I've been around through two iterations of this game, that pissed of people like you wouldn't believe. I personally know Ryan gets a sincere kick out of the high level of passion in which these 'haters' complain -- because it only proves how addictive and great the game really is. The first two times, I probably felt like alot of you do now -- that a change was being made for no reason, against my will (or worse without my input) -- though I was never resentful or outspoken against them.

Unfortunately I never really realized, or appreciated, what was going on behind the scenes. These changes are made for the community -- to fix problems -- and make a better game. Ryan is *giving* us all something; and constantly improving it. Appreciate him. People complained about how the flags could be abused (CONSTANTLY.) and now that is fixed. People complained that the ELO system was being abused, that a select few (who?) were creating an elite circle in the top ranks that couldn't be breached from month to month. Ryan has fixed that. Appreciate the work that has been done. This game is better than it has ever been before.

KDice the game is the same, the paths to winning are the same. You can come back from a bad start, you can ally against the guy in first, and you don't have to expand recklessly. You would all do well to ignore the per turn ante and play your game as you normally would have a year ago. The changes now alow you to simply drop out of a game when you know you can't do better -- something everyone should be happy about. Anyone now has a chance to take first -- to win this game (probably for the first time in months) -- everyone should be happy about that. This is proven by the fact that there are two people on the top of ranks that were never close before -- and many more below them.

The only thing I miss so far is the groups of people that would gather together to watch the high players -- there hasn't been much *watching* since the reset -- I'm only hoping this will change as the table levels continue to rise.