nice, good job aaron and the ow team keep it up 
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W , i loved this. Thanks for keeping us in the loop
Map poolsā¦.were received just as poorly when you tried them in OW1ā¦.what in gods green earth possessed you to try again?
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i never thought i would say that but GOOD JOB Aaron
Good news. Sounds like clearer thinking is starting to take hold in the decision room. Keep it up.
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I liked map pools. Apparently Iām the only one but I think the devs were right the first time. This game does in fact have too many maps to learn and to keep track of going into changing metas, to keep the quality of gameplay high, make new maps feel impactful and make seasons feel distinct from each other, we need map pools.
Map pools shouldnāt have been a thing to begin with, especially if they are still in the game client taking space anyway.
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So glad to hear that map pools are leaving, thank you.
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Map pools going away? Hm. A bit late but still good decision
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We had a rough launch but things are very good looking for 2023 
Also, outside perhaps competitive since the point of it should be consistency, i never understood why there was map pools in quickplay in the first place. We already have arcade rotations that focuses on specific game modes and maps in the first place. I think these are good enough if people want a specific pool of maps or wants to learn a specific game mode.
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Nice. Maybe this F2P monetization model will work out after all. Seems like Blizzard is listening and adjusting a lot more than they did under the OW 1 model.
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Kinda living for the amount of communication weāve been getting. Itās been great!
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Yo! Great change! Keep up the good work team 4!
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Donāt ever play a game like TF2 then. Your brain might overload and melt from the amount of maps.
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Perfect time to come back and play when thereās content (new hero) and maps pools gone. this is a win.
Season 3 in the meantimeā¦
/left chat
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Wooo thanksā¦
For reverting the change that everyone told you it was bad to begin withā¦
Good job I guess?
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Is this the fourth communication post???
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This is great! Hope you guys keep up excellent work like this.
One thing.
āWe donāt have any special code that prefers one map over another. However, itās not entirely random.ā
uh???
" there is a detail of the matchmaking system that does elevate Push maps a bit. The matchmaker tries to avoid people playing the same map as well as the same game mode over a short period of time."
aaaaahhh
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Slowly reverting to OW1 without actual improvementsā¦whatās more is we have to wait for them.
Sorry not trying to be rude, there is something to be said for not doubling down. However when you made the decision to delete OW1 and force us into OW2 with a bunch of experimental and greedy systemsā¦that people warned you constantly about here on this very forumā¦letās just say thereās a long way to go before people should stop holding your feet to the fire.
Next up Iāll expect we look again at 2CP and hey maybe it can work in 5v5 after all (or some variation of it), because again to simply throw those maps away for no particular reason is absurd. But thatāll take til 2024 to get them back at least at the current rate.
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