i don't check forums often i just saw a link to Andy saying bullshit in forums so i came here to disprove his lies.
imo, map pool for ladder should be in a way that all 3 factions (allied,sov,yuri) would have the same amount of favoring maps. having a lot of maps that favor a certain faction will make players of other factions lose interest in the qm and hence it becoming inactive. But that is not to say that any faction is unbeatable on any map. it can be harder but not impossible.
when we're talking about tournament games, we're looking for the best player in the game that can adapt to play against any faction as any faction on any map. i i think as long as there's a legit map pool there shouldn't be a single veto for anyone(which atm qm map pool doesn't look bad except for a few maps)