What happened to the Epic Pick?

Hi,
I’ve been trying to build maps at the highest quality for the Epic Pick for several years now. I’ve had a few featured in the past. But what I’ve been noticing over the last 1–2 months is that the Epic Pick has really declined — maps aren’t able to gain enough players anymore.

I know there have been some changes made to Discovery, and in my opinion, those changes haven’t helped at all. In fact, I think they’ve caused many solo creators to lose almost all of their player traffic.

For example, I’ve been building Prop Hunt maps for 6 years, and the performance I’ve seen over the last few months has been the worst it’s ever been — even though I’m constantly improving my maps and taking them to the next level.