This is definitely not about being a fanboy or not. Temtem has been described as a story-focused game as early as 2018 in the Kickstarter FAQ. Every player plays Temtem differently, and it's great that it's focused on competitive for you, but it doesn't mean that's necessarily what it is for us or other players. The player count rn is understandable, as we're in a content drought, before full launch, and with 2 platforms missing. I really think it's worth waiting until we have a finished product to be sure about its future. As I said in a different post about this, there's a lot of neat features you guys don't know about yet that will enrichen the game a lot.
You're absolutely entitled to your own opinion, obviously. Just saying it might not be aligned with the dev team's opinion.