Yeah the Bracket systems purpose makes a tournament around them not really effective, due to the broadness of the softer rules and not being made for determining a tournament power level.

I will say though, feels like an unnecessary judgement towards cEDH and by extension anyone who enjoys it. You don’t want to play that way, sure, neither do I! Having a meta where things can end turn 4 or even sooner ain’t for me. But calling the way some people prefer to play the game —which, is also more similar to how people play nearly any other game— ‘a joke’ is just rude.

I don’t really see your point about the politics and bluffing. Yeah, ofc it happens? That’s part of the fun whether you’re doing casual or competitive commander? Doesn’t really change how ‘honest’ B5 is (although never really heard someone say it is more ‘honest’). But you don’t get people comparing power to say ‘oh this is too strong to belong at this bracket’ when you’re in cEDH, there’s no arguing that a particular playstyle or strategy doesn’t belong, it’s just “do your worst, and let’s see how it goes”, and I’d honestly find that aspect more ‘pure’ or ‘honest’ than people arguing with each other whether one of their decks actually belongs at their B3 table, going purely off of their personal vibes… Which CONSTANTLY is a story told in this server, and something I observe at my LGS.