I have a similar hobby, and for me it's not so much "helping to play" the original game, but playing a _different_ game, a much richer/strategic game.
It's similar to car racing: most people just drive to get places, and there's little point tuning a car & driver to go fast. But if you want to go fast, then you want to go fast. There are negative externalities, for which it's important to keep the scale in mind, but these hobbies also push the envelope of what we as humans can do.
I have a similar hobby, and for me it's not so much "helping to play" the original game, but playing a _different_ game, a much richer/strategic game.
It's similar to car racing: most people just drive to get places, and there's little point tuning a car & driver to go fast. But if you want to go fast, then you want to go fast. There are negative externalities, for which it's important to keep the scale in mind, but these hobbies also push the envelope of what we as humans can do.