I have seen way too many threads on the subject of hiding dead bases. But I have found an answer I believe to be a bit more plausible. First off, I was a barcher and 80% of my loot came from dead bases so when they weren't showing up I too assumed SC hid them. But now I think I have a better answer. So dead bases have low priority in the MM queue and actives are pushed up. Before, many actives would get sniped and be taken out of MM since they had a shield. Snipes are taken quickly even in some of the lower leagues. So with much fewer actives to be put into MM, inactives had to be put in and voila, free loot that many (like me) loved. But now with a lack of snipes, there are too many actives blocking dead bases from showing up. And for those who have found some dead bases (I found 1) you will note they are either recently drained or totally capped unlike before when it was just whatever collected in a 12hr shield. The recently drained one are due to milking and recently quit clashers and the capped ones are the ones that are forced up in the rare case of no actives. But I may be wrong about this, I have no SC issued document or anything, but this is just my 2 cents on dead bases. Thanks for reading!