Remove Obsidian property in obsidian? POLL

[eo2]

Hello I figured we should bring back the forums a bit. Lets take each change one at a time so they don't get lost. This is my idea - if people have other ideas (like classic's 10 block rocket thing) make a new topic and we can discuss it.

I am arguing for.

As for the 'obsidian property', the change has one main reason - antistalemate mode. Its pretty well established that antistalemate mode has been a problem for years now (we used to have tagging break it, if you remember)

[6:18 PM]

While I was casting the tournament, I realized that at the highest level, it is extraordinarily difficult to break antistalemate mode against good players, largely because people can pillar on obsidian pillars (think of your game on outpost, Okasian). If you have good teams, this can last for nearly an entire match. This makes the game pretty boring to watch and fairly boring to play, without much room for counterplay, if teams are playing optimally. The change would not fundamentally change how people avoid with the flag (its a rather minor change imo, look at anchorage Left Ballas vs. Team OP, which still lasted awhile) it would just make it more difficult for them to do so, which in turn speed up antistalemate modes. Some other people have proposed things like a cap on how long you can hold the flag (too much I think), a ban on holding the flag in spawns (really difficult to implement), among other things. I think this is a small step towards correcting that problem, and if you disagree, please tell me why having obsidian makes the game more active/interesting or more accesible. If you give me the "its in the game so it should stay in the game" argument I will unleash the arguments I brought up for banning ice (which I hope I don't have to but if you genuinely think that you should give it some more thought)