Sorry for neglecting to mention you Doom, you ARE one of the good ones.
Still can count you all on one hand.
Oh, I'm not trying to group myself with Mags and Luke, they're rock stars and I respect their opinions (Even if Luke uses that Utah stuff lol) but ill be honest here for a minute.
Back when the Dream came out and the whole 900 Global lineup was changed because Global Foundries had been half sold to Storm and the covers had changed to 74 Response and 78 Dig (man, I hated the Moxie), I messaged Mags on Facebook. I asked him what I should put together. So that was about 2015/2016. He gave his honest opinion and I thanked him. If I had asked some shill about it, they would have tried to tell me the whole line was the bomb.
So I'll tell you what I currently see on the landscape.
To me, the Volitility and Torque look REALLY good. Like, stupid good for assyms. I'm upset I didn't get one. Aspect looks very Moxie Truthy. Really slow downlane. Meh. Afterburner, you can't go wrong with that core unless you majorly screw up the cover. Revival, I don't know... The OG HB was good enough, and they probably had to make a revival because nothing from SA got carried over.
Right now, I have nothing in the bag (literally, I have a Rogue Assassin nib waiting for me in my closet), and will probably buy too many Motiv balls at first because a majority of them look good. Alpha, Ghost, Flash, Nemesis, Fire, Assassin, Supra, Shock, Covert, Blitz, Desert, new Thrill... They all look good. And I'll give you my honest opinion as always. If I ever become a shill, I give northface permission to come out to my neck of the woods, beat me about the head and neck and video it all for your entertainment.
One other thing. In the 18 months I was on staff, I never sent a link to my boss to get "credit" not did I ever fluff anything. That isn't my gig, never will be. My integrity is worth more than some credit towards some bowling stuff from any company.