Well, I caught up with MPP7.
Woof.
My rule of thumb of "it's only fun to watch when Dan loses/is losing" remains. Completely devoid of any enjoyment in the last hour and half, basically gave up after BIGGER and just skimmed the last 7 turns.
It started out real strong and thought it would get to MPP4 levels but then everyone died and gave up.
I think I can tell when a mario party is "fun" to watch or not now based on just the mechanics they have in the game. The more bullshit, stealing, star swapping, and chance time, the more fun it is to watch and vise versa.