When I said "view-dependent" it was me playing with your words. As in you simply looking at the post on your computer monitor being able to read it at whatever angle. Again, I tried a joke with a little more "depth".... PUN INTENDED.
I am fully aware of what you actually talking about as 3D and game design is what I do for a living.
Sorry, I failed to make the connection there. Thought your remark was related to the link connected to a screenshot (it didn't, should have ringed some bells). I frankly never thought you didn't understand computer graphics. I thought I didn't do well enough to explain why I thought the effect was important, so went into details.
The thread has already come to the consensus that 1.09 contained a fix for the deformation, but the rest of the graphical issues in single player remain unfixed.
It has also mentioned in a comment box in the original video that 1.09 fixes this. How much time passed between 1.09 and 1.08? Was it a fast turnaround for a patch?