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If you like to play with talents only, I can say that no one who has ever had to leave the league has ever done so due to negative stuff happening in the league - they were all either not going to upgrade to the next version of OOTP, or stopped playing OOTP altogether.

If you've never played with talents only, I'd like it if you at least considered it. It's a much different experience, and requires you to look more into players' statistics, which has three major benefits that I can think of. First, it makes you get to know the players better, since you have to dig a bit deeper than just looking at his ratings. Second, it is much more realistic and mirrors what a real life experience would be like. Third, if you think you're a good GM, I think it's a better way to prove it, since it requires more analysis and it's more challenging. However, it can also be much more rewarding, I think.