it seems like everyone who enjoys canalzone is worried they'll get hate, and yet it's perfectly fine to like waste
this is ridiculous in my mind because I think waste is almost as damaging to the "idea" of koth as canalzone is to the "idea" of a tf2 map in general
koth maps are supposed to be dynamic and switch hands a lot, prompted by the much faster spawn time for the team without the point. waste, however, is so small and so chokey that whichever team has the point can easily just forward hold and spam the other team out, meaning that whoever gets the point wins the round most of the time.
I think the casting requests are because koth maps are inherently fast-paced and kill-heavy. it's still not a very good map imo.