I'm confused as to why the takeaway from all the feedback and complaints was to remove the scoreboard... I don't want to sound ungrateful - I really appreciated the town hop update because it directly addressed our concerns and fixed the issue of being locked into Louise Hill for the duration of the event - but this one seems kind of... irrelevant?

Most comments are focused on the amount of time required to reach the top tier potentially being unreasonable (and with the mystery of how many points each new task will give/their timers, nobody can really be sure). The complaints that did involve the scoreboard were targeted towards staff participation being inappropriate and staff leading the board via no sleep/promoting unhealthy habits.

Like I've said in a previous comment, I personally don't mind staff participation or an admin leading the board - I just found it strange because of all the work that needs to be done on the site. Obviously, they've already put a lot of time and effort into this event so I'm not trying to pressure anyone into letting that go. However, removing the scoreboard doesn't change the fact that staff are participating/not sleeping over this event for those who do have an issue with that...

That being said, it seems that some people enjoy the scoreboard while others could do without it - maybe it would be better to put it on a separate page that's linked to from the Summer Festivities page? That way, users could click on the link to find out their ranking if they're interested and if they aren't, it won't be in their face all the time.