Paragraph 1: no one proposed the DAO pay them all the assets.
Paragraph 2: the fact that you don't know this just shows you should learn from someone that might. The answer to how much profit you make is not tied to the fee you pay to unlock. Its tied to the incremental demand OVER the unlock costs. If you can make a profit, so can others. Then its a race to see who can undercut each other to the point where only a bot can out do everyone because all the profit is gone and people have better things than to fight over each 0.001 DEC.
Paragraph 3: no I didn't. I said I was happy he stated his thoughts so that we could move closer to compromise. Without him weighing in, then people didn't know what he thought and thus clung to their side harder.
Paragraph 4: I understand why you did it. But to use them as the examples of the future prices is short sighted. All your examples can be counteracted with examples of other sets that would show the complete opposite outcome. I don't know about you, but when I value an investment of a card I look out over a long time frame. I still have most of my cards from every set and rarely sell any of them.
Paragraph 5: I am for unlocking of the cards or if they remain soulbound then we definitely need to make sure the new players can obtain them. So in this case you are assuming again something I think that isn't true. I agree that new players need to be able to get these cards and also need to be able to get the Gladius cards too.
Paragraph 6: my point to you is you do a lot of assuming. Generally you are not asking me why I disagree with any of your points, mainly because I don't think you believe I have a good answer. Like in paragraph 3, you read what you wanted to read and assumed something that wasn't true. When I pointed out that it wasn't, you came back and said it again.
The bottom line is I'm happy for you to vote how you want, and I'm happy to explain any of my thoughts to you anytime. But when you make statements like "the whales" are "just out to give me the short end of the stick", then its just creating a negative atmosphere meant to stir up emotions.
To make it clear to you, I vote for what I think is right for the health of the game in the long term. I rarely sell my assets and have held them for a very long time. I care that all players enjoy the game and feel that they are treated with respect. That goes for little players and larger players. We are all people in this world and I advocate for what I think is right.