What astounds me, honestly, is how many ASLers there are who simply don't care whether or not a product was playtested.
I absolutely agree to you.
On the other hand, though, most ASLers buy ASL stuff that they know they'll never play - be it playtested or not.
Personal examples:
I own all MMP HASLs but probably will never play them despite their being playtested and many of them a blast to play, which I am conscious of. But given the choice of playing dozens of regular scenarios or one CG, I prefer a selection of regular scenarios.
I own in between 3000 and 3500 scenarios plus many more that I have come across electronically or in tournaments. I don't even know, how many I own. Most of them are playtested for sure. Yet, I keep buying ASL stuff every year despite having played only between 30 to 40 scenarios per year for a while. So if I stopped buying
at once and kept up that rate, I'd be served for 100 years to come without even touching a CG.
So in a certain way, it does not even matter if scenarios are playtested or not if you never play them. Certainly, I know that this comparison is lame to a point, as with playtested scenarios I have at least the
option to select from stuff that will likely be more fun to play than untested scenarios.
von Marwitz