I still don't understand why you are trying to push this Valve agenda. After listening to b4nny's stream tonight and you guys talking about the issue, I understand my opinion will not mean jack shit cause I am not in invite.
No matter how you want to sugar coat it, the fact is that the competitive TF2 community, as a whole, knows what items work and what items do not work to produce the highest quality TF2 gameplay for 6's. For you, to try and push or persuade us to change things to match Valve's vision for TF2 is a step in the wrong direction. 6's still revolves around player skill, for the most part. The more idiotic items you allow into that gameplay, the more you will decrease the raw skill of the players.
Why in hell would we want to degrade TF2 gameplay by listening to Valve's people who have no real competitive experience? Catering to the masses doesn't make the game better.