Better to play Random maps?

Yes I like Random maps better so far. There's something to be said for a "balanced" map like Close Encounters or Kronac's Cross for fairness and ultimate competition. However, in the presence of a serious game-breaking rush from Embargo, a Random map offers the added level of uncertainty that makes that strategy too risky.

Minus Embargo some fixed maps are great, and I haven't gotten a chance to try the rest.

Also, my Small-Random 1v1s have been extremely fast-tech oriented, where the dominant move is to build 5+ military labs asap, letting a lone cap clear asteroids. Once I got used to the fast-tech approach though, I found that these games saw more strategic decisions being made about fleet composition and expansion priority, because after 15 minutes of relative peace the fleets start to become formidable.

Would be cool if they made a Random-Even type setting, maybe mirroring the worlds between two players but still keeping it random.