Map requirements for 1.1?

[Brahma]

so no more gema maps?

There will be If you create a good gema map which respect the new restrictions... I could create a gema map inside these restrictions, but obviously it would not be a good map... :P

so maps like iceworld can't be played either?

Iceworld?!?!
D:

Would there be any way in the future to allow certain maps outside these restrictions? Like say, have the map sent to someone important, get the map stamped for online play, and having a server recognise that stamp? Or, allowing custom maps outside the restrictions within a server rotation? Or both?

The restrictions can change any moment... since they are not "perfect"... but there is no reason to allow a crappy map just because someone "important" created it.