AOWL needs to be dumbed down to survive. Fact.

[Diablo]

I get it, the mods think that it’s participants want to be pushed to test themselves each week etc. I can’t fault them for that ideal. they’re doing what they think people want

but the reality speaks for itself, many people are struggling to write to the given topics which is leading to constant no shows and/or extensions being required

all of that is slowly throttling the life out of the league

upping the difficulty setting to hard mode right from the jump means more players who are trying it out for the first time are finding it difficult to get into the game (see: Blue Bayou this week etc)

if you made the topics easier for people they would spend less time chewing over what to write, granting them more time to get their verse down, minimising no shows and the need for extensions

i don’t want to use the term “dumb it down” but essentially I think that’s the answer