... and he assured me that the team is paying a considerable amount of attention to the competitive atmosphere, and that in addition to the judge program (~next year?) they're working on a set of "floor rules" to resolve all of the issues of gamesmanship we've been discussing recently. To wit, I brought up the slow-play thing, and they're both aware of and working on a solution to that problem.
I talked with Steve Horvath...
Thanks for all your work over there! The community appreciates it!