[FrustratedFinFan]

I am sorry, but I can't help but thinking a group's ideas on standards leads more to exclusion than inclusion.

I know from experience on this and other forums and in playing the game that we have had folks arguing to keep innovations out of this hobby. Some don't like the custom figures and more weight....some don't like boat bases.....some don't want boiled bases....some want offense in dark and defense in white and others want entire squads in both colors.....some don't like Geno's QB and see it as a crutch.....and it goes on and on and on.

We already have standards. They might be local...but that is just the nature of the beast and easier to manage.

I think it would be great to put out a guide teaching newbies how to tweak, how to obtain bases and figures, advantages/disadvantages for each piece of equipment....etc. Make it easier for the newbie to get into the game at a high level as quickly as possible. Give them links to existing rule sets....they are all over the Internet. Trying to create a standardized set of rules and impose them on the hobby as a whole just doesn't sound that great to me.

I also don't think that telling people who can't get on board with one viewpoint to "leave it alone" is not very friendly and does little to further the cause. If an idea is good, then it will stand up under fire. Stifling dissent is not a good way to convince anyone that you value their opinions.