I want to put in my 2 cents and say that I disagree with the decision and feel like Lowlander is correct. However, I wouldn't say that it ruins the game for me, but I do feel that making previous leaderboard scores impossible to obtain/beat is quite bothersome. Besides that, there's not much I want to say that hasn't been said already, except for

Quote Originally Posted by AJayN85 View Post
In this thread: the 1% complaining about changes that benefit the 99%. Since we're all geeks here, I'll quote Spock too: "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." And if HMX is going to stage a tournament, they're going to aim for maximum participation: score and powerup parity. In this case, the powerup that got nerfed was the bud that needed to be nipped.
I just had to stop and say you are one very self righteous and arrogant person.