaha. Fuck...
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20326 Posts
January 26 2021 22:25 GMT
#29
On January 26 2021 08:47 jimminy_kriket wrote:
You've gotta be kidding me.


What is even the point of a new season if everything is the same? I always played them for the new maps.
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
January 26 2021 22:45 GMT
#30
On January 27 2021 07:25 Cyro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2021 08:47 jimminy_kriket wrote:
You've gotta be kidding me.


What is even the point of a new season if everything is the same? I always played them for the new maps.

Hey, I get that placement matches intro every time which reminds me to check them maps Although it would be nice if Blizzard realized that after 5 or 6 years of unranked I really not gonna do them.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
iMECH_KolosS
Profile Joined November 2020
Canada61 Posts
March 02 2021 11:53 GMT
#31
Reviving this thread to go on a tangent. Assuming we don't get ''new'' maps at new season start in April, what recent map (< 3 years) would you like to see comeback in the new rotation ?
Diamond Random Player
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
March 02 2021 11:59 GMT
#32
On March 02 2021 20:53 iMECH_KolosS wrote:
Reviving this thread to go on a tangent. Assuming we don't get ''new'' maps at new season start in April, what recent map (< 3 years) would you like to see comeback in the new rotation ?

Was looking for this thread to save the link and revive later this month because I have a bad feeling. So thanks for saving me time

To your question - none. I want new maps and remove the damn Submarine finally, it's atrocity.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-02 12:04:38
March 02 2021 12:04 GMT
#33
Can we rotate to old maps like Abyssal Reef and make into new ladder maps instead?
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
AbouSV
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany1278 Posts
March 02 2021 12:18 GMT
#34
Lost temple and BGH like at Blizzconline?

*AHEM*
Kvarc
Profile Joined April 2014
7 Posts
March 02 2021 12:25 GMT
#35
I think we could make a poll in the future and let people vote for an ideal map pool with all previous maps.

But i believe it will be necessary only in several years. I am sure Blizzard add some maps after 1st Aprill
Huge fun of Enourmous Gabe
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
March 02 2021 13:04 GMT
#36
On March 02 2021 21:18 AbouSV wrote:
Lost temple and BGH like at Blizzconline?

*AHEM*

Yeah, if you're gonna meme it, do it properly with the best map evah! Steppes. Of. War. PvP new meta will be sniping enemies natural with tempests from your natural
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
ThunderJunk
Profile Joined December 2015
United States726 Posts
March 02 2021 17:10 GMT
#37
Bring back Jungle Basin!
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
Chemist391
Profile Joined October 2010
United States366 Posts
March 02 2021 17:22 GMT
#38
Tal'Darim Altar! I miss 4-player maps.
Legan
Profile Joined June 2017
Finland569 Posts
March 02 2021 17:23 GMT
#39
Maybe the more worrying thing is that there has not been a official map contest this year and it takes least several months after the results are known to have maps from it on ladder. We currently have some maps from previous TLMC that could be used, but after that old ones would probably be used.
Creator of Gresvan, Tropical Sacrifice, Taitalika, and Golden Forge
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26304 Posts
March 02 2021 18:10 GMT
#40
Golden Wallllllll

That pipedream aside I’m mostly looking for some kind of rigid framework and timeline for how map pools will be implemented in the future. Unless I’ve missed stuff there doesn’t seem to be a huge amount that’s concrete in this regard.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
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