I'm kinda concerned about that 3rd map that's "one map set aside".
Well just to leave some feedback there's info about elimination system:
AFAIR it was used in Starcraft II GSL Tourneys. There players competing in Bo3 (best of free - fight for two wins) were presented with map pool consisting of 7 maps. They were asked to eliminate two maps each they don't feel like playing. It's important to note they don't know each others' decision. After elimination, map pool got reduced from 7 to 3 maps (if elimination decisions overlapped, maps were taken off randomly).
+ both teams are guaranteed to learn those three maps good because their elimination choices mean they must prepare for 5 maps
+ it's guaranteed that there's no 3rd map that's biased towards any of the team (to some extent that is :->)
+ maps that are ridicolously biased towards one team are sure to be eliminated by their rivals (ofc if they are aware of it <-;)
I think that getting to choice favourite map will almost always lead to teams winning their chosen map and getting that random result from 3rd one. SS-dudes will get into tricky droplet fights, spinner-duded will get into 10 spinner maps, TAG4 dudes will go for the TAG4 maps, making their chosen maps easy for them and probably hard for rivals.
Well just to leave some feedback there's info about elimination system:
AFAIR it was used in Starcraft II GSL Tourneys. There players competing in Bo3 (best of free - fight for two wins) were presented with map pool consisting of 7 maps. They were asked to eliminate two maps each they don't feel like playing. It's important to note they don't know each others' decision. After elimination, map pool got reduced from 7 to 3 maps (if elimination decisions overlapped, maps were taken off randomly).
+ both teams are guaranteed to learn those three maps good because their elimination choices mean they must prepare for 5 maps
+ it's guaranteed that there's no 3rd map that's biased towards any of the team (to some extent that is :->)
+ maps that are ridicolously biased towards one team are sure to be eliminated by their rivals (ofc if they are aware of it <-;)
I think that getting to choice favourite map will almost always lead to teams winning their chosen map and getting that random result from 3rd one. SS-dudes will get into tricky droplet fights, spinner-duded will get into 10 spinner maps, TAG4 dudes will go for the TAG4 maps, making their chosen maps easy for them and probably hard for rivals.