You should have at least mentioned these radical changes to the rules in the first post, so everyone would be aware. And I don't agree that the Hv rating has lost its relevance; why all these registrations for the tournament, reports, etc., then?

A forum is a forum, and it's slowly dying, but thanks to your actions, it will die even faster. That's not nice; at least show some respect for it and for all the time we've spent here...

If you had been following Hv and tournaments judged by Dirty, you would have noticed that this year, a more up-to-date lobby rating is taken into account when seeding. (Miror Jebus, OFB, CIS in St. Petersburg)
You can also look at yourself. Your last rated game on Hv was the final of last year's FB. (You're not the only one among the participants in the current FB. It's just a telling fact.)

Yes, our group is significantly better than some others in terms of the Hv rating (all four of us are in the top 10), but what can you do? If you want to be a champion, you have to be able to beat everyone.