They are now officially out. The only change gametype wise was the removal of pit king and that being replaced with lockdown ball. Other changes are Ledges added in sword room on pit so you can get up to the window easier and a custom power-up was added to construct at missle pod (set not to spawn at start with 2-minute respawn rate, so the first time you will see custom is at 13:00.) Other changes are very minor. DOWNLOAD THEM HERE! for more info, go here
They seem to be cooling on Team King in general: Idk, I agree that Team King is by far the weakest gametype for the Pit, but it's still a great game to watch, albeit reduced by the nature of the side hills in relation to mid hill since The Pit is so divided and set up oriented. And I'm really sad to see that said about Team King - Construct is being ousted in the Open Bracket for CTF - Narrows. Narrows CTF games can be great, but I thought that Hill on Construct was one of the most interesting variants to watch when 2 teams really go at it, it was definitely one of the more varied and enticing variants imo, and I'm sad that Construct has lost that place in the rotation since it's such a great map which was so great to watch on Team King. I guess I'll just have to savour the Team King - Construct games that I do see though, good times. And that CP on Construct really phased me. I was watching the Pro-Am Showcase and they were playing Team Slayer on Construct. I glance away for a second, and when I look back Puckett has a CP! I was like "where the hell did you get that?", but it wouldn't let me skip back and see (damn broken MLG player). Now all is explained, and my suspicions of Puckett being a closet modder are put to rest. I'm psyched about Ball on Lockdown though, they played that in the Pro-Am too, and I'm glad they're mixing up the Foundry variants a little, they've made a very solid choice. I can't wait to see how MLG Forge maps go when Sandbox comes out, the 3 tiers really offer all the basic principles for any map you'd care to make, but it's the idea of possible Forged floating maps in the Sky Bubble going into the rotation that really excites me. If you ask me, MLG Forging is about to get really, really interesting (along with pretty much all of Forging I guess ).
yeah only 1 king gametype is sorta weird to me. Construct King is awesome but im glad to see pit king go. In all honesty, i think Narrows Slayer or Amped Slayer should be removed to bring back Pit King or even bring in Triumph King. We were at v4 when the 08 season started so changes can still definitely be made.
I agree about Narrows or Amp Slayer, they're kinda dull imo. I must say I'm not so much of a fan of Slayer on either Amp or Ons, faster paced but not as interesting to watch as something like The Pit if you ask me, although Ons CTF can be pretty gripping. Narrows Slayer does little for me as well, again I think it's a much stronger CTF map. I wouldn't be sad if what you said happened, and you raise a good point that things can still change, and the options open to MLG for solid Forge variants are growing nicely.