The name of the map was donut.
HTC removed it (along with the other large maps) when they split the arenas.
HT made a comment at the last con that the FT concept breaks the spirits of new players.
I hadn't heard that before now. Their opinion is the only one that matters.
Doesn't mean you and I can't have one as well, expressing it just won't make a difference.
My opinion is different for sure. The fact that they allow (and practically encourage) abuse of players over in-game voice, in-game text and in bulletin board posts has seen the departure of quite a number players that I have known and a couple that I introduced to the game. The arena split, as I have understood it, was about making the game friendlier. Read through the bulletin board, monitor the open channels, listen to in-game voice and form your own opinion if the strategy is on course.
I have never heard a single player express, even once, that they were leaving because they got shot down in fighter town. Perhaps they are listening to players that I cannot hear. That's possible because I have everything turned down so I don't have to listen to the bully boys.