I’m not fully on board with the ‘explanation’ for Sirrians lack of communication most of this year. If you look at the steam numbers they are slightly higher, but not exponential so. I fully believe the insane fan/s that sent him direct threat/s rattled him. This was the same timeframe right after the first few GW previews they disappeared from the forums, then added salty.
With many of the game design decisions that have been made this year, compared to the previous years I also believe Sirrian is not getting the final say. It’s possible the Publisher has been exerting more of their influence? (Like completely removing Gems from LT).