Ugh, why would you have to challenge me this way?
It sounds as though you are too old school to come to understand how tournament poker has evolved. No longer are there set and standard rules on how tournaments should be run, instead as the popularity surges so do the various guidelines and styles/types of games that are run. Apparently you are a dinosaur and are incapable of adapting to this style of play. Sooner or later that meteor is gonna hit buddy, and chances are the meteor will be in the form of an ugly pimple faced teenager wearing clothes that are too big and is texting on his cell the whole time.
Playing with tunnel vision likely makes you an easy mark for those with a diverse skill set and ability to alter their play style throughout the course of a game. Not just betting patterns, but subtle emotion and body language.
In regards to the first 15 mins becoming an all-in fest, sure, it’s often that way. Does this mean that you can’t play your traditional boring “Play like the Pros” style of poker? Sure you could if you’d like, but you’ll likely be outgunned after a few rounds. Could you be ahead following a “Super System” type of play? Sure, but you could also be out just as easily, especially with a low amount of starting chips ( 1000, 1500 ).
If you are incapable of using the blind structure to your advantage and understanding it’s influence on the composition of the game, perhaps you should go back to reading the outdated “Caro’s Book of Tells” and bitching with your senior friends about how you lost all your chips to some teenager that doesn’t know how to play the game and sucked you out.