12-05-2021, 08:37 AMRomanesEuntDomus Wrote: This is a really tough issue for me right now because on the one hand I understand people being upset and the devastating emotional effect of this change being dropped on people like that. But at the same time, I really hope that we won't be looking back at this situation in a few months or years as the day where S53 and 54s sacrificed the health of the league so they could keep their shiny 2k badges.

I've definitely calmed on the whole thing after some time. I like to think I've been decently transparent about the fact that my reaction is largely just that it sucks to get gutted a bunch of TPE. I am all in favour of improving parity, I want the league to be more interesting and exciting for everyone despite being on one of the "juggernaut" teams that performs well. My main thought, being a couple of days removed from it now, is that I still hope there's a way to handle this without making a decent portion of users feel hurt by it. I get that's it's for the greater good, but my hope is that there's somehow a gentler way of doing it.

I think it's a little harsh to say it's only about wanting people to keep shiny badges or whatever. Regardless of how you feel about TPE, like I said in my first post, those 400 points represent tangible work that was done. I can't fault people for feeling like some of the hours they've put in to media or PTs or whatever was for nothing when, in S53s case, they're losing around 10% that they have no chance of earning back.

It's hard, and while I'm not in the camp that's looking to retire or won't recreate-- I've heard and seen from people on Discord how this hurts and I can't really fault them at all for feeling that way because they're right. It's for the health of the league, but it sucks for those most affected in the short term. Ultimately I want the league to be more exciting, so if this is something I just have to eat for things to get closer to that goal then I'll eat it.

All I hope is that users smarter than me like Bromanov or 7 that have more data and experience can work with HO to find a way to achieve the same goal with less harm. Is that possible? I have no idea. Is it unfair to hope for? I don't think so.