Hello everyone!

Have an announcement to make regarding upcoming academy changes for next season.

Tryout generation changes:

The first change is going to be about the tryout generation algorithm. We are going to reframe it by getting rid of the restrictive cooldown and we’ll set a “Scout quality” boost instead.

The way this is going to work is that everyone starts with the lowest scout quality value possible; as days go by you’ll see this number increasing along with the quality of the tryouts you get. So the more time you wait, the better tryouts you’ll receive.

So once you get a player you like you can accept it and every other tryout will be automatically rejected, and then your scout quality will reset.

With this system we are getting rid of the frustrating cooldown and we are giving control to the managers to either settle for an average tryout or keep waiting for something better. The min and max quality will remain the same as the current system, so it’s not like the quality will scale indefinitely, there’s a limit.

We’ll also set a “pity timer” so if the unlucky ones haven’t got any decent tryouts in X days, one will spawn for them.

2v2 competitions in new map:

We know just waiting for the rookies to grow gets a little boring, so we are throwing a very fun competition in there to be held weekly in a revamped mini‑map from beta.

Here’s how that is going to work:
- The map is “Pool Party”; anyone who played CS back in the day will recognise it immediately.
- The map is going to be 2v2, as such tactic creation will be limited to just 2 players.
- Another limitation in the tactic editor will be a max of 5 points rather than the classic 9.
- There’s gonna be 2 separate tiers/divisions, 16–17 yo and 18–19 yo.
- When registering to the event one will pick the 2 players from the academy that should sign up and meet the age criteria.
- The prize for this competition is simply a boost in fame for the rookies. We don’t want this event to feel mandatory but rather optional, while still giving a little something, and since some people were wishing for a way to farm rookies’ fame this is the perfect fit.

More news coming soon!