The author of the second article does not like castle wars, even before the update. I have stopped playing castle wars when the clan wars came out, but like allot of people I checked out the update. It hardly changed anything it was still melee based, the rewards seem pointless (yes I think that the new armorer is ugly too), I still cant use my ava's accumulator, and most of the people there are just there for killing other people. As for the author wanting an auto balancing system, there is something like that now, but i believe that it is based on the amount of players not the levels. I would rather Jagex focus on some other aspect of the game rather than fix the balance of castle wars. As a side note and helpful hint, join the team that just lost. Odds are they are going to win. Something to do with noobs (low levels to be more politically correct) rushing to the winning side for the next game i think.