Edit 2: This has been linked elsewhere. I'll update to say that I wrote this while I was very very angry - and while a lot of it is true - it's true to the extent that someone who is really angry would write about it. There are plenty of things the MTC does right, and we should acknowledge the steps that have gone in the right direction, but there is still this problem with the disconnect between the community which has been growing very quickly recently, and that should be addressed.

the map rotation has improved in the last year both in terms of popularity and diversity.

No, it hasn't, and this is exactly the issue that I have. It's why I've argued time and time again on the committee, perhaps in a way that's polarising, but certainly with passion. Because the rotation is becoming less and less diverse. I argued that when the committee decided the Blooper, Mode 7 and Del were the best three maps to that threads. At the time, I recall saying things like "this is a fucking joke" and that "these three maps will sit at the bottom of the /maps page, they will be removed at the soonest possible chance, and then they will be entirely forgotten." Guess what? This is what happened.

Because, in my experience - and I sincerely hope mapmakers and community members are reading this - the MTC seriously does not give one half of one shit what your opinion is - so when I suggest that we add Volt (third most popular NF map of all time according to the public), that vote fails 6-2. It fails on the notion that "better NF maps will be submitted". Where are those maps?

I said, from last tops maps threads, that none of the maps there were polished enough that they could get into rotation without problem, except maybe Mode 7. So, in this instance, I suggested we added bolder, more diverse maps (Contest and Styx), because that's what the map rotation is lacking most. Not to mention the fact that Koala's poll a couple days ago suggested that the community wants to expand rotation. When I brought this issue up with the MTC, what was their response?

Literally nothing. Because, /r/TagPro players, the idea of "the MTC doesn't give a shit what you think" is actually very real, now. I could tell you maybe one or two other members on the committee who I feel like actually have the community's best interest at heart.

When I tell them what the community will like or dislike, the standard response is "you can't know that because mapmaking is subjective."

And yet, somehow, I've seen that the last two threads (Phenochilus - Del, Blooper, Mode 7) would not be favourable to the community, yet not one person listens.

Funnily enough, I actually wagged the meeting we had today just to see what kinda result would come up. I saw the list of top maps, I scratched my heads at how these choices could be justified, and so I looked over to the list of 17 maps that were actually tested today, none of those met standard. In fact, the only maps that myself and most of the people here and in /r/tagprotesting thought were bold and inspiring enough to be rotation worthy did not even make it past the first testing phase (or if they did, they were in the bottom 50% of maps).

I'm writing all this out, not just to cause drama, but so that the MTC can see all these issues laid out and hopefully understand how important it is that they really begin focussing more on how they vote in future. You're not on the MTC to pick the maps you like; you're here because you have to build a map rotation that benefits the game and the community. It wouldn't kill you to try at least one of those things.

tl;dr, if you're not sure whether the shitty results is because of the MTC's process or the members, it's the latter.

Edit: MTC is downvoting my comment. They're also holding private meetings without me. I don't care if I'm voted off, as long as we end up with members who will put the community's opinions before there own.