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What if someone came up with a method to make the bases stronger and faster without tweaking or boiling, would they be allowed to play in tournaments and leagues? Probably not! I know a guy who's been on the fringe of this hobby for years because no one will allow him to play with his bases. He came up with an idea to make his bases stronger by examming Tudor's very first toy bases. If you put a boiled or tweaked base up to his, no contest; not even close. He's gonna to blow you out! He has the strongest line in Electric Football and no body will let him play! "
Smitty, give his name and number, I need some of that talent on my team!!!
As for the topic at hand, We all know that the last item to be upgraded is the TTQB/Kicker. The fact that for me, it took a long time for me to be able to understand how to pass with it. But once I learned the skill, it was easy to teach others. Kicking was not that hard, but once the plant-leg was hurt well he was no longer a good kicker.
I pickup enough of Al's kickers to have everyone in my league to have one, if they wanted, to make it a non rule issue. Most of the guys choose NOT to get one but they were allowed. It did not improve the kicking game because (1) nobody kicks FG's; (2) PAT were basicly automatic because there was no rush on the kicker;(3) going for 2pt.
Now as for weight of players -
I like the idea of different weight for different positions on the field. Seems like a logical thing to do. Thanks for the break downs guys, but if you look at the current way we do figures now, the concept that RR mentions could already be in place.
Most figures out the bag DO NOT WEIGH 2.0. we build them up to that point or trim them down to that size. Because it was the standard that was agreed upon once we (old EF-heads) began sharing experiences in the 1990's.
We could put DB on rookie bases instead of TTc bases and that would keep them in the 2.5-2.9 range. However, not a winning formula for some.
Just like guys who love FOB or ATT, they have their reasons for playing that way. I love FOB because you have to build your team to make football plays. You actually have to shed a block and make a tackle. It allows the ball carrier some 'break-away' abillity. You might get killed of you ran a 2-man line, etc. However, not everyone plays this way which is not a bad thing just making a point.
in the slotted weight idea, it may work out early one, but it requires everyone to buy into the concept. I am sure down the line, a Lavon Kirkland will pop up on defense (4.0 LB) or a William Perry in the backfield because it gets back to winning at that point - that is another reason why we play, right??
I don't play weighted because I don't want to spend the extra time on building that type of team. Not to say I can't, I just don't wan to spead extra time building my squad ....