[2020] why are kanal and theme park still in ranked?

Originally posted by Hello: title

There are actually quite a few players that enjoy those maps. Keeping them in not only gives players more Ranked map options, but also prevents the map pool from becoming stale with an even smaller curation of maps.

Originally posted by Younesnake:

Originally posted by UbiYubble: There are actually quite a few players that enjoy those maps. Keeping them in not only gives players more Ranked map options, but also prevents the map pool from becoming stale with an even smaller curation of maps.

But isn't The Reworked Theme Park the worst and most defender sided map? Having over 60% win rate for defenders, the Throne site is the most defender sided site in the game so far, yet the map still is in the rotation even with the fact that it is the 2nd most banned map (before Outback got removed). Theme Park is honestly the worst map rework I ever seen in any game.
I don't honestly think that because a little minority enjoys that single map in Ranked, it should stay in the Ranked Pool, there are also people liking worse maps and want them in the Ranked Pool (such as Plane and House), does that mean Ubi should add these maps into the Ranked Pool? :)

House and Plane aren't comp maps and weren't designed for competitive play. Plane hasn't seen so much as a buff and isn't competitively viable in any way due to how linear it is. I think you'd be surprised to find out how many people enjoy that map, and prefer it over its original iteration. Everyone is entitled to their thoughts and feelings about whichever map, negative or otherwise, but I don't feel that the map's ban rate should be a reason to remove it from the Ranked pool.

I think discussing ways to improve the map over removing it entirely would be a more constructive conversation.