What is so special about it?
In my opinion, more than the vast size of this AO (plus of 1000 acres and even more is available), the thing that made Night Scorpion I special was the quality and integrity of play and fun last year.
Without casting stones, there was a noticable absence of complaining, bitching, whining, "call your hits asshole" kinds of players.
While Irene and other ops in 2006 had way better AO's, more people, cooler props, etc, Night Scorpion (and Hac Bao III) were MORE FUN than were the other ops. This is of course only MY opinion, but I did go to ALL of the John Lu ops in 2006 so I have a point of perspective to base my opinion on.
Its always the people that make a game better, not the AO.
Night Scorpion is a great way to pop your national op cherry before the size and chaos of what will be LC VI....