[RavennaAl]

Dimitri, your slot car analogy is a good one. As I recall, basically there are 1:24, 1:32, 1:43 and HO, which can be spilt into 1:64 and 1:87 if you want. A new person to slot cars would be as equally confused about it as a new person is to miniature football. It would be greatly simplified if there was a governing board for slot car racing who said that 1:43 was going to be the standard racing catagory, and the other classes were either larger or smaller. This was, a new person would think, OK, I'll go with the official 1:43 class and see if I like it. He would then have a greater chance of finding others that also race at 1:43 because that is the 'official' class for slot cars. He may find that he likes HO better and switch later on, but at least he has a starting point to go with.

It's the same way with MF. Where does a new person start? 3.3, 4.0, 3.5, unlimited??? Let's make one the 'official' weight to start with, and guys can always move around once they're comfortable playing. The main idea is simplifying the choices until a person understands the 'why's' and how's' of playing MF.