Greetings Cerebrates, Commanders, and Executors,

Patch 1.22.0 has arrived! This patch features a new Ladder, updated profile UI, and ramp art for mapmakers.  

Features and Improvements

New Ladder

For a more in-depth ladder overview please visit: New Ranking System

• Season 1 is now live!
  • Players will begin the new Season unranked. After 5 placement matches, they’ll be placed into a league.
  • Frontier League data will help determine pre-placement MMR.
• Note: The placement algorithm will be in continual iteration as we obtain more and more data.
• We’ve implemented a new rank-based League System familiar to long time veterans of Brood War.
  • S – Top 1% of players
  • A – 7%
  • B – 21%
  • C – 21%
  • D – 21%
  • E – 21%
  • F – 8%
• Note: The percentage-based system will take effect in two weeks. In the interim, distribution will be based off Frontier League data.
• MMR decay has been added to S Rank.
• New Rewards for Season 1
  • Anyone who logs in during Season 1 will receive an exclusive portrait.
  • After being placed into a league, players will unlock a corresponding colored portrait border.
    • Players can toggle the border on and off in the Collections tab.
  • Players who reach the S, A, or B leagues will earn unique portraits.
    • S league players will receive an animated portrait.
• New Seasons UI
  • Easily identify your performance metrics in current and past seasons.
  • View your wins and match history.
  • View global winrates by race for each map in the ladder map pool.

• Updated competitive Map Pool
  • (2) Blue Storm 1.2
  • (2) Heartbreak Ridge 2.1
  • (2) Polaris Rhapsody 1.0
  • (3) Aztec 2.1
  • (4) Roadkill 1.13
  • (4) Circuit Breakers 1.0
  • (4) Fighting Spirit 1.3

Ramps

• New ramps for the editor!
  • 18 new ramps in 8 different directions
  • The width of each of the new ramps can be extended to the mapmakers liking.
  • 1-4 ramps per tileset: Ash, Badlands, Jungle, Desert, Ice, Twilight, Installation and Space Platform.
  • Ramps are also compatible with SCMDraft 2.

Collections

• Updated Collections UI
  • Show off your ladder status by displaying your league colors!
    • (S) Gold
    • (A) Red
    • (B) Purple
    • (C) Blue
    • (D) Turquoise
    • (E) Green
    • (F) White
  • Easily equip console & building skins and toggle portrait borders.

Bug Fixes

• Dynamic turn rate will stabilize before allowing network latency changes.