Player motivation has dropped hard, that part is real, and for most the old CTF is over. People saying "it's not over, there are still unsolved challenges" are just flexing their own problems. Throw 0-day style puzzles at people and nothing gets solved. Not sure the new form even counts as a CTF, but it's waiting for the moment to evolve. I just hope it's not a cosmetic rule tweak, and that it's something AI can't tear apart.