Well, obviously it's always been an integral part of the game...
Still, I don't like when it's used to justify stupid stuff...
And it gets in the way of some cool things sometimes. They probably wouldn't reprint Stone-throwing Devils because it's a first striker and black...
Mana Drain, Mishra's Workshop, Bazaar of Baghdad etc. are all legal in 1.5 and slightly hard to get too...
But 1.5 has a large pool of broken cards compared to any format that's not Type 1. All it does is make the format cheaper. I like that, but I'm still more into Type 1...
Newer players trying to survive in 1.5 though...
I don't know that it's all that different than in Type 1. In both formats they can lose horribly to say: Welder MUD, Stompy, Food Chain Goblins, Fish, Dragon, etc. Would they even notice the difference?