Are we only up to #39? It feels like so many more than that.
I stopped having any interest in them as an enjoyable, fair or competitive competition round about #2, and have taken no part in any of them since then. Nor has our CC, save for the occasional member who mght play one round for the hell of it.
My only beef with them now is that regular play sometimes seems to be affected when a Clash event is running, so I try to avoid playing any important competition round until its over if I can.
Other than that the Clashes tends to skate off my consciousness except for the constant scorn and derision heaped upon them in the forums each time. I'm not sure why people feel the need to repeat the same comments/observations/wisecracks every single time a new Clash event starts, but I think it's safe to say that vast majority of the people who take part in the Clashes never stop by the forums to read this stuff anyway.
So of course they will continue ad infinitum, and for some folks ad nauseum too.