Please don't criticize my GM. My super high stats didn't stay and either did the low ones. We just ended up picking stats we wanted cause we're all mature and stuff. But that's kind of the point. Why have a rolling system, if you are going to reroll? We now have large table of arrays. Actually two. One set for higher end epic heroes, and one set which more closely matches standard array from phb.
Rolling is problematic because of needing to adjust, reroll, or come up with less extreme system....
Sorry I had thought you meant that the others were being told to play with bad stats. More then a single array is a much better option then one for everyone.
I prefer rolling because it 'insures' characters don't end up with mostly the same ability scores for everyone. As had been said before, rolling for some of us is fun.