wb sylla!

i think "center splits right" is an atavism from basic fortress maps, its of little value on ctwf

indeed many maps are constructed in a way that splitting left is more usefull because it breaks the main direction of the enemy

but also it depends on how tight people grind - if they are faster on right side why brake this down because of a silly outdated rule

and finally center happens to move inside the grind to close the distance to bad grinders, he falls back and needs to choose the side where there is more space (if any)

plus it can happen too that on left side is the weaker grind of the enemy (especially if their center is slow) then u should split left side and lead the attack to this weak side

i suggest the rule: "center splits to the side where there is more space" (for the thumb)
so if anybody on pos2 sees he's falling back compared to pos3, he should prepare to a leftsplit

as a general rule, people assume center will split right.... that means that pos 1 and pos 2 will go forward until the last possible minute before splitting..... if center were to split left, that would mean pos 1 and pos 3 would go forward until the last possible minute before splitting..... if it is assumed that center will split right (the norm) and instead they split left, it is most likely that pos 2 will be tked.....

with people changing positions, and people coming and going from the server, it would be very hard for each center to say which way they are going to split and for pos 2 and 3 to keep up with a change in direction....

just my two cents....

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