You're not sold on the flkc tables because his a/f ranges are pulling fuel? What's the relation between the two, sorry? If you don't like his a/f ranges that's a separate issue...
As for the flkc tables - the theory is, (and from what bruce said subaru use this too?) that even if a bit of knock is detected the timing is pulled across more rpm ranges, not giving the engine chance to knock more in near ranges. If you thin out the ranges, you would have to wait for the engine to knock in that area before timing is pulled. For example if you suddenly had serious knock in all rpm ranges - erics tune would let the engine knock 4 times while matt's would allow the engine to knock 7 times, before pulling timing across the range.
It's just a bit more proactive to set it up this way


