The axe has been raised and the bottom half of the league has been removed from the competition! Only those in Pool 1 and Pool 2 remain! Just as in the last round posting, SuperCumulo and Qwest are still the two names to beat.
We finally made it through the random match-up round and it was very intense! So far we have 3 undefeated players, ToX, SuperCumulo and Qwest. Those are the names to beat this round!!
As previously stated, this round is placement by Pools. You can see the pools by clicking here: S27 Pools & Standings
The maps for this round will be selected a different way, please read the following for how map selection will work: Admins will provide three potential maps for each match (in the scheduling thread). Each player can vote for one of these maps and whatever map gets most votes will be played.
If there is a tie, where two maps get two votes, whatever map had two votes first will be played. If all four players have posted their votes within the first 24 hours after the scheduling thread was created, admins will flip a coin to decide which of the two maps gets played. Round 3 & 4:
I personally wouldn't mess with the default item sets. Its not perfectly balanced, sure, but every single map is like that. Better to keep everything the same then try to balance the game by yourself IMO. Plus, blizzard has already talked about changing these drops. You'll have to re-do every map again when the patch goes live. Default drops will be patched with no effort on your part.
I think Eshan brings up good points. I think its the level of competition which really makes Solo so difficult right now. FFA is a niche gametype and not many players play it. The level of competition isn't that high. To win FML you need to be an above average FFA player but you don't need to be any good at solo.
If the level of competition in FFA was higher, the whole meta would change I think. Right now the meta caters towards low micro, high macro players. Small mistakes, especially early game, rarely matter because of this. This generally means playing "smarter" and trying to win economically or diplomatically.
Over the years of FML, we have seen many players come from a solo background which is high micro - low macro style. Some have come into the league and completely changed the meta like Trunks, Duck, Rain and Magadansky. How would the Meta look if we had all players on their skill level? Hard to say, but I know FFA would not look the same as it does now.
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Qwest are still the two names to beat. 
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