I'm back from the beta. And i can defend Vag's point, that gameplay WAS a hell lot different than it is now. Thinking mattered more, expansioning mattered more.
BUT! With all my respect, there is no point in saying that the players today suck. Yes, some people use same starting expansions over and over again, but there are people, who like to invent new, greater expansions. Who like to think in the other way than anyone else thinks they would (Plato, Chess, Time and yes, even Mauzer are just a few examples out of many).
And yes, someone promised not to be an autist in the forums again. Guess that went flushing down the toilet. xD