I agree with you, a poll would be the best way to do the tournament, if this actually was ACWC I understand why some people might not want to play it, as it is not a common map.
As for the randomness, I see what you mean the map is very open and has many entrances, it does not follow the standard "right, mid and left lane" template that most maps do. However I think it is compatible competitively because it proposes a challenge and rewards good players with good prediction skills, who instead of being "randomly lucky" they are able to counter the enemy with pure skill. Teams with better coordination, communication and game sense will be superior to those that just are a trio of pure "frag power".
It is the basically the opposite of ac_gothic per se, Big and complicated. I personally hated the map before, but after playing it for a while I found it being much more challenging and fun to play, when compared to the standard "Flag is left", "Low incoming right", "Falling back mid". Despite what I have said, this is all my personal take on the map, of course everyone has their preferences and i understand that.
Although Avenue might not be a good map for ACWC because people haven't played it, I urge good players like you Mise, to try it out and give it a chance, rather than playing the same 5 maps over and over again and calling anything else that is remotely different a "pub map".
As for the randomness, I see what you mean the map is very open and has many entrances, it does not follow the standard "right, mid and left lane" template that most maps do. However I think it is compatible competitively because it proposes a challenge and rewards good players with good prediction skills, who instead of being "randomly lucky" they are able to counter the enemy with pure skill. Teams with better coordination, communication and game sense will be superior to those that just are a trio of pure "frag power".
It is the basically the opposite of ac_gothic per se, Big and complicated. I personally hated the map before, but after playing it for a while I found it being much more challenging and fun to play, when compared to the standard "Flag is left", "Low incoming right", "Falling back mid". Despite what I have said, this is all my personal take on the map, of course everyone has their preferences and i understand that.
Although Avenue might not be a good map for ACWC because people haven't played it, I urge good players like you Mise, to try it out and give it a chance, rather than playing the same 5 maps over and over again and calling anything else that is remotely different a "pub map".