automatch/ladder map pool (OUTDATED, SEE LINK)

[Mephi]

Balmy is an abomination which should be removed from the map pool and the vault thanks.

i support that and want to add volcano duel

[JaggedAppliance]

We need a way to rate maps Tokyto.

[Tagada]

I would love to see a third option added to the pool with around 15-20 maps. I believe that there are simply not enough good quality maps for ladder to sustain a 30 mapladder pool. Remember that half of them will change aswell so we need atleast 45 maps then. I still think that 30 is better then 7 but i think that atleast some people will rather have something in between.
Also i think that a thread for voting on ladder maps would be really helpful because we could then vote for maps to be added into the pool or taken out. We could also sugest maybe some changes to certain maps to make them better? It would be really cool to refresh some maps and make them much better. Eg. I think that most maps where you have insane reclaim everywhere (eg. The Ditch) are a little bit more like intresting maps or even sometimes minigames then proper ladder maps. I understand that diversity is nice but I personally think the main reclaim should be in spots so the players can fight for it and not just everywhere on the map.

[Farmsletje]

Not every map has to be a quality map when you have a bigger pool.

[Morax]

As someone who has scrubbed the map vault a number of times, I would believe Donald Trump would do nice things for a black man before believing enough maps exist to keep a rotation going in a 30-map pool.

[JaggedAppliance]

There are enough maps for a 30 map pool.

[Morax]

We should make a list together, then. I'm having a hard time believing it. It's definitely more interesting to have a larger pool so maybe we can help by making one?

[Turinturambar]

why does it need to rotate much? can also make a static 35-35 pool and change 5 maps of those a month

[Mephi]

why does it need to rotate much? can also make a static 35-35 pool and change 5 maps of those a month

with a proper map picking algorithm it never has to change

[Plasma_Wolf]

I made a list of the maps I remember playing 1v1 games on. There are some I seriously dislike (--), but that's just personal, and some that are downright unsuitable for 1v1 games, there's a personal element in there as well, but I think the argument is rational enough to put there. Of course everyone is going to moan about one map or another. Now, none of the maps I seriously dislike should be removed because I don't like them. There's got to be a genuine reason, though this is of course debatable. But I doubt we'll go below the 20 or even below the 30 maps by removing the ones that are unsuitable.

1 Abhor
2 Africa
3 Arctic Refuge (--)
4 Badlands
5 Blasted Rock
6 Break v3
7 Broken Vows
8 Canis River
9 Chiron
10 Cloud Kingdom LE (annoying heightmap)
11 Cobalt Valley
12 Crag Dunes (Double Choke points)
13 Crashing Waves (Too spread out, no stuff in between islands to fight over)
14 Crimson Feud
15 Crossfire Canal
16 Daroza's Sanctuary
17 Desert Joust
18 Desert Arena II (Not symmetrical)
19 Desart Arena II XL (Too large, not symmetrical)
20 Dry Canyon V3
21 Emerald Crater (--)
22 Eridani
23 Esgaroths Ruins
24 Eye of the Storm
25 Farce in Tha Forest
26 Fields of Isis (Becomes an eco game, whoever ecos best wins)
27 Fields of Thunder (Heightmap in the middle makes ACUs miss non-ACU targets 50% of the time)
28 Finns Revenge (-- 10x over)
29 Firelight
30 Forbidden Pass
31 Forgotten Facilities
32 Four Leaf Clover (--, but good for 1v1, just needs the middle reclaim to become symmetrical)
33 Haven Reef (--)
34 High Noon (-- 10x over)
35 Hollow
36 Last Oasis
37 Loki
38 Niflheim (--)
39 Ocil Wetlands
40 Open Palms
41 Open Zeta
42 Pelagial (Seems a crappy more spread ou version tof Roanoke)
43 Point of Reach
44 Red Rocks
45 Regor VI Highlands
46 Roanoke Abyss
47 Selkie Isle (Seems too big)
48 Seraphim Glaciers
49 Seton's Clutch (Seems too big, middle reclaim not symmetrical)
50 Summer Duel
51 Syrtis Major
52 TAG Craftious Maximus
53 The Bermuda Locket
54 The Land Wilderness
55 Theta Passage
56 Theta Passage 5
57 Twin Rivers (Nothing of value in the middle, will be a 20 minute standoff)
58 Vulcans Reach
59 VYA-3 Protectorate (-- 10x over)
60 White Fire
61 Williamson's Bridge
62 Winter Duel (Sequence of choke points)
63 Z-D Rasty