TSPL I think is one of those things that sounded good at the time, but after watching it play it has caused more issues then its fixed. In bringing in TSPL, it gave level a purpose, forces activity at the top, and keeps #1 from pulling too far away in stats from the competition. But in doing such it's forced #1 and 2 to pull away from the competition in level. At one point Ozy told me it takes him 6 hours to gain one level. For simplicity I'll say Ozy is 40 levels away from Twid. By that math he's 240 hours (10 days) away from Twid, if Twid spent 10 straight days killing and Ozy spent 10 straight days not signing on, Twid would finally catch him. I find that to be ridiculous.
Pre reset, yes CJ flew ahead in terms of stats. But without TSPL there still was a chance that someone could catch him at any time as they didn't have to spend days leveling to catch up.
There's certainly more to the argument then this, post opinions