Getting First Turn

[Emuchu]

I'd put Foundry at the top as "nearly unwinnable" at high level. Player 2 is almost guaranteed to lose his Sniper on Turn 3, unless Player 1 is rushing the back door, in which case Player 2 gets royally screwed if he decided to protect his Sniper during Turn 2. 50/50 is not cool. I'm in Masters, Rank 7, and I've never lost on the Foundry as Player 1.

Long Nine I'd rank second as "pretty BS". Player 2 will always lose his Sniper in this map, as well, unless he spends the Wits to move the Medic over there, or he retreats it, which is wasteful. Meanwhile, Player 1 will take advantage of these wasted points to either wage a Runner war for the Northern ?+ Space or rush South, and Player 2 typically only has the resources to adequately defend one side or the other, especially with the Spawn points as far back as they are. What REALLY grinds my gears, though, is that Long Nine remains the only map where, even at high level play, Player 1 can still get away with pulling a Runner Rush.

As for the other maps, I can usually put up a decent defense as Player 2 in Sweetie Plains (my favorite map), Glitch (surprisingly fun map, since you can usually see pretty well), and Long Nine (it's tough, but I've never felt like I don't stand a chance).

As for Peekaboo... I'm on the fence on that map. The ?+ Space is difficult to defend as it is as Player 2, and whenever I play second, Player 1 always sets up a doggone Bombshell early. I'm not sure, though, if my games here are more influenced by FTA or just by virtue of this being a poor map to try and fight against a Bombshell in.