I personally could care less what "the ubers" think about it. Why should their opinion matter more than the others? I certainly do not need (or want) them to plead my case for me.
MA should be more concerned about the opinion of the players ingame for between .5 - 1 year. These are the people that will talk about this game to friends and get more people interested. The so-called ubers are fully into the game and chances are their associates already know about it.
Speculation on my part - I am not saying this is the case, but it is my opinion.
As far as those ubers being heavy investors and THAT is why their opinion should matter... Land owners are pulling down so much money already I doubt this will affect their PED card dramatically. It is the newer user that strives to be better that will be affected the most and that is sad to me. Word of mouth is about the only advertizing
MA gets and now it is in jeopardy.