You'll note I'm not condemning the mavs here, but the devs. The developers' job is to do what is good for the game, not necessarily what players are asking for.

And yes, since this is treated as an investment, many opinions are geared purely on what's good for the opinion-giver, and often short-term at that.

You could argue I do likewise. I mean, what low-level player will not argue against the current changes, right? Well, I end every season in Challenger. I already more than made out my money from this game. I just hate seeing the decisions going on.

And yes, obviously some mavs really are out there for others. Just like we have things like Curie on Steemit. But it's an exception (on Steemit, not gonna say one way or the other on SM), except for the devs' decisions all being the sort that are entirely top-of-pyramid focused.