I have a question, apart from EMOY 07 (for which there are no regular competitions), does it make sense to enter into the MOTY competitions maps that have not won MOTM or at least been 2nd or 3rd place? I mean, it stands to reason that if your map never received enough votes to win MOTM it will receive even less votes for MOTY especially when competing against other MOTMs, no?
I thought of that but there were two threads; (2)MOTY 07 and (4)MOTY 07. I know you can submit any map, I just don't think it makes sense. I think MOTY 07 should come from the MOTM group and perhaps second and third place finishers.
Well, if your map has not won MOTM or even second or third place it can be assumed that if the same maps that beat your map during that competition participate in the MOTY they will beat it again, no? The MOTMs are supposed to represent the best maps right? So they should beat non-MOTM maps hands down. Of course new voters can show up and so forth but in general I feel that it would be true.
How good a map is or seems to be can change over time. Especially with updates. Maybe a map was updated but for some reason the map didn't go for MOTM anymore. Or some people notice that they misjudged the map, for example through some nice replays. You never know.
Just submit your map. If there are way too many maps, we can thin out the map pool after a first voting phase.