Average map scores after pruning some troll answers: Cobalt Dream: 3.79 Fallendell, Fairyland: 3.64 Rainbow Comet, Skate Park, Faultline, Scaryland, Vantage: 3.57 Red Comet Remake: 3.50 TitanDuel: 3.43 CrossRoads: 3.36 Crystallized Plains, Mecharavaged, Doldrums: 3.21 Gecko Isle, Sparkles Dry: 2.86 Izki Channel: 2.71 Some candidates for (re)addition:
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The new Onyx Cauldron version
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Anvilwood
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Eye of Horus
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Otago
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Heartbreak Hill (idk if this is a good 1v1 map, though)
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Switch Ravaged Remake for Mecharavaged?
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Dune Patrol
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Rotate Izki Channel for some other sea map, or not, idk
At the moment there are 17 maps in the pool rather than the usual 18. So more scope for addition than usual.
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Applied the following. Out: Crystallized Plains 1.01, Mecharavaged v1.01, Izki Channel v1.0, Gecko Isle Remake v1.2, Sparkles Dry v1.04 In: Ravaged Remake v1.1, Eye Of Horus 1.7, Anvilwood v1.1, Shimmershore v1.1, Otago 1.4, Onyx Cauldron 2.1 Map bans have been cleared, including bans on maps that are still in MM.
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It's been an awful long time since the last one of these, actually... September 2024: https://forms.gle/ap8diYZW5LpknRoR7
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Average map scores out of 5: Unpopular ========= Skate Park 2.35 Shimmershore 2.35 Onyx Cauldron 2.6 CrossRoads 2.85 Otago 2.85 Anvilwood 2.85 Mid === Ravaged 3.0 Eye of Horus 3.0 Rainbow Comet 3.1 Decent ====== TitanDuel 3.3 Doldrums 3.3 Red Comet Remake 3.4 Vantage 3.45 Cobalt Dream 3.45 Keep ==== Fallendell 3.65 Scaryland 3.95 Fairyland 4.0 Faultline 4.1
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Potential new/returning inclusions: Canis River v.14 (with modified startboxes) Isidis crack 1.1 (with modified startboxes) Crystallised Plains 1.1 Wanderlust 2.1 Hide and Seek 2.2.3 Barren Hills v2 Iceland (with modified startboxes) Altair Crossing v4 DunePatrolRedux v1.1 Alien Desert/Sertaleina (Mech)Adansonia FrostyCove Mercurial Rogues River Aurelian Izki Channel Thornford Intersection Into Battle
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Implemented the following rotation: Out:
Skate Park Shimmershore Onyx Cauldron CrossRoads Otago Anvilwood Ravaged Eye of Horus Rainbow Comet (still in Teams MM) In:
Canis River Isidis crack Wanderlust Barren Hills Iceland (was in Teams MM already, now in both) FrostyCove Mercurial Izki Channel Intersection Random Plateaus Lake Carne Note that Iceland has new start boxes, and Canis River and Isidis crack have altered startboxes for 1v1. If any of the incoming maps aren't working out well (for 1v1 or in general) let me know.
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With plenty of large flat maps like iceland, canis and isidis, maybe rainbow comet could be swapped out for something more bot-friendly, along the lines of random plateaus? vittra?
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Rainbow Comet is no longer in the 1v1 MM pool. It is only in the Teams pool. Which I assume nobody minds too much. I can and will just throw in Random Plateaus, though.
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I'm dubious on Iceland, very dispersed mex and they're only 1.7 mex instead of the regular 2.0. I'd like to see Lake Carne experimented with, match I played vs Pootis a couple months ago played very differently to how 1v1s normally play out.
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I guess I can throw Lake Carne in as well, but on probation. It looks to me like a map which severely constrains what plops are feasible. It would not take many complaints for me to take it back out.
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Beyond the usual sea map rotation I am looking to put Agalta in the next pool, and bring back some of (Mecha)Ravaged, Eye of Horus, and Rainbow Comet. Also considering Intersection and Anvilwood. Open to other suggestions.
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um i hate to be that guy.. but just as a thought (please dont hate me).. pictures on the voting page would be a cool extra
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The link on the poll page should take you to a list (with pictures) on the ZK website in the same order.
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oh yes you are correct and infact compleatly.. sigh' sometimes i look right at a thing and just dont see it
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Average map scores out of 5: Unpopular ========= Lake Carne 2.2 Iceland 2.5 Barren Hills 2.6 Isidis Crack 2.9 Doldrums 2.9 Scaryland 2.9 Mid ========= FrostyCove 3.0 Izki Channel 3.1 (?!) Mercurial 3.1 Decent ========= Canis River 3.3 Wanderlust 3.3 Intersection 3.3 Random Plateaus 3.4 Vantage 3.4 Keep ========= Cobalt Dream 3.5 Faultline 3.5 Fallendell 3.5 Fairyland 3.6 TitanDuel 3.8 Red Comet Remake 3.8
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This is the first occasion I recall on which the water map has exceeded an average score. I did leave this poll open for several weeks (most of the previous polls ran for one week I think) and Izki Channel's average did move upwards later in the process. It is a very polarising map; very few 3 scores, but the other votes balance out slightly in its favour. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that sea in general and Izki in particular are more popular among the occasional players than the grinders, but this data point on its own is no more than suggestive. Nevertheless, I think it would be unwise for Izki to out-stay its welcome, so I think it will get rotated. But I have modified my belief about its popularity relative to the other sea maps a bit.
As for the new maps, Canis River's performance surprises me. Lake Carne not so much. Isidis crack is a bit big for 1v1 really. It can stay in teams MM I guess.
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i have no idea why but cobolt dream feels so good.. maybe its the color
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Implementing the following: Out:
Lake Carne Iceland (stays in teams MM) Barren Hills Isidis Crack (stays in teams MM) Doldrums Scaryland Izki Channel In:
Eye of Horus AgaltaIntersection never mind, this is already in the pool, but a hilly map seems indicated... uh... The Halite Maze? feel free to tell me this is awful tho Aurelian Mecharavaged never mind, this has technical issues I had forgotten about, Ravaged for now Pruned the matchmaker pool back to 18 maps. Would still hear suggestions or feedback.
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just as a goodbye message to the map.. Izki Channel is really good dry.. i often use it and sponge the water
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