Season 21 powered by Tt eSPORTS: New Schedule, Map Poll, Staff Update
May 3, 2015
Season 21 powered by Tt eSPORTS: New Schedule
Looking at the current signups we have decided to push the whole season back a week. We are well aware that this is the summer season and the signups seem to generally drop or at least stagnate a litte. But right now we are at only 60% of the signups we had for Season 20, which is something we think can definitely be improved. Therefore we want to give teams an additional week of signups, resulting in the following schedule:
- Signups: April 20 – May 12
- Publishing of Provisional: May 13
- Publishing of Final: May 14
- Schedule Deadline: May 16
- Main Season: May 17 – July 2 (7 Weeks)
- High/Mid/Open Playoffs: July 5 – July 19
- Premiership Playoffs: July 12
Season 21 powered by Tt eSPORTS: Map Poll
We said we would probably never run them again and yet here it is. A map poll! We already gathered the feedback from the Premier Division, but it is not really decisive enough to base a decision on. Therefore we will take the input from the whole community into our considerations. Though there are not a whole lot of new maps, if there are any; instead this poll is going to decide which map will make a comeback or if the map pool will stay as it is. The maps in question are cp_logjam, cp_granary_pro, cp_metalworks and cp_granary. Make sure you check out what has changed in the attached links before voting.
The map with the highest average score will (in case its logjam) stay or (in case its granary, granary_pro, metalworks) replace logjam. Keep in mind logjam is still being actively developed and improved based on your feedback. Same goes for granary_pro who will most likely, based on upcoming feedback, still undergo some changes before the season will start. Metalworks has also seen some changes recently, although those included mainly bug fixes and the map has not changed drastically as a result. We will use the most updated version at the time, if either of the maps will make it into the season.
Be careful with your votes, the order in which the options are displayed is random!
Would you like to see cp_granary back in Season 21?
Total Voters: 1,037
Loading ...Would you like to see cp_granary_pro in Season 21?
Total Voters: 984
Loading ...Would you like to see cp_metalworks back in Season 21?
Total Voters: 1,026
Loading ...Would you like to keep cp_logjam in Season 21?
Total Voters: 1,038
Loading ...Staff Update
Despite not being German, a group of trials have proven that they are close enough to the high standards by which the German part of the admin team is measured, to now be granted the status of full staff status.
We are welcoming:
Aoshi – Highlander League Admin
deathyy – 6s League Admin
DyaWyb – Highlander League Admin- Morphine – Highlander League Admin
prof – Newswriter
Toodles – Newswriter
At the same time we also have someone leaving the staff, watering the German/Non-German ratio down even further.
Effective immediately 
ash will be leaving the staff. We thank him for his commitment and all the time and nerves he invested. He had the following to say:
Posted by Sonny Black in 6v6, League
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DEMOCRACY, WE DID IT BOYS
cp_metalworks comeback lets go!
#bringmetalworksback
Can we get rid of sunshine as well please. Bring back gravelpit.
LE DEMOCRACY, FINALLY
I do not care I do not care No, I hate it. No, I dislike it.
We decided to give sunshine two seasons, similar to how we gave logjam two season. We will most likely keep this policy for new maps, to give them a chance to establish themselves.
wooo democracy
NOW DON’T BE RETARDS PEOPLE
BRINGBACKMETALWORKS
metalworks
ג’קי לגס גיי
metalworks
ban metalworks
What jackylegs said
god if metalworks gets back in at least i have a reason to be happy to not play this season.
Metalworks
why are we getting more HL admins when I’m trying finally to shut it down???
Thanks for the help Ash, you were great!
METALWORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i didnt sign up for this
The new logjam is awful, the old one is cool.
Metalworks!
Yes, I love cgranary!
gz to the new guys and gals and thanks for your service, ash
Please kick cp_sunshine, why isn’t it in this poll?
I like granary, logjam (b19 tbh) AND metalworks :c
ew metalworks, sunshine is so much better
I love granny and especially metalworks. Logjam is an OK map too.
Granary Pro hype pls.
cp_gravelpit
Probably not the best place to ask this, but what’s going to happen with the weapon signing from S20’s fundraiser?
M E T A L W O R K S
cya later logjam
1 season of metalworks was not enough for everyone to get enough suicidal thoughts?
still curious why would you want to add granay pro, when pretty much nobody played it. and logjam is constantly changing from week to week, its a ridiculous idea to put it in while its not finalized.
ban badlands
Granary_pro cup gogogo
Metalwork in, logjam out
Add normal granary and remove logjam. Logjam has had enough time but the development is too slow and the issues aren’t being adressed by the mapmaker.
Don’t add metalworks, that map has serious momentum issues, which makes it literally worse to play than logjam.
I’ve always enjoyed metalworks, though I could understand why some people wouldn’t like the midfights or the flank design. Still, I find it fun to play. Can anyone explain what’s so wrong with it?
If development of Logjam continues as it is right now, then it’s a whole now map, making serious changed to Mid and a completely new flank on 2nd will render this map as semi-new, because teams and players will have to learn for 10th time how to play and adapt to it. I liked Logjam before, but now it’s bad, Metalworks/Granary pls.
I’ve always enjoyed granary, though I could understand why some people wouldn’t like the midfights or the flank design. Still, I find it fun to play. Can anyone explain what’s so wrong with it?
Metalworks is complete aids and depressing, logjam new mid is shit (old version was way better), we shouldn’t seriously go for Pro maps that distance ourselves more from the pub community, and normal Granary is boring as fuck…
Is there even any interesting and decent map in the vote? Just bring back gravelpit or some shit. Or some map from the new maps cup a while back…
The same way I understand why “I like it” does not automatically make a map good, “I don’t like it” does not automatically make a map bad either. If the flanks and midfights are to blame then do specify.
As for granary, it was in my opinion a stale and soldier-dominated playground. The pro version seems more refreshing at first impression.
Logjam I felt like it was a good enough map before the more recent changes to midfight and last.
oh please where is gravel pit ):
Gpit appears to have so much potential, but it’s pretty flawed. One third of the map being completely pointless to defend is already a major one.
I also predict it wont be very fun to watch a game where BLU gets wiped and then we’re left off staring at absolutely nothing happening for the next 30 seconds.
I voted for Granary above Granary Pro because I thought the mid was all changed. After listening to Fully Charged I’d probably reverse my vote.
Metalworks have really bad momentum issues. All point are too hard to push, and you pretty much have to wipe a team in order to win a fight and cap the next point. Even if you wipe a team, you don’t get enough momentum so you can cap two points in a row, which you can do on all the other maps. Pushing last is a nightmare due to how choky all the entrances are. It’s impossible to do a slow push because you always have to pop the uber immediately. You simply can’t push with small advantages, which makes the map a slugfest.
Just noting that it says it will take the results of the poll into consideration, not that it will definitely happen. For the people that didn’t read the newspost :>
Thanks for elaborating. After juggling memory I can begin to relate to the issues you pointed out and realized I enjoyed the map more so due to abusing those problems against the enemy team. Defending last for example is one thing I remember enjoying.
get rid of sunshine its the only bad map in the map pool
gravelpit or turbine pls
bloodis u drunk af
good idea to make people vote :)
congrats morphine
I feel like the latest version of granary_pro is basicaly the normal granary with all the super anoying bad parts of the map tweaked in a good way, also the new spawn is amazing + the map looks much cooler imo. Tbh Granary_pro > Granary (plus the mid is almost the same for people who keep complaining about mid)
HOLY FUCKING SHIT YES METALWORKS, HYPE HYPE HYPE
granary <3
Viaduct sucks…
Im happy is more hl admins;D I sometimes was waiting long time for answer now will be faster i guess;D
Metalworks – highlander map
Granary – pro map, only tacticians know how to counter chokey points in the map.
Gravelpit – bring it back, I’ll come back :P
On the other side of the coin, one less german in the etf2l team is a bad thing ;( <3 ash ty for your efforts!
Cheers
Byte
Yes, Skate, that is generally what a pro version of a map is.
Bring back Granary HYPE , peace out logjäm
Meeto the early versions of granary_pro completely changed the layout of the middle, which changes how the map is played, but the newer versions have basicaly the same mid, with mostly 2nd and last stuff being tweaked
Granary Pro looks really good, it could do with some tweaks though, but spawn is a vast improvement for rollouts.
who the fuck is meeto? rofl !!