8v8v8 was honestly perfect, but it got canned because too many people were -rightfully- complaining about pre-made domination, but rather than adjust how many people can queue together, they decided to just ruin it by making it a mosh-pit of AoE spam. I said the exact same thing on the subreddit when the patch hit to turn it into 72-man, but many people were happy there, I assume because it allows them to blend into the crowd.