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Season 7 is drawing to a close, and that means that all ladders will be locked soon.
What does this mean for you? During the Season 7 lock, you can no longer be promoted or demoted out of your current league or division, and your bonus pool will stop growing. Once locked to a league and division, you'll still be able to play out your remaining bonus pool and compete for standing within your division until the end of the season, so it's a great time to have some fun and perhaps push for a better milestone. If you're after a league promotion, then you still have a little time left! The Season 7 lock will go into effect on Tuesday, June 5 at 5:30 a.m. PDT.
Please note that the hidden ratings used to determine promotions and demotions will continue to update during the Season 7 lock and be used for matchmaking purposes. This means that if you play significantly better or worse than your assigned league at the time of the lock, your league may change when Season 8 begins and after you play your first placement match. If you go on a winning streak during the lock, for example, you may end up being promoted next season. On the other hand, if you happen to lose a lot more than usual, then you could be demoted. The important thing to keep in mind is that your games during the lock still count.
Season 8 Start Date
The Season 7 lock also means that Season 8 is right around the corner. During the week of June 11, Season 7 will end and Season 8 will begin. Season milestone rewards will be locked in at this time, and bonus pools will reset. Hidden skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement will carry over from the previous season, so if you've completed placement matches in a previous season you will only need to play one new placement match after Season 8 starts.
Link:
+ Show Spoiler +http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/6176106/Season_7_Lock_Incoming-5_30_2012#blog
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I always look forward to these, even if I have stopped laddering for the most part.
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Finally, I took a break from SC2 for Diablo, now I'm too afraid to go back to ladder since I fear demotion due to detremented skills. At least now I can go back to practicing normally.
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Finally :D
I skipped this season to reset MMR just for fun, can't wait for the next season :D
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Hmm, wow, is it really that time already?
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every month is a new season!
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Yay, means that the new season is out when I get home from holiday. Means my NA MMR has reset so I can use that account to trash around on while I get back into shape without having my EU MMR go to shit.
On May 31 2012 09:47 Torte de Lini wrote:
No map changes, poop :x
In the past they didn't announce map changes at this blog post either so there's still hope to see Metalopolis (most likely considering the last poll) removed. Source for what I said.
On May 31 2012 09:58 MicroTastiC wrote:
every month is a new season!
2 Months actually. I would prefer 3Month seasons but currently it is quite convenient for me.
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I think a lot of people will come back for this season actually. Nice time to start again after the whole Diablo3 buisness.
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But i just started playing again 
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Yeah season lock for may 5th! ( i guess someone made a mistake ! )
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IMO Metalopolis is one of the best maps created by Blizzard, It's been with us forever I don't want it to leave. I don't really get why people are hating on it so much. [Mid Master Zerg and High Dia Random]
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Its because its overpowered for zerg.
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On May 31 2012 10:18 Zombo Joe wrote:
Its because its overpowered for zerg.
This. And I'm a masters zerg myself haha. The map is very strong for zerg. I do like =)
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IF BLIZZARD DOES NOT REMOVE THE FOLLOWING MAPS, I WILL TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES*:
Metalopolis
SO THERE.
*(does not include violence, protesting or angry letters)
But seriously, at least reintroducing Metropolis or subbing out another map for it would be fantastic. All I get are Daybreak, Antiga and Ohana.
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Maybe I should work down my bonus pool before the new season...
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Introduce all spawn positions for metalopolis and you shall have balance on that map once again.
I honestly don't see why it is a problem as a diamond protoss. I didn't feel that it was imbalanced when I played against terrans, zergs or mirrors.
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Blizzard stated when they removed Metropolis from ladder that we'd see it again on ladder. I'll guess that that'll be the next season already.
I'm a lot more interested to know the replacement for (most likely) Metalopolis, assuming they keep the map pool at 10 maps.
When looking at possible news maps there are no real obvious picks. There are currently no maps around that are commonly used in all of the major tournaments that haven´t been on ladder. The closest thing to that would be Atlantis Spaceship but I´m afraid what they'd do to that map in order to make it fit on ladder. Other possible picks would be Whirlwind, Muspelheim, Frigid Pass or Vicious and out of those I like Muspelheim the most.
Biggest problem with those last 4 maps would be that the gamecount on those games is simply too low.
I would be surprised (and pissed) if they would actually put Bel'Shir on the ladder. The map is being phased out for a reason: it's terrible.
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I've had so little time to actually play this season... I'm currently at ~500 bonus pool. Guess I'll have to try to burn through that during the lock. 
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On May 31 2012 10:36 Zariel wrote:
Introduce all spawn positions for metalopolis and you shall have balance on that map once again.
I honestly don't see why it is a problem as a diamond protoss. I didn't feel that it was imbalanced when I played against terrans, zergs or mirrors.
please please please tell me this is a joke? close spawns are the most broken and imbalanced spawns u can get. id rather play steps of war then close spawns metal....
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