I plan to write a more in-depth explanation regarding the various reasons why I am SUPPORTING this proposal and resolution.

But as a quick response to those complaining about "precedent" and "changing the terms of what was initially announced" I would like to gently remind people that at the beginning of the year (January 2022) during the Chaos Legion general sale, Yabapmatt and Splinterlands did extend the deadline for the general sale by 3 hours, due to issues that some people had with failed credit purchases:

@splinterlands/chaos-legion-general-sale-stats-and-airdrop-updates

"While the website generally held up well during the launch, there were unfortunately some issues with payment processing for credits purchases due to the overwhelming volume. Our development team resolved the issues within a few hours and our support team has been doing a fantastic job of working through the tickets.

Since it ended up taking a while for support to resolve all of the failed credits purchases, we will be extending the window in which all pack sales will be eligible for the next THREE airdrops until 4:00 PM EST / 21:00 UTC today in order to ensure that those people who were waiting on failed purchases have a fair chance of getting their packs in time.

This means that everyone has approximately another 3 hours left to purchase Chaos legion packs that will be eligible for the first three general sale airdrops - plus all of the eight remaining airdrops to be released over the life of the edition!"

--> I recall that most people were supportive of that resolution. I don't remember many people complaining about how extending the sale period would devalue the airdrop cards for everyone else, that this was redistributing wealth, and that people who were trying to buy credits didn't sufficiently prepare because they didn't buy those credits even earlier.

Special thanks to @cryptomancer for helping to jog my memory!