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CEVO S6 Map Rotation and Weapon Bans Finalized

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:42 CEVO|Clay aka Graham

Last night we had a successful Community Map/Weapon Meeting and the following map rotation was decided upon:

Preseason 1 - koth_ashville
Preseason 2 - cp_coldfront
Week 1 - cp_well
Week 2 - koth_viaduct
Week 3 - cp_prolane
Week 4 - cp_gullywash
Week 5 - cp_gravelpit
Week 6 - cp_granary
Week 7 - cp_badlands
Week 8 - cp_freight

All of the custom maps will be uploaded to the site prior to the week of their use. The version of cp_freight that is currently on the site has the appropriate layout but the wrong respawn timers. This will be fixed soon. cp_prolane, cp_gullywash, etc will be added as soon as possible.

The community decided to ban the Sandman, the Wrangler, and the Natascha. All other weapons will be allowed. Once the Polycount Pack is released, a news release will be posted detailing CEVO's response to the new weapons. The rules will be updated to reflect this decision prior to the start of the season.

Be sure to keep an eye on the Season 6 TF2 section of the CEVO site for the latest on the season.

Comments

#7 improperdancing 2010-07-22 07:46 Quoting nX:

Although I was not there to debate over whether the Natascha should be banned or not, (not that my vote would have swung the polls) I am surely frowning IRL. Anti-natascha = sniper? spy? skill? awareness? The weapon is not game breaking nor is it annoying. It's too bad to see something that made the heavy a somewhat more viable off-class get voted down by those you can't adapt.

It's definitely annoying, but I agree that it's not game-breaking and shouldn't be banned.

#6 nX 2010-07-22 04:42 Although I was not there to debate over whether the Natascha should be banned or not, (not that my vote would have swung the polls) I am surely frowning IRL. Anti-natascha = sniper? spy? skill? awareness? The weapon is not game breaking nor is it annoying. It's too bad to see something that made the heavy a somewhat more viable off-class get voted down by those you can't adapt.

#5 bcarr 2010-07-22 04:35 So, what's the reasoning behind banning the Natasha, again? Just because players are complaining about how bad their team is against it? Sounds like how elitist StarCraft players react to others using cheesy but legal tactics to win.

What's the real reason? Is it unbalanced? Sure. Why not leverage the Sandman against a Natasha Heav—oh wait. That's banned too.

That's okay, being able to replace a Natasha Heavy with a sentry gun (replacing slow down with knock back) that's Wrangl—OH WAIT. THAT'S BANNED TOO.

#4 Hawkeye 2010-07-21 15:27 Quoting improperdancing :

Quoting mutated:
I am surprised that Natascha's out.

I'm not. They rage-banned it from pugna weeks ago.

They also rage banned the FaN from tf2.gather.us back in the day.

#3 improperdancing 2010-07-21 13:28 Quoting mutated:

I am surprised that Natascha's out.

I'm not. They rage-banned it from pugna weeks ago.

#2 mutated 2010-07-21 12:05 I am surprised that Natascha's out.

I am NOT surprised that the Wrangler's out, however. Nor the Sandman.

I'm also glad Crit-a-cola wasn't booted.

#1 shdw.puppet 2010-07-21 11:54 Natascha banned eh? Let this be a message to all leagues…

coldfront in preseason… I think something came up that day