WalrexDon't really get the point of the map pick statistics. Got me curious so I checked the (regular and playoff) games: witness picked 4 of the bagel games, g6 picked another 4, and froyo picked it once against estrogen (notorious for picking whatever map against bottom invite teams). So basically wg picked bagel a bunch because they established last season they were the best bagel team and could get free wins on it, and I would assume g6 did the same because they were also trying to become a good bagel team. Which makes sense, because people typically prioritize maps they can win on over maps they find fun. Of course it could be both, but it doesn't change the fact that these stats only reflect the opinions of 2/10 invite teams lmao.
I still think bagel sets a new precedent for what a good koth map looks like in tf2 and I hope it encourages more new maps, but those stats are just wacky.
it's just more data
looking at firstban% can be just as valuable as looking at # of games played on those maps (indicates that one team was able to have a significant advantage on one of those maps)
to clarify a few more stat points
mal and froyo always banned clearcut (vs all), and wg banned clearcut vs us because no one wanted to play that map vs us (last time we had the option of playing it was like week 3 or something)
g6 was the only team to ban snake first phase (vs wg and froyo)
froyo was the only team that picked metal (it was banned by wg in wg v mal)
wg was the only team to first phase ban metal (vs mal and froyo)
granary and snake were the only map3/4 (even in gf granary was map3 and snake was map4)
both times gully was picked was vs wg
reckoner was the only map essentially untouched, largely because none of the teams practiced it enough to actually have it force a ban or be a pick (for us it was literally not worth because everyone was going to ban clearcut and we were gonna pick other maps that we thought were more worth the practice anyway)
imo give reckoner 1 more season at least, give triple koth, remove metal (maybe add it back after next if people still don't care for reckoner), and possibly swap granary for badlands (1s cap)