Melees are too powerful and common so often get rid of the need for guns. That is why melees are bad.
The game isn't overly bad but parts of the community and certain staff give it a very bad reputation. However from what I have been told and noticed myself, most other servers have the same or similar types of people that make the community bad. Personally I think the reputation is due to people in the past thinking it was bad and telling people that and it just kind of stuck.