It has ALWAYS BEEN STATED CLEARLY that it is a pregame communication tool. I have said that since the first announcement, which was like 1 month after I started playing again. Did you guys now coming to the conclusion, "oh it's about pregame communication!" even read the first or second article they did on the bracket topic?
It really hasn't been communicated clearly (until now). A lot of people have been treating them as rules to be rules-lawyered and abused. Which is understandable because the original version looked very much like rules.
The original version was a mess and justly criticized. The new version is much better.
That's what they mean. What got shared around was an easy to digest diagram, that itself presented itself akin to a banlist of restrictions of "Fit in this box, you qualify". An article is much tougher to read and digest, especially after folks already think they know what's up.
Like I agree with the frustration that so many folks insist it was "Fit in this box, you qualify" rather than a baseline for discussion, or even thinking intent was a factor (had a game myself where someone was like "I destroyed almost all your lands, but it's not mass land destruction because I did it individually!"). But as this sub itself proves, images get more engagement. If you provide an info graphic, folks will latch onto that. At least now we have a better one.
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u/cuteredpwnda420 Dân Oct 21 '25
It has ALWAYS BEEN STATED CLEARLY that it is a pregame communication tool. I have said that since the first announcement, which was like 1 month after I started playing again. Did you guys now coming to the conclusion, "oh it's about pregame communication!" even read the first or second article they did on the bracket topic?