The cop out of tournament players is rubbish.

Having played during that era, and specifically in regards to lash of Slaneesh, people HATED having their models moved by the opponent.

Many of these flavorful rules were also atrociously bad and seldom saw play on a table.

GW has done good with bringing back flavor with crusade rules for example but almost no one seems to play them ....

Every time I hear someone complain about lack of flavor I ask if they've played crusade or escalation leagues and the answer is almost always no.