What I’m saying is that some of this might be brought upon GC itself! Wait, dang it, let me just look at the website again…

Nope, I’m dumb, it’s right there: playable draft.

So I dunno. I know that, early on, I was kind of horrified at the obviously unfinished level of work I saw (and produced). And then I got itchy about submitting anything at all because I couldn’t live up to my own expectations. So I can sympathize with the “the bar isn’t high enough” folks, although I disagree with them as well.

I think getting something to “playable enough that folks can see what you’re getting at” is kind of a specific skillset. Also recognizing that that’s what you’re reading for, not “oh god this is obviously broken, how was this even submitted?”