- My impression is that Snowy Mountains MA is not the most highly rated MA template. Nor is MA the most played unusual setting, at least not if INSS is regarded as an unusual setting (see next comment). So its Grand Slam status could be looked at.
I will put this for discussion in the panel mail thread.
I chose MA template for the 4th Grand Slam as a Roland Garros, because I had a feeling that the MA setting has the most different gameplay, and many players are not comfortable with it. Just like on the clay courts in the tennis. This is why the popularity wasn't so important in this case. But I am open for the changes.
- You could apply a stricter definition of what belongs in the clay court season. I can understand why you put Poland and Great Lakes there, for example, but they don't fit your official criteria (templates with extra settings). They would, however, bring some welcome diversity to the hard court season.
I will put this for discussion in the panel mail thread too.
Poland here because its weird bonus system (maybe not enough weird, I dunno), Great Lakes because the LFD distribution, but I planned to remove this template first if we have a new weird template. I am very open for the changes, just give me exact proposals (which in which out) in the panel ;)
As we've discussed privately, Ekstone, a subset of 250 series tournaments could be a good platform for innovation, which is even more needed now that the seasonal ladder no longer serves this purpose. That said, I can understand the "why tamper with perfection" argument, and maybe the community just needs to come up with a separate event for this.
As I wrote I am open for putting new designed templates for a few 250 Series events. As in the past, for example Pangea Ultima.
