Why did everyone hate generator holds at the end?

[Jader]

The Enclave came back for a little while during the dying days of PS1 (2006/7).

Whenever there was a stalemate inside of a base and all the forces on a single continent were stuck in a zerg v. zerg, my outfit would just easily drop the generator and then hold it. We would be insulted and even TKd by our own guys, and I never understood why.

In the glory days of early PS, dropping or holding a gen was an important tactic in keeping the game dynamic and crucial for a rapid offense.

Why did the community express such outrage at a tactic thought to be fundamental to the game?

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