Rainbow Six Siege Pro League Changes Possibly Leaked

With Season 7 of the Rainbow Six Siege Pro League wrapping up, it seems that some possible changes to the format and the way the game is played have been leaked, with many in the community not happy with the proposed changes.

The changes, as we understand them, are as follows:

Ubisoft will draw three maps from the nine map pool, and teams will each get to ban one map and play the third, making each match a best-of-one. Supposedly the final will still be a best-of-three / best-of-five.
Objectives will lock regardless of whether the defenders win or lose, meaning that all objectives will see play during a match.
Any map banned during a series will become unavailable the following week, to force more map variety.
Relegations will be removed, replaced with a much simpler model of swapping the bottom two Pro League teams with the top two Challenger teams.
Pro League matches will involve less swapping, with each team set to play five round in a row on either attack or defence, with the winner being the team that reached six round wins first, much like how Counterstrike plays out.

The reaction to the news has been mostly negative, with pro players and fans voicing their frustrations with the changes.
(Editors note: Some of the language in the displayed tweets or their replies may not be suitable for all readers)

During this weekend you will be updated with how the future of pro league will look like. I am SO disappointed about the way ubisoft have decided to do this, we get told nothing and today every single team got to tell them how absolutely trash it is. Prepare for 6 months of shit.

— Fabian (@FabianR6S) May 18, 2018

Comments from this Reddit thread point to a lack of confidence in the quality of the proposed changes, with user Plebma stating “If Fabian is speaking for the majority of pros at LAN I'm really worried about next season”, and user daniel5426 stating “Noooooo R6 has so much potential”.

It seems as though Ubisoft has recognized the issues that were raised with the proposed changes though, with a follow-up tweet revealing that at least some of the changes are not being put into effect.

So we got what we wanted, when every team that attended the meeting said this is the most stupid idea you have ever had. Then maybe you did the right decision to listen to us. Thank you Ubisoft.

— Fabian (@FabianR6S) May 20, 2018

We’ll know more about exactly what changes have and haven’t gone through in time, but it’s promising that Ubisoft appears to be listening to the community and pro players when it comes to how they handle game changes. We've previously covered Ubisoft's changes to improve the game, with their focus on reducing toxicity for players here. Hopefully the proposed changes are as successful as the ones we've already seen.