Maps were close, was good grand final. Never seen froyo start sweating like they did on product but jay showed up. Hopefully banners (all 3 but if not at least just batallions) are banned now since they been proven to be almost as good as an uber. Habib do be hitting a 14 damage sticky on a heavy.
Unlocks and offclasses have a larger effect on this playstyle working than round timer however this whole playstyle of parking the bus works better with shorter round timer since you get more coinflip chances for midfights. If you only had 2 midfights in a map, it's reasonable to not win a single one. if you get 5 midfights, it's pretty unlikely to not win a single one (1/4 chance vs 1/32 chance). Witness didn't used to play like this because it wasn't as strong as a playstyle as it is now. It used to be better to actually keep making plays when ahead as overall it would slow down the enemy more even if you only hit 1/3 of the plays, and then if you are behind you would get back into the game by making proactive plays.
Will also add that it's only really correct to push off of last if you will get the mid point. No point in just pushing to get second with a disadvantage since you could always just round reset and not go to mid and have even ubers on second. I think people don't understand that.