Another thing I've noticed... the "competitive 40k" environment seems to have changed in recent history. When I was really playing hard, it seems that even the "competitive" events (as opposed to hobby) were still at least somewhat about having fun actually playing the game. It seems especially on a national level, that the "competitive" events are now more about winning and not about having fun playing the game. I see some parallels to Magic around 10 years ago...