just not my cup of tea
Their reasoning wasn’t to do with popularity, which is why it “doesn’t make sense”. It was removed cause they had issues on how to work it into the new Ranking system and thus why they done said it would be back down the road after making some adjustments.
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My question is why aren’t the new (old) maps in the rotation?
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They have never actually confirmed that it is coming back though, They have always used qualifiers when discussing it, and for some reason seem to think it is quite funny they removed one of the most popular ranked game modes.
No one asked them for a ranking system that is apparently so complex that they can’t manage to make it work with TDM despite it working fine for 2v2 Gnashers and FFA.
And on top of it they managed to ruin performance in exchange for… fewer options than we had at launch almost a year ago? Their explanations don’t make sense and are intentionally vague.
The Gears of War property needs to be assigned to a different developer.
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I Started one of these threads as well, but I dont think they posted it because there are aleady so many.
I don’t understand why it was removed. People were obviously playing it and I dont see the harm in leaving it.
additionally single round quickplay sucks and it seems as though the new maps are not an option ( i haven’t even seen them in voting.)
Overall it seems like an effort to push players away from tdm for some reason.
I don’t get it at all.
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I think you missed the point of a ranking system, and have now interjected why you like KOTH over TDM, of which you are free to like one more than the other
It does not matter if you have played 2 game modes or achieved epic ranks in all of the available modes, (does it matter that i have played all of them, I have, but that does not change the following?)
The ranking for (insert game mode), is to have fair/competitive match with all playing, If we have a team of noobs playing then they should not be put against a team of wall-bouncing experts.
it is obvious, when we have miss matched teams, and when that happens, no one enjoys the match or game
(also all the game modes are objective oriented, If there were not then there clearly would not be a winner.)
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They removed it so they can fix it.
Everyone keeps posting asking the same question over & over… Do y’all watch the streams at all? The one on Thursday, the dev actually mentioned that right now they’re looking at the life pool in deathmatch, because “it’s unfair for one player to be burning through lives causing the whole team to lose”. Based on that I can only assume they may have an individual life count. I, for one, think that’s a great idea. I’m sure many others would agree.
TBH, i do not think the majorty of uses watch the developer stream and they are not on this forum either.
the official release note do not say they are fixing it, it says removed (https://www.gears5.com/gears-5-ranked)
“we’ve altered the list of Ranked modes to provide what we believe will be the best competitive and matchmaking experience for all Ranked players” …
“Team Deathmatch & Escalation are being removed from Ranked”
“We will use the preseason to gather data and feedback to validate which modes will provide the best overall Ranked experience.”
This suggests that they are evaluating the situation, and if we remain quiet how can they listen that we want it back? (have i missed something… because its not obvious what i can do to get it back, if that is to do nothing then thats cool TC please just say that)
Also do you have which developer stream?
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I’m aware the official release notes just says it’s being removed, however, it was discussed during the pvp stream last week, and then mentioned again on the one Thursday.
I will admit tho, I’m not sure at what point during the stream it’s mentioned, as I’m usually playing while I have the stream running.
https://youtu.be/BvB1qS3_xGA <-- this is the one from Thursday where he mentions the player life pool somewhere in the middle.
https://youtu.be/lOViK1MjsCc <-- this is the ranked stream, which came out the Wednesday before OP4 did
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they cannot improve anything. will only make it worse, as always. 
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I mean they improved guardian, give the new guys a chance
sigh
I wish the people who played Guardian knew they improved it… I always get stuck with idiot gnasher fanboys who don’t know how to use the radar or spot as the leader, & immediately run out & die.
How many times do I need to type in global chat “Hey Leader… Use your Radar!” 
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I’m actually really enjoying guardian and if it comes back that’s the ranked mode I’m maining.
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Anyways, KOTH is still KOTH, boring And Mindless, people are still leaving and creating lobsided and unwinnable games.
KOTH might have honestly the highest quit rate among all the ranked modes.
I wished TC came out with that statistic. Because it’s definitely true now that they’re only four ranked modes.
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SInce im a dad with a job, No, I dont watch the live streams. AInt nobody got time for that.
I do however read the the press releases, where I assume any relevant info is posted. And this has not been mentioned anywhere.
this is what the release says.
"As such, we’ve selected modes that represent a wide variety of the most popular play styles: King of the Hill (multi-respawns) and Gridiron (single-life) as well as a smaller squad with 2v2 Gnashers and solo play in Free For All.
Team Deathmatch & Escalation are being removed from Ranked. Team Deathmatch will now be in a dedicated Quickplay playlist and Escalation will continue to be available in custom lobbies."
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gotcha,
i didn’t see this before my other reply.
this is a big problem imo.
I understand.
They don’t mention everything in the press releases, which I was surprised to find out, as well. I know someone asked a question during the stream about the popularity of TDM, and he said “I know it’s a really popular game type, however, we actually removed it to do some changes” (I’m paraphrasing). He also mentioned during the stream that escalation was not very popular at all, despite being the esports game mode (which I was not aware of), which is why they removed that game mode from ranked.
I’ll try to find that specific section of the clip & upload it here.
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They should do E sports TDM would be more popular
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