Why doesn't id propose changes publicly before making them? If they make them, and everyone rejects them, isn't it a waste?

Seriously, the changes id makes can be good, but they could be better. It's like some kind of fantasy, to get such simple things as GTV and leagues/ladders.

Gamers can be funny... they might enjoy watching a game but not playing it. With GTV, the ads are in the game, and all those people who don't enjoy playing the game might enjoy watching it. I don't see how, in any way, id profits from streaming-video. The ads don't get hits except from the streaming-video people. Instead of 1,000 hits, they get 2. And the leagues/ladders... they make the games worth watching. Nobody wants to watch a random, meaningless pub game. If the match decides who goes to Quakecon, to play in the finals, and who gets the top seed, it becomes that much more watchable.

Map-changes are nice, but they are minor compared to things like GTV and leagues/ladders. It still seems like, game developers are latched to the old-world type of gaming - where there were no spectators. Do the devs have any concept of how to provide for an audience?