>1) Excision was introduced when I played Nabburak, a year
>before Cabdru.
>But in that time it sucked. 3 rounds lag and high failure
>rate.
>During Cabdru reign excision was much better, as good as zap
>and even better, because you don't need to hold a wand.
>I can't say when exactly that was done though.

Failure rate hasn't ever changed. Lagtime I dropped down some months earlier as I was watching A-Ps and realized none of them ever used excision offensively.

>3) Other rewards might be also nice. That one time. (To cover
>shady things?). Compare that with rewards for the first place
>in other role contests.
>After all, it was just a honorable mention. You expect to get
>a title or +1 prac, and woops here goes +1 int on fire AP.

It's pretty clear that you haven't been paying attention to role contest rewards of the last 2-3 years... including the time you won.