Late join thread1000

Hey everyone,
Thread number 1000 to the topic late join.
I did a late join in the recent finals
I was successful
It feels bad...
Hutch you have to do something about this. All things your tried don't work. Why not close brackets 2h before they end. In my mind this would give the chance that good hands would be at the top even in the bracket which just opend before 2h bracket closing.
I won the Citroën with this hand:

In a normal bracket this would be max t3.
But the important thing is. Winning the car wasn't fun. It was pure luck.
But isn't a game about having fun?
Thread number 1000 to the topic late join.
I did a late join in the recent finals
I was successful
It feels bad...
Hutch you have to do something about this. All things your tried don't work. Why not close brackets 2h before they end. In my mind this would give the chance that good hands would be at the top even in the bracket which just opend before 2h bracket closing.
I won the Citroën with this hand:

In a normal bracket this would be max t3.
But the important thing is. Winning the car wasn't fun. It was pure luck.
But isn't a game about having fun?
Comments
I agree with all your points, it seems an easy fix but as with everything else, it seems to take an age to get anything done unfortunately.
It's a "don't hate the player, hate the game" thing.
Also let me remind you that the new and/or weak players are MUCH more than a bunch of whales/old players bitching about late joining.
How would you feel if after every final there would be threads and posts all around bitching of how many big whales there are in the event and why the rich get richer and so on, bitching of all your "legit" good hands.
We are all free to join whenever and however we please, there is nothing unethical about it and i would be happier if threads/posts like this cease to exist.
Hutch said in one of the YouTube shows that if they set the cut off time to be two hours before or similar, then people would just late join then so it isn't changing anything. I disagree, you at least have to maintain your position for some period of time, the cream has time to rise to the top, tickets can be purchased etc etc. So I think if nothing else, that method should be tested.
These prize cars are very powerful and I believe that they should be earned by more than a 5 min lottery that suits particular time zones.
Getting those powerful cars by a 5 min lottery is less irritating to me than buying them with your fat wallet (not you, generally speaking).
Its like the rich of the world riot against the poor winning money on the lottery.
Anyway i dont want to say anything more cause i dont like talking with people that have such ideology (not you necessarily, everyone that is bitching about late joining)
And I agree with @Moog , closing the brackets even 2 hours before the end would have a significant impact as the randomness would be greatly reduced and only good hands would prevail in the end. If that was the case then there wouldn't be as much of an incentive to wait until the last moment and the whole final would be easier.
I said i wont be talking anymore for this matter but i really need to address this.
Suppose the brackets close 2 hours before the end. The last people that will join will be in an empty bracket for 2 hours and regardless of their hand they will get the trophy.
If we take into consideration the fact that its not always the case when a bracket fills another one opens (2 or 3 brackets may open at the same time) there maybe be a random number of brackets in the end that are empty with "lucky" people in it and they will win the prize.
Then all the salty whales/etc will come again and say "this is unethical and should be changed".
This game is heavily P2W and this is the most unethical part of the game, not late joins, not early farming, not anything that the salty guys complain about.
So people that dont have deep pockets have to adapt to this environment, you know how it goes.
There are many things to consider, however. I'm actually thinking about setting up a simulation to determine what would be the best tactic but I'll really short on time during the upcoming weeks. This could give us some insight into the implications of different ending times for instance.
Is it unethical that a Porsche 911 costs more that a Dacia Sandero?
Anyway, I'm sure this argument has been done to death and it's likely that which side of the argument you sit on will depend on your means / willingness to spend money on this game.
1 bracket only in the event with rewards given to % brackets.
Top 1% T1
Top 10% T2
Etc etc
Not saying I would want all events to be this way but could be fun every now and again.