You know, since we are on the topic of pr0s, I havent seen alot of clips of this stuff but the ones I have seen are less than impressive. I guess I prefer the highlight reels better but anyways one thing that annoyed me with the q4 ones was the graphics were crap. As a spectator I like to see things at the best quality not some super tweaked pr0 out settings.
In a competition scenario I just think it would be better to try to aim at what the spectators want alittle more, not so much in the action thats up to the players and their styles but in the way the games look. You cant really say oh we dont have the systems to run it like that, it simply becomes some kind of trend and not all trends are good.
If it wasnt any advantage then why arnt we seeing much high quality graphics, not like the ones I seen of q4 comps?
I mean people can play how they want but they should consider whats fair for other people also when they play not just about their fragcounts. A prime eg from games in the past is turning off grass and shrub decorations which gives snipers a clear advantage. It ends up just being a trend where everyone starts turning everything off and we end up with a pile of mush like the screenshot in the OP, thats not the way its meant to be played! (pun intended)