Sounds like a win to me, frogs and all.

That "swore by greasing cotter pins" line got me because I used to roll my eyes at guys like that. I always figured grease just attracts dirt and makes a mess, so why bother. Then I finally tried it on a set that kept creaking and sticking, and wow, it was like night and day. The pins slid in and out smooth and no more squealing on the trail. I had to eat my words too and honestly it stings a little. Lesson learned, the old timers usually know what they're talking about.

The 100 word cap working better than "an open limit" makes sense because your brain finally has a target to hit instead of a vague space to fill. I noticed the same thing with time limits instead of word counts, giving myself 15 minutes forces a kind of decision making that an hour never does.