i didn't see this until just now,

You may not be complaining about the graphics, but you're complaining about clarity. I agree, it's not fair for past winners to have gotten to edit their hats. I don't think they should've been given that option anyways. They were given the option though, and that's that.

Problem is, things change. This option hasn't been given out to the winners for awhile now (correct me if I'm wrong). Just like how 1k guild hats were changed to .PNG only. Newer guilds can complain that past guilds got .GIF 1k hats. Doesn't mean they're going to get that option.