Oh no, there were plenty of consequences...a lot of people had to die/ get injured for us to get the knowledge we have today...
Just because someone did something dangerous and survived doesn't make it "safe"
I have never seen an overweight tech diver...
I think the more we learn about decompression, the more we realize we don't fully understand it.
There are plenty of good divers who get bent doing a dive they've done a dozen times before...you can do everything "properly" and still get bent.
Largely where many of the "overly conservative" standards are stemming from.....that unknown....
I have never seen anyone on a dpv that wasn't an already great diver.