I'm sure that more than half of those who criticize Panic simply don't understand the point of this map. They see a poor starting position and give up, even though that's normal here, and you just need to not be afraid to play it.
Vik has long been advocating for XL maps as the most "balanced," and now many people are following this trend, believing that XL is the way to go, and everything else is not. In reality, the balance of XL maps is an exaggeration, and in my personal list of unbalanced maps, 8mm6a is at the top, but it's popular, so I have to play it quite often. I don't recognize Jebus at all and always ban it, even if it's not advantageous for me. And so what? I'm not going to complain; if I need to play it here, I'll play it; if I need to play Fir Tree, I'll play it too, no problem, because I signed up for a tournament where the rules stated that there would be different maps for each round, meaning I agreed to eat what the organizers serve. As for those who are now turning up their noses, I'm sorry, but I don't understand your arguments.