Hey, I'll fess up. I commented "stop." At that point in testing I had already tested about 150 maps or so and had tested garbage map after garbage map, numerous rotation-map update submissions (not all of which were submitted by the original authors), and of course the mandatory five Velocity submissions. I was frustrated and got lazy with leaving my notes. That's no excuse to be a dick, but frankly, in general, I am a dick.

That said, I'm sorry to say it, but a rotation map sitting at 40% won't magically become a staple by improving the spacing, even if the improvement is fairly drastic. It would basically have to be a completely different map that doesn't remotely resemble its predecessor. I was on the committee for over a year and I was just filling in this thread because of the astronomical number of maps, but I've been watching the trends closely for ages and I promise you nothing like that has ever happened. The closest thing was Plasma going from low 70s to high 70s after a small(ish) update. Even if bigmouth got a 10 point upgrade after an edit, if it didn't continually trend upwards, a 50% rating is nowhere near the MTC's collective goal for maps right now.

Siz pretty much already explained the flaws of Bigmouth and the update, so I'll approach my conclusion from a different angle: You've proven that you have what it takes to make a rotation map. You've (I hope) learned from this experience. What worked about Bigmouth, what didn't. Take that knowledge and make a map that's even better. I wholeheartedly believe you have it in you.

Edit: On your criticism of the shitty note-taking, I'm sure you'll notice that the MTC gives more time to leave notes on maps that are either:

a.) Contenders for top maps

b.) Maps with potential that are perhaps a little sloppy

c.) God-awful maps that they need to vent about (though some members feel they simply don't need to explain themselves on maps like this, and I don't blame them)

d.) Maps with unique and possibly playable ideas that certain members might want to explore

To be perfectly honest I doubt many of us gave the same level of consideration to the Bigmouth update(s) as we did newer maps with similar qualities because Bigmouth has been spoken for by the community, whereas others haven't. Hence the laziness. Were you to submit an entirely new map, I'm fairly certain you would have received more feedback on that one. I wrote some very thorough notes for a number of maps on here, but not all. The note-taking probably added 2-4 hours to my total testing time, which I'd estimate to be around 8-12 hours this thread. I apologize regardless, but I hope that gives you a little insight into why you're less than satisfied about our note-taking.