style and style's
 

Coaches,


life would bring us another child if. "meaning a new style owned by the MFCA.

WEIRDWOLF, MATT AND AL-D would ask the start up committee to submit three names privately to be on board to create the official MFCA ruleset to be printed in book form with illustrations and all the nuance's so anyone from 6 to 90 can understand with ease. Just an idea i was think about was to forgo 1 traditional tweak and make that edition an official rule book with play's and everthing for coffee table reading.

THIS WOULD BE FOR ANYONE WHO WAN'T TO PLAY BY THE MFCA RULES ONLY. I HOPE EVERYONE STILL CONTINUE'S TO PLAY EXACTLY HOW THEY ARE PLAYING AND CHANGE NOTHING IN THERE ARSENOL.

This is strictlly for anyone who want's to start a league with this ruleset and for newbie's to learn IF THIS IS THE RULE'S THEY WANT TO PLAY BY.

I think in the past we tried to force feed things to coaches who were already happy doing what they are doing. This is for the coach who wake's up one morning and say's i want to ply this way.

if two league's on seperate coast go in this direction they will have a connection. little by little it will build momentum once coaches hear how successful they are playing in a MFCA format.

AT LEAST LET'S SEE IT CREATED AND KEEP IT OPEN TO THOSE WHO WAN'T IT. One nice thing would be is at least it is in PRINT and readily available for the consumer.

THEE OFFICIAL MFCA RULEBOOK AND GAME INSTRUCTIONS
HAS A NICE RING FOR ALL WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND THE ROAD IT TOOK TO GET HERE.


MANTARAYDRE

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convention or league?
 

You didn’t say buzzball, but it sure sounded like the buzzball style to me. What would the weight limit be? I’m not a big fan of the chop sticks…. Especially on un-weighted figures that will jump when the board comes on.
I’m with Jimbo, the set up of the convention was perfect, and I hope it stays that way. Now if we are talking about forming a MFCA league, similar to the NHFL, where you have regions set up, and we could hold the playoffs sometime during the convention. I would go with that. But to divide the hobby and say this is how you play the game is not a good idea. New coaches will adapt to the style that is played in their area, or region. If they don’t like those rules, they can travel or play solitaire. There is no right or wrong way to play this game. But if I had to choose 1 style, I would go with the MPFL, or Burgess Style. I would make some modifications to make it league/tourney friendly, but I would stay with the core set of rules. With that style no figs are left out since you are adding weight (unlimited) to all your players. This would alleviate the problem of coaches having 3.2, 3.4, 4.0 or 4.1 players. Throw some lead under the hood, and roll. I would use the nhfl attak passing. With the weight of the players there would be no movement once the switch is turned on. I would incorporate some of the action box, for fumbles and dropped passes. I would allow both coaches to go to the other side to attempt passes only.
Now if we had a MFCA members league, that’s how I would have it. Regions would be set up according to our 7 areas. Everyone would play in tourney style jersey. Offense dark, defense white, just in case the same teams played each other.
But I would not change the convention set up. It was sweet seeing everyone go at it, trying out different rule sets.

Nat'l

I think the convention format was fun....
 

... and the point I am trying to make is have a starting point for new guys to play,.......................it doesn't have to be the specific set of rules for the convention tournament, or any tournament for that matter, .....................It is just a starting point for newbies to get their feet wet.

Keeping the existing format at the convention tournament is a great way to support all different styles, and keep with the bylaws.

Having an MFCA base set of rules for newbies,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, is just that, .....................it does not mean the rules have to be used at MFCA functions.

What are we trying to accomplish? I thought it was to promote the hobby, meaning get new folks into it and help them enjoy the game...............one has to start somewhere.

As for a national MFCA tournament rules set???? I don't think you will get a ton of support for that, being the the first convention had all different styles and it was fun................... I could be wrong.:rolleyes:

But if you live in H-burg
 

What would having a MFCA rule set do you? Or if a newbie in philly came to the nefl with his mfca handbook. We would say, rookie that's for when you're home in the basement with nothing to do..... this is how we play, jump in or off! :rtfl: :rtfl: :rtfl:


Nat'l

PS

But I do understand the point of having that rules set. It's just like in poker, a certain hand beats another, and your local rules will always beat out something foreign

The Weight
 

Hey corey,


I agree with you and what ant burgess has in place. FORGET THE WEIGHT.

Come to the dance with fat men and skinny men. DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW MUCH YOUr OPPONENT'S TEAM WEIGH'S. Many tiff's have started on this board due to the 3.2 and 4.0 issue. In ant's league a lineman can weigh 17 grams if need be. I alway's was for this because in the NFL These lineman weigh all kind's of numbers. NOBODY ASKED THE FRIDGE how much he weighed when he lined up at running back in the superbowl. But if you are going to do this then no stacking should be allowed unless you are on the goal line (1,2 yardline) going to punch it in


MANTARAYDRE

what type of attitude is that?
 

Rookie, jump in or jump off?????:(

Now that type of thinking is going to get you to lose your "authorized" status.:cool:

CorEy, ......................I am surprised at you, ..............after all these years, you still have not realized that the way to grow the hobby is newbies. And, .....to appeal to the most people is to have common denominators, the least common denominators............. not have all these types of hurdles for newbies to clear, ...........especially things like weighting figures.

New guys want to get a team and not only play now, but become somewhat competitive right away. We, the MFCA, can help them get there with baseline equipment and baseline rules.

Rip, I was jokng
 

But the point I was making is that any newbie, or rookie is going to have to play the style that's played in his area. Point Blank.

I just got contacted by a coach here in Philly. Hugh, he is the last user to sign up. He has talked to Wolf & RR. I took all my stuff over to his house to show him what has changed. He said he use to use the dice, and liked that, but he mostly wanted to know how we play here in Philly! And that is the proper mind set to have.

Now if we come up with a MFCA rules set for newbies. Where are they going to play it? Would it be the new Buzzball world championship rules?

Now in my 2nd reply I gave an outline on a MFCA league suggestion. I can see having that kind of rule set.

Nat'l

The MFCA was started as a way of unifying the hobby, not to establish an 'official' way to play. I think it's fairly obvious that there are just too many hurdles to get over for that to happen.

If memory serves me correctly, wasn't this the reason behind the National High-Voltage League? Wasn't it established to create one 'official' ruleset for playing? Yet, after 3, 4, 5 years (how long has it been now?) there are still as many different leagues and tournaments as ever.

I do feel that the hobby could benefit with a standardised 'Rookie' level of play. We could call it the MFCA Basic ruleset, or something like that. It would feature limited tweaking and weights so as not to intimidate the novice, while at the same time have play designs that would still be fun for the more experienced guys. This way, novice guys could be somewhat competitive with the older guys, while still being entertaining for both groups. ppls$

CoRey....George...don't make me pull this car over! :D lffng$

We need an official MFCA Newbie rule set...one set of rules to get newbies going...call it a starter rule set if need be. George is right...it needs to be simple and straight forward. Then once a newbie gets going, then he or she can branch off into whatever set they like best or works for them.

We have a rules committee setup...maybe this is job #1 for that committee...

what???
 

CorEy Started it..... lffng$