by Girl_Power » 16 July 2020, 00:48
Yes the 'Recommend For Ranked' button does work, but it has zero effect on whether the map will be approved or not. It simply tells the staff team which maps are the most-rated for approval; the more votes a map gets, the higher it will be on the list. (Although there are some people who don't know how this option works so they decide to vote for a custom map that will never be approved such as 'paul308-base'.
There is no guarantee if a map will be pinned/highlighted; it is fully random. The map has to be new/recently updated though and it can be pinned more than once.
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