If you are going to make a statement/accusation, back it up with facts and citations.
Two things I've read in the last ten minutes that were wrong were the "No BAT posts in this 9-month-pending map" and BATs ignoring "regular players" for mod4mods.
Excluding SFG and Alace, who weren't BATs at the time, there had been numerous (as in more than, say, four) BAT posts. Even if James isn't recognized as a BAT any more, you should not devalue his opinion either. Regardless, there's five pages of comments. Assuming that half of these posts are generic "thumbs up" posts, that still leaves a considerable amount of mod posts, implying that there was a lot to fix in this map. And you wonder why it took longer to rank? It was also graved on request at one point, and speaking from experience I find it disheartening to put time into something that is only going to get discarded anyway. While that may not be the case with this map (impossible to say) I felt like mentioning it.
As for the whole BATs never mod4mod with non-BATs, there's no evidence provided to show BATs turning down regular players. And all it would take is one example of the contrary to void this accusation. I'm pretty sure I've done this mod4mod on numerous occasions myself, and the only one I recall doing with another BAT was Zerostarry.
I wouldn't recommend anyone demonizing those who they "rely" on (it feels dissatisfying to explain it that way, but I'm at a loss for other words), and baseless accusations aren't going to make things better. Nobody should be complaining about a map that is ranked quickly unless it's a really bad map. I can understand people viewing this as "unfair" and a violation of the priority system, but most people mod to their own whims. It would be unfair to form a grudge against someone for their modding habits and patterns when you consider the fact that it's voluntary. The stricter the guidelines, the less desirable the "job" is.
For novice beatmappers, your initial beatmaps should be considered a learning process. It'll take longer, you'll (hopefully) learn from your mistakes, and avoid repeating the same mistakes in future submissions, which should become subject to less scrutiny and criticism as time goes on. It's easier (and more enjoyable) to mod a map with only a couple errors than one with a greater amount to watch out for. I'd be willing to bet most people will only remember modding a mapper's most recent efforts and not maintain a history of problems. So even if the first map is a disaster, if you apply what you've learned to create a considerably better second map and get the word out on that one, you'll be building a better future.
tldr
Support your claims; befriend those you need rather than demonizing them (they won't have a pity-invoked change of heart) learn from your mistakes, and don't complain if others make less mistakes than you do.
Tune in next month when my core values and opinions on this subject matter change completely.