roundup of events

In SSCAIT news, Locutus is back on top at #1. The commit log shows a large number of relatively minor changes that were apparently enough. For a day or so, Locutus won every single game, including a good number voted in against Krasi0. As usual, Krasi0 was updated quickly and is winning games against Locutus again, but Locutus is still #1 in elo. (Being #1 for a long time is an advantage in itself for staying #1, because generally only one opponent at a time is able to surpass you, and then it’s relatively easy to patch the right weaknesses.)

In pro news, the KSL is underway; see the round of 16 preview on Team Liquid.

The ASL6 maps have been announced (in Korean; see the Team Liquid thread for ongoing discussion). Contrary to predictions, Transistor was carried over (in a new version) rather than Third World.

Just like last season, the map pool is remarkable: There are no 4 player maps! Of the 4 maps, 1 is 2 player, 2 are 3 player, and 1 is 5 player. All the maps have unusual features. The strangest may be the 5 player map Labyrinth, which has 2 geysers in each main base and 2 entrances to the base, each special: One is blocked by a gate that can only be passed by workers using mineral walk (and it’s a ramp, so an enemy worker without vision of your minerals cannot pass), the other by a flag that apparently must be picked up by a worker before other units can enter or leave. Early game scouting will be tricky!

Update: Apparently this is not the final ASL6 map pool? I’m not sure how it works, but it seems that these are candidate new maps. I guess some new maps will be chosen and some old maps will be carried over. If that is true, then we will probably see Third World after all.

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Jay Scott on Sunday, July 22. 2018:

Labyrinth looks like a difficult concept map. Bots will not gain much from supporting it. For Sparkle, island skills and destroying neutral building skills are at least potentially transferrable to other maps. Labyrinth is the only map I have seen with this movable flag mechanic.

Antiga / Iruian on Sunday, July 22. 2018:

I'm really surprised by the ASL pool. There was a ton of support for third world over transistor among the pro players, giving the pool a look. It'll probably be the pool for AIST S2 as it'll be the most recent season in oct / nov when I need to fix the pool.

Marian on Monday, July 23. 2018:

Both third world and transistor produced a lot of quality games but third world required a more creative approach.
Hope to see it come back some day.
Looking forward to new maps bringing new strategies.

Bruce on Monday, July 23. 2018:

Yeah, it’s a nice fight at the top now with PurpleWave and BananaBrain also getting strong updates recently. I will soon be going on vacation and then shifting focus to aiide, so expect krasi0 to be on top again soon!

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