Mark,
Many of the Proline dials sold from Miggle added to the convention shell always seem to tip the scale to 1.3.........That to my knowledge is what upped the weight to 3.3 instead of 3.2.

Geno H

Geno,
Thanks...was curious, that's all.

Mark

Ok... then if the "standards" were based on "standard" sets of figures and base the perhaps we do need to change the terminology. Perhaps "Competition Weight" is the term we should be using, as I don't believe the the question raised by the poll had anything to do with "standard figures".

Tudor's definitions need to be re-defined, or perhaps we need to add a new defintion, independent of manufactured "standard" figures that simply addresses total weight of base and figure; call it "competition weight" and the recognized limit is 4.0 g

Thats whats up
 

its obvious that the standard manufactured products isnt going to change no time soon, we need to seperate the 2 "Competition Weight" addresses eveything we need to do here period. George is right the standards have been set awhile back & for new guys, thats where they will most likely start, assuming they go to the common manufactures for there products. With that said "Competition Weight" is what deserves our attention.;) pretend like that wasnt my suggestion for u guys who wouldnt follow me out of a burning house:D

OK, so it was Pratt who came up with the numbers. What year was this determined?

Coach Rip,

You know you are probably much more knowledgable than I in respect to weight classes. But the few tournaments I have been in were for the most part 4.0. This is where the hobby is going. The players perform much better in this weight class. As for the 3.3 team I'm preparing, I want to have them on hand just in case as was the case at the MFCA convention some coaches don't have a 4.0 team. As for me and leagues if its a 3.3 team or 4.0 then I can play in either. But believe me when I say some of the big heavy weights in this hobby are moving to the 4.0 weight class. I have tested both 3.3 and 4.0 on my board (3924) and there is no doubt they perform better at 4.0. Please Rip no disrespect just what I hav efound to be the case.

RD

eye on the ball
 

c'mon fellas cant get caught up in individual back & forth, We need to set a competition weight no more no less, that most if not all tornies can go by. I wish I could play in Beltsville, no time to build a 3.2 team so I cant play. setting a competion weight would ease the burden on guys that want to compete but cant field or afford more than 1 competitive sqaud.

I am making a Notre Dame team that is 3.2 and a Houston Oilers team with custom figures that is 4.0...no big deal.

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Why not simply create an official FAQ instead of official weight ?
 

Why not just create an official faq somewhere, taking count of each usual competition weights?


something like that, but with a "pro" (experienced) point of view :


classic (3.2g-3.3g) :
pro :
work out of box (especially miggle sets/figs range, buzzball figs range)
historic way of playing MF
no need to add weight or modify bases or figs

cons :
can be "bouncy" or inconsistant on some big boards
a lot of leagues preferes 4.0gram class

list of leagues playing under classic class : (...)


heavy : (4.0g)


pros :
more "room" for customizing
works better on some big boards
a lot of leagues plays 4.0grams class


cons :
heavy class athletes can be too strong against classic class athletes, causing incompatibility
need to watch out the weight during the team setup (customizing or training)

list of leagues playing under heavy class : (...)



etc, etc... you get the idea. Lets the beginners make their own point reading that official faq and watching 1) the material they have/plan to buy 2) the leagues and friends they can play with around, without any "that is better than this" argument, peacefully (Lennon, go out of this body now).

In my opinion (beginner oriented, of course), it should be usefull. Remember some examples we saw on that topic : the slot cars, the model railroad, the sport gun competition, etc, etc... other hobbies or sports with many diferent sides/scales/etc... in them always choosed that way, instead of saying THAT is the official something. thmbsp$