I seems to me like I’m seeing the same players repeated a lot, although it’s a little harder to tell since you can’t re-picj your opponents now.
If it still is the case, surely it’s more of a problem now that you can’t repick your opponents? If you keep getting matched against the same Drowner of Hope/From Beyond deck, you’re going to be in a lot more trouble than if your opponent has just started playing MPQ. That’ll cost you points and prizes.
I played against not more than 10 people. I think they were even less, but yeah, a group of 3000, playing against 10. Not to mention that we sometimes play against deck that are not even registered in the event, which is stoopid.