SOrry toth, its 4am here and i might be reading too much into things, you are right. Sorry for that.
But why the magnitude drop? Thats the question i was originally asking.
If everyone is getting high magnitude scores, does it matter! Was the original question.
Sorry for any additional headaches.
Having a lower number is just simpler to look at. Yes, it's not a necessary change but it's also not necessary for all scores to be huge numbers. He is simply saying having a lower score number is easier for someone to identify with.