In AH2 Hitech tested a variation of funneling and it crashed and burned. Ultimately customers liked attacking the feilds they chose to assault versus being forced by Hitech to follow a funnel he defined. It's the whole forcing the customer to do what they don't want to that has to be approached carefully versus stick it to them becasue something has gotta change.....
Semp's scenario has played out as I remember for the last 17 years, all through each tour with the three countries taking turns doing what he is observing. What is wrong with paying customers getting the satisfaction they are paying for by working together to acheive goals that make them happy? When Hitech funneled them in his experiment in AH2, they did not appreciate it as things started stagnating becasue their evening was controlled by the funnel if they wanted to win the map. For the first few days it was exciting becasue it was a change from the norm. Then it became a burden which impacted customers willingness to take part just to flip a map. Ultimately these conversations turn into wanting change for the sake of change regardless of the consequences. No one itemizes the consequences and discuses them as part of the whole process. Watch, it will turn into the usual attack any dissenters who disagree with "change".