Ah I thought you were being coy, but I’m pretty sure you’re talking about this?
The designer mentioned was long gone by that time and may never have been active on this forum, not sure.
Just an OT blurb but this is really to the point that someone who knows what they’re looking for, relevant info on game mechanics, can’t find it in the flood of what, 8 years, 9 years of “general” conversation 
I find the claim that it’s not intended as a time gate and has nothing to do with character development (specifically cubits) a bit disingenuous, but whatever. If I take the stated word as truth then there’s literally zero technical reason to hang on to this system at all.
Some advice there too 