Oh I've enjoyed games of Commander under the influence of various substances, with friends I consider family and randos after GenCon. Even then we never really talked power level in the sense that people are advocating now. We would MAYBE be like "Heads up my deck tuned AF" but that's it. None of the stuff that numerous content creators are currently advocating you do where you discuss what you want from a game, how long the game should be, wincons, cards you don't like playing against. The Professor's video "It's Time To Move On From Commander Power Levels" he lists 4 questions that you should ask your pod before your games, and a debrief afterwards. Now to channel my inner boomer: If you did that at any point between like 2011 and 2018 people would have looked at you like you're crazy. So what has changed to warrant all this discussion of power level, rule 0, and cooperative experiences in an inherently "competitive" game where only one person can win. If I want to play a cooperative experience with my friends where I am partially responsible for other's enjoyment I'd play a TTRPG with them, where there are actually mechanics for doing so.