I vote that its alright to play it once in a while.
Its a nice simple map, Ill give you that.
However, I just feel sometimes having the map being voted 3-4 times in a row is just not fun.
You play Humans.
Then Aliens.
Then Humans.
Then once again Aliens.
Then you realise that youve just spent (upto) 3hrs playing on the same map, performing very similar tactics every round.
I want to play it like every other map-
Play it once, then move on.
I voted the same. It *is* a nub map, but it is very valuable for training nubs. I don't play the same game over and over, I practice killwhoring one game if there are lots of feeders, then practice ambushing if the opponents are better, then despair and camp as builder (letting the good players push the team to s3) if the opponents are really good :-) Each of those situations teaches the player something about tactics and fighting skill and teamwork, and with a really simple map it's easier to draw useful conclusions. And while ATCS isn't a strategy map, it can teach building strategy 101 - whether or not to waste bp on a forward minibase, whether to move to the center, how to distribute bps on various defense options, etc. It takes lots of repetitions to be able to distinguish poor strategy from poor execution, and a TRAINING simulator takes lots of distracting variables out of the picture.
I enjoy playing with Nosfore*; he's a good and patient team coach and never a whiner like some of the superstars. But I've rarely seen ATCS voted in repeatedly on most servers, and the "all ATCS all the time" random-seed seems to have disappeared. Leave it in the normal rotation.
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* PS, I entered late onto an ATCS alien base recently with lots of trappers and fewer tubes, and thought: "finally, a builder with my style". I think Nosfore was the builder, but perhaps not.
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