I think I must have missed those because I certainly wasn't ignoring any "counter arguments". The only counter arguments I've ever seen is what qwizzie posted months ago which was that throttling traffic to order books from miners was a viable basis to boost Dash's store of value competitively and that our early position on the emission curve will be compensated for by increased masternode take-up driven by increased reward.

But these two assertions have been shown to be flawed because, in the case of the former:

 • it's too myopic. It's shown above that mining reward is a zero-sum game. Throttling supply to miners will NOT raise price, in fact it has the opposite impact because the aggregate effect is to lower competition for the primary supply and

and in the case of the latter...

 • the analysis was done in Dash whereas it should have been done in dollars to take into account the impact the market can have on repricing the masternode rewards

What you presented wasn't "counter arguments" but "#pumpIsComing" mantras which we all know. It doesn't affect Dash's competivity at all since "alt-season" applies to all alts, not just Dash so your "counter arguments" are irrelevant. This discussion is about what makes Dash MORE competitive than other coins, not what waves are coming for the crypto market as a whole.