Season 30 by STN-Trading & scrap.tf: Map Update & Playoff Structure Preview

Date July 1, 2018

Map Update

To start off Week 6 soon, we have updated one of our maps from the last weeks of the main season to a more up to date variant; the map in question is cp_prolands_b5. This map update is going to come in use as of now for both the last weeks of the main season and the playoffs at the end of the season.

Playoff Structure Preview

With the changes in the size of Division and Tier groups, we have gotten questions about how the playoffs will be played out, to which we will respond in the following part of this newspost.

Top Tiers

Premiership Playoffs will feature the Top 4 teams of the group in a Double Elimination setting, with the 1st seed team playing against 4th seed alongside the 2nd seeded team playing against 3rd seed. The winner of the Upper Bracket finals will receive a significant map pick advantage for the Best-of 5 Grand Finals instead of the full map win advantage known from previous seasons.

Division 1 and 2 will both have a similar Single Elimination Playoff structure, with Top 3 teams of both groups getting into the playoffs. The 1st seeded teams receive a bye round from the Quarter Finals and thus getting an instant spot in Semi-Finals. For these playoffs the 1st and 3rd seeded teams will be chosen from the same group, while the 2nd seeded team will be from the other group of the same division.

The aforementioned Playoffs will only include Placement Medals distributed to teams, meaning that a team that gets knocked out in Quarter Finals will receive only a Participation Medal for the season.

Main Tiers

Mid, Low and Open tiers will have Top 8 teams of each Tier playing in a single elimination setting with all teams starting out from Quarter Finals onward.

These Playoffs will include both Playoff Medals and Placement Medals distributed to teams, depending on the team’s placement.

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2 Comments

  1. Spanns: :3 - DBLE said:

    any reason behind this playoffs medal change?

  2. Bloodis: (Legend) - (๑╹ω╹๑ ) said:

    It’s not a new change at all, we have never given out playoff medals to any team placing 4th in Premiership so there’s very little reason behind us needing to make an exception for Division 1 and 2 when the main season for them plays out similarly than with Premiership in Round Robin.