[PTSZ]

I'm glad about the shorter seasons. Maps -

Replace Searing Crater with Terminus. Ditch Abyssal Caverns and bring back Metalopolis. Keep Taldarim Altar.

I really wish they would give us some of the Brood War style designed maps - lets see Neo-Destination. Or get some of the ICCup maps - Neo-Enigma or Fighting Spirit.

[Next_rim]

Bah, I'm not gonna make it to Masters this season either 10 days left, and I won't have any time to play till November.

[|Erasmus|]

I'm disappointed about probably not enough time to get masters too... Since I started trying to improve in season 2, I've been trying to go 2 leagues/season to be in masters by start of season 4.

[Zjub]

Originally Posted by ToRZanderax

The great thing about ladder locks is you get to boost your MMR and get into another league without being promoted which can be hard. Blizzard have made a good choice with this.

I'm pretty sure that your MMR moves the same way regardless of the ladder being locked.

I'm not sure about making the seasons shorter again. They seem to be doing it because they believe people really value getting placed, and by making the season shorter people will be coming back online and playing more often (to get placement and then mess around a bit).

However, these same people may value a shorter season less - and may just decide they don't even want to do placement. In that case they drop out of the system all together. Three months was good, two feels a bit short with the way RL interruptions can rip out a month.

Sure they know what they are doing

[syfPhoenix]

i like the changes and i do like taldarim but i want the rocks at the third gone :P they kinda gay for zerg

[shmiman]

Yeah, I missed Metalopolis! my favourite map haha. But it is actually good to keep changing the maps imo so people won't get too comfy and people will always start to search for innovative ways to play

[Evan]

the seasons are way too short i think.

[Meatex]

please please please change taldarim to the new version that was on IPL tv
god its so pretty

[syfMiley]

I'm gonna stick my hoo-ha in the ladder during Season 4

[Melite]

I feel like two months might be a little short. Maybe three months and have four seasons a year? 6 seasons would be intense! People that only play during the beginning of the season will be skipping seasons now anyways...

New maps would definitely be cool tho!

[Muldeh]

Originally Posted by delete12

i doubt they'll retire taldarim, it's too popular

Metalopolis was popular too.

[phoney]

Shorter seasons = better chance to feature in GM league

[mGGAequitas]

season 4 i feel like its my time to shine!
my aim is to get to masters this season

[Daboo]

Blizzard Update on Map pool

The transition between ladder seasons is generally a time when we take the opportunity to make adjustments to the ladder map pool. In Season 4, the 1v1 pool will remain unchanged, but we will be removing the following maps from the 2v2 map pool:

(4)Khaydarin Depths
(8)Tempest

They will be replaced with the following maps:

(4)Lunar Colony V
(8)Magma Core

We have chosen to remove Khaydarin Depths and Tempest from the 2v2 ladder pool because expanding can be a challenge for certain team compositions on these maps, and they aren’t as balanced as we would prefer for other team compositions. We also wanted to focus on maps that start 2v2 teammates closer together at the beginning of a match. Lunar Colony V and Magma Core are maps that should address these issues.

Updated OP with his as well. Personally, I'm a little disappointed, I wanted some new maps, but looks like we'll be stuck with the same maps for the next two months, seeing how they probably wont change maps mid way through the season. Got really excited when wolf posted a possible gsl map addition .

[c_kAelle]

promoted retained or demoted next season?

let's see...

[Meatex]

no new maps can't say i really care about a new season

[TABjornbrandr]

A little bland that there's no new maps; was hoping for one or two to replaces some of the less than ideal maps in the current pool.

[iM yang]

Not sure if 24th reset or 25th..

[iVnStinger]

Really Blizz? No map change? Well I guess it's better than them making maps, cause when they had the chance to, they made Searing Crater...

[nsfazimi]

Last night im playing 1v1 quick match. Guess during season lock, lack of sc2 player play the quickmatch because im having exprience vs GMaster player then im lose. Im platinum player so the gap between platinum and GMaster to far