When the first project editor was created, I flatly said that I think this should be in the contests forum. That this was indeed, a contest. I made the point of asking several times.
Every time, I was explicitly told that no, in no way shape or form was this a "contest", but just a mep with challenging requirements unique to every round. I was told that the process of eliminating was the gimmick, not the body.
We can debate whether this was, or should have been a contest in the first place (probably), but in no way whatsoever is this a case of misinterpretation. PE has always been a mep, This is simply a matter of changing its core being midway through. nothing more, nothing less. Don't try to imply this was all some wacky mix-up.























