Correct me if I'm mistaken internet, but wouldnt a reasonable time limit on a 3 stock match be the answer to all the problems this question raises? Lets start with players. I personally would prefer 3 stocks because at first glance it appears to add more skill to success. However, this seems as though it might just be a cop out for weaklings who just want another stock to camp with, or just another useless hurdle to jump over when laying waste to your opponent. But if the time of the matches remained at 6 minutes, people who get thrashed will get thrashed regardless, and their extra stock wont mean jack if they dont have time to use it since they spent all match camping. The individual player wont experience much more than a more invested match, which i believe is what you sign up for when you go into competitive. A true athlete wont be moved if they have another round to box or another lap to run. It might suck, but if youre competent, who cares?
TO's and spectators have about the same problem, more stocks = boring/too long. But we already have 6 minutes llotted to the match. If people are okay with the match potentially being 6 minutes, the stock count wont change that preference.
Not trying to be condescending, but this doesnt sound like too hard of a fix. I sort of want someone to explain the root of the issue here?