Without reference for evaluation, people will vote only on what pleases their eyes... then we will see many maps of bridges and waterfalls
This topic can be called [Quick Showoff] Post your latest maps!
I can see where you come from, but I completely disagree with you. There is nothing wrong with voting on what pleases one's eyes. That's a big part of this competition actually. Freestyle is actually a topic that has been around, and is still around in a lot of sports and competitions. Dancing freestyle, rapping freestyle, martial arts freestyle, freestyle art competitions... etc etc. It allows one to use everything that they have learned about their profession/hobby, and create with free hands, whatever their creativity allows them. It is a hard topic to engage in, that's for sure. But to call it lazy or whatnot - is just blatantly wrong. I would say it's the opposite actually.
It might be a coincidence as well, but we have 12 people that signed up for this competition. That's a lot of people.
I am eager to see everyone's entries.
If you are not happy with this month's topic, then you can wait until next month to compete. I would also suggest you to drop a suggestion of what topic you'd like to see in the upcoming contests, if you haven't already.