CTF Map Wave XIV released!

Heyho fellow cappers and capperines,

A long time has passed since the last map wave, so it is finally time to push a fresh batch of new maps to CTF! Wave XIV adds in eleven maps in total, with five original maps and six reworks:

Spoiler: Added Maps

Reworks:
Divinity's Reach V by Insomniac__, LeUniCow, Insomniac___
Quintet Falls I by LeUniCow, Insomniac__
Atlantis I by Xelasi
Tibetan Seclusion I by ikemulti
Treeline I by Snowbreak
Futuristic City by RedwolfWarrior

New Maps:
Bazaar by DeZilla
Spires by GalaThundR (including Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Spire)
Ravine Ruins by November
Modern Diversity by Ducksfan101
Sunstar by Dokkedal

The following twelve maps will be removed from rotation:

Spoiler: Removed Maps

Duplicates:
Dragon Valley V
Blackout X
Opposites Collide V
Skytown
Valley of Siege

Least rated:
Celestial Gardens
Woodcastle Arena I
Geo
River Crossing Reskin
Medieval Siege
Tanks
Chernobyl

All maps marked as 'Complete' and submitted between July 2nd, 2017 and May 15th, 2018 were considered. A pre-selection removed 18 maps that were deemed not suitable for testing on the servers. The remaining 33 maps were tested for a week and recorded map votings ingame and on the forums, so that the highest rated maps could be added permanently to the rotation. The reasoning behind the selection above was that the last map wave was almost a year ago, so we decided to add around twelve maps to the rotation and remove about an equal amount. Both ingame votes and forum votes were counted in, at a 66:33 proportion. The previous wave had a 50:50 proportion, but as there were less forum votes than last year, a single forum vote of one person has a much larger impact. Duplicate forum votes were not counted in (there was only one case anyway). Different percentage cutoffs had to be chosen as reworks are generally higher voted than original maps. The cutoffs (63% for reworks and 59% for new maps) were based on how many maps would make it in and how large the gap to the next lower percentage was.

Quintet Falls I by Snowbreak and Team TBF had a lower rating than Quintet Falls I by LeUniCow and Insomniac__, so to prevent a duplicate variation it was not added to the wave, despite falling above the cutoff. It was replaced by the next lowest rated map, Futuristic City by RedwolfWarrior.

For removing old maps previously in rotation, the map ratings between April 13th and May 13th, 2018 were compiled, to give a more accurate view of the current map opinions. As per request, we also removed almost all duplicate map variations from rotation, keeping the higher rated map in (eg. removed Opposites Collide V and kept Opposites Collide VII). Only Skyworlds V and Skyworlds I were kept in, as both maps are among the highest rated maps at the moment.

You can check out the ingame and forum voting results as well as old map ratings in this Google Table. Authors of maps that did not make it into or past testing phase will be messaged by us with improvement ideas and the individual forum voting responses (if they are registered to the forums). If you haven't already, check out the maps trailer for this wave made by @gewkawdah.

Enjoy playing!
The CTF staff and committee

 

With a rating of 254 to 86 it's still in rotation