I hadn't heard of this map at all until seeing it up on the testing servers.
I really enjoyed it! I haven't played all the contest entries, but of the PLR ones I've played this is by far my favorite so far, without a doubt. One issue I have, though: the "No Swimming" sign used here is lacking textures. It's a simple, easy-to-fix mistake and it's happened to me before, so it's not much of a worry. The teamswitch thing bothers me too, but it happens in a lot of
I'm totally going to recommend this on a server I play when the next version comes out. Well-detailed, well-laid out, great twists on the standard PLR conventions and in general I find the whole thing pretty fun. I feel this map can make great use of all the new assets the Harvest and Halloween props offer, too. If this is really your first map, consider me thoroughly impressed!