@fikmesån @DarkOort about map length: some beginners need like multiple hours to finish a kobra map. so long maps can be really demotivating, if you only wanted to play for a short amount of time. short maps can be beneficial.
there is an issue about how new players find each other. mostly they play longer maps on the perma novice, because those are the maps that can hold some players because of their length. multeasymap e.g. is attracting many players because it's long and (i guess) good for t0 novice gameplay. this doesn't mean that the map is good, it just means that the map is attracting alot of players because of how it was (re)created.