I proudly donated to have early access to this incredible map!
Speaking as an adult with my own money, I totally have no problem with paying a SMALL donation for an advanced copy a map, months before it is officially released to the public. It of course would have to be from a mapper already established, or if from a new mapper (such as "sethnorris'), show a video detailing the map properly.
As tight as money may be for me, if a new map was released by a top mapper such as steviewonder87, ConvictioNDR, HitmanVere, AweseomePieMan, or from the many others out there, I would spend my last $1.15 to be able to play one of their NEW maps! I'd be much more inclined to pay-to-play, then to send a donation after I had already downloaded a map for free. Just saying.
I know this opinion may not be popular with a lot of people out there, especially all the kids without their own money to spend, but I do feel the mappers should get something in return for all the hard work they put in to creating these amazing maps.
I actually wish there were tiers here, where the more established mappers, the ones making the more premier maps, would be given a class, in which to download their map, it would cost $1.15
This would help motivate those mappers who haven't made it to this level (tier) to keep getting better at making maps, so their peers (higher level mappers) would vote them in to the upper tier, so they could also receive $1.15 per download.