My name is Gonzalo Graña (aka SpaNiarD) and today I'll talk a little bit about the new patch 1.15.
The patchers of Blizzard were always developing the version of BW. They did a lot of good stuff in the old versions, taking off all bugs, developing allied chat default and color nicknames, pool +50 minerals, etc. etc.
Only in weird situations they did wrong stuff, as they did in 1.14 with the Ladder thing, making ads about a wgtour season that never started until 1.15.
But now, with 1.15, everything they did is wrong.
1st, i think the biggest mistake they ever did, is not showing the download process before the map is downloaded. That produces a lot of problems in maps with a lot of ppl, such as UMS or 3v3 maps. But that is not the only thing that bugs me, also the League thing is problematic... why they decided to make the leagues thing now and why is so hard to make a league? Isn't better a new restore Ladder eliminating winbotters? The wont need a lot of ppl to do that, if all the players name results are sent to a webpage.
WGTour is obviously would be a good partner for Blizzard, only if they really work. Just staying and only worrying about the Clan League and Nation Wars is not enough. 1v1 players want more competition in StarCraft and, without an official ladder, its very hard to find any.
A 1v1 ladder motivates players to fight and compite for the best place.
So, my final opinion about everything is:
1.15 makes hard to play in UMS or 3v3 until we´ll have a 1.15b or a decent launcher
WGTour should worry more about 1v1, and if they have not enough admins, they can find more, im sure they can
Ladders and Leagues both motivates ppl, but league is hard to create one and Ladder is easier as we sawn in the past
Poll: You prefer 1.15 or 1.14?
(Vote): 1.15
(Vote): I don't really care
(Vote): 1.14