CAP_CREATUREEvery season there is always some list of the existing teams that I ask some guy who knows a guy who gives me the list and by the end of the pre-season everyone has the list anyways can we just have that list posted when its made because it helps us make scrims with people and it helps lft people find tryouts.
Added to the OP, spreadsheet is a work in progress but you can check that for what I have. I'll start linking rgl/steam pages and schedulers in the next day or two (hopefully).
As to the map discussion, I wanna establish two things:
First, in regards to the invite map pool, we're letting invite vote out/vote in maps based on the league wide map pool. For example, out of the 8 league wide maps, invite may vote out 2 of them and vote in 3 more. With this, they could vote out reckoner or metalworks, and vote back in bagel, granary, and badlands. It's up to them entirely.
Second, in regards to the league wide map pool, we do do surveys and are trying our best to find what maps people enjoy and which they don't enjoy (see villa being completely removed from the map pool in place of reckoner). We're going to give reckoner another season before reconsidering it's place, and similarly the koth rotation is something we are testing based on survey results as well.
For our most recent survey (Season 7), here are some results (just from the text document I have, no pretty formatting):
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cp_gullywash_final1
Results
11 (5%) - Very unenjoyable
20 (9%) - Unenjoyable
29 (14%) - Neutral
88 (42%) - Enjoyable
61 (29%) - Very Enjoyable
2 (1%) - I did not play this map this season
cp_metalworks
Results
18 (9%) - Very unenjoyable
20 (9%) - Unenjoyable
44 (21%) - Neutral
84 (40%) - Enjoyable
42 (20%) - Very Enjoyable
3 (1%) - I did not play this map this season
cp_snakewater_final1
Results
5 (2%) - Very unenjoyable
10 (5%) - Unenjoyable
26 (12%) - Neutral
87 (41%) - Enjoyable
80 (38%) - Very Enjoyable
3 (1%) - I did not play this map this season
cp_process_f9a
Results
9 (4%) - Very unenjoyable
9 (4%) - Unenjoyable
19 (9%) - Neutral
88 (42%) - Enjoyable
83 (39%) - Very Enjoyable
3 (1%) - I did not play this map this season
cp_sunshine
Results
4 (2%) - Very unenjoyable
8 (4%) - Unenjoyable
13 (6%) - Neutral
80 (38%) - Enjoyable
103 (49%) - Very Enjoyable
3 (1%) - I did not play this map this season
koth_clearcut_b15d
Results
17 (8%) - Very unenjoyable
21 (10%) - Unenjoyable
37 (18%) - Neutral
76 (36%) - Enjoyable
55 (26%) - Very Enjoyable
5 (2%) - I did not play this map this season
cp_reckoner_rc6
Results
36 (17%) - Very unenjoyable
39 (18%) - Unenjoyable
48 (23%) - Neutral
55 (26%) - Enjoyable
26 (12%) - Very Enjoyable
8 (4%) - I did not play this map this season
koth_bagel_rc5
Results
16 (8%) - Very unenjoyable
13 (6%) - Unenjoyable
30 (14%) - Neutral
76 (36%) - Enjoyable
73 (35%) - Very Enjoyable
3 (1%) - I did not play this map this season
[INVITE ONLY] cp_granary_rc2
Results
1 (1%) - Very unenjoyable
2 (1%) - Unenjoyable
3 (2%) - Neutral
6 (4%) - Enjoyable
5 (4%) - Very Enjoyable
118 (87%) - I did not play this map this season
[INVITE ONLY] How did you feel about experimental map (cp_granary_rc2)
Results
3 (3%) - Very unenjoyable
1 (1%) - Unenjoyable
2 (2%) - Neutral
5 (5%) - Enjoyable
3 (3%) - Very Enjoyable
3 (3%) - I did not play this map in a match this season
74 (81%) - I did not play this map in a match or scrim this season
[INVITE ONLY] How did you feel about the experimental map pool
Results
1 (3%) - Too large (too many maps)
1 (3%) - Too many unnecessary maps
20 (51%) - Appropriate
1 (3%) - Too small (not enough maps to choose from)
15 (38%) - Too small (not enough variety in maps)
[INVITE ONLY] Would you like to keep Granary for season 8, or would you like to vote for another map
Results
9 (41%) - Yes, keep Granary for season 8
9 (41%) - Neutral
4 (18%) - No, vote for another map
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Map results like these are why we are letting invite deviate from the regular map pool, as often invite's statistics vary greatly from the rest of the league. It also lets invite test out new things (such as granary) so we can consider adding it to the general map pool next time we revise it. However as is, we do want to give reckoner another season.