I do not have a vote. Krytenia, forgive me for asking this twice but it’s a feature of both your bids.
In my experience the vast majority of rosterless teams are those that sign up but lose interest (in some cases CTE). I have been guilty of this myself, because the WC period lasts so long that sometimes the interest you had three months ago isn’t there by the time qualifying rolls around. While it has happened that highly ranked teams coast through qualifying without posting rosters, it’s not so common. So what purpose does the rosterless penalty really serve? Won’t it just penalize teams that have already basically given up, plus occasionally hurting those who want to put together detailed rosters but aren’t able to by the first day? Some players put an awful lot of detail into their rosters and won’t want to post a short or incomplete one just for the sake of avoiding a prohibitive penalty.
It is annoying to play a rosterless team but I am not convinced a rosterless penalty will make that much difference to new players or those who lose interest.
(Amazingly, as I write this, I’m realizing why these words sound familiar: I recall a similar argument eleven years ago!)