Shadoblaze, as much as cross SWB was unwanted change by the community, vast majority of servers (merged servers) wouldnt be able to participate if it wasnt for cross implementation. I didnt like the change back then, because Ive dropped from 1st place every swb to 3rd every 3 months at best (and its still like this). Players that were in the top can feel hurt, but for over 50% of the contestants it makes no difference if its server or cross server, since they are being farmed anyway. However I prefer it this way than no event at all, just because of game's server policy. In a long run, I believe that was a correct choice, although some tweaks here and there could improve matchmaking or other aspects of this feature. SWB change in 3.0 or 4.0 regarding refine distribution was already a nice change.

@Garv, just to clarify: I don't support the way they used the poll and implemented it anyway. I agree with you about making it more balanced - somehow - but making it. I'm just trying to say, that sometimes things they implement (or dont implement) have a long range effect that community doesn't see. Change was required, thats for sure. I believe making cross swb was a right move, although the implementation was (is) nowhere near perfect. Could it be fixed to make it more balanced? Yes. Still, what we have is better than no swb at all for propably over 50% of the servers.