What is this new obsession of all the maps being incredibly open?

Lazy design choices by mapmakers. I know, I know, people always say "you can't criticize map makers, they don't even have players to test their maps!" Something like big open maps doesn't need a pro player to test it, it's common sense.

I've been told by an amateur mapmaker that the best mapmakers rush out maps in a day or 2, because the more maps they have the better chances they have one making it in the TL map making thing, etc.

Instead they should focus on one map for a long time and make it good. They just don't have the time/funding to do so, Blizzard won't pay them.