The boiled base era

[kotixblack]

In my not so humble opinion...the only reason boiled bases are evil is because the trend in EF is...if you can't beat it, ban it. If Vince Peatros was not able to make 1 boiled bases as strong as two of the average tweaker/boiler base stacked behind one another in strength tests. If not for that, boiling would not be a problem. I have been told that some who claim to be the best tweakers have been pushed down the field by Vince's boiled and unboiled teams. I have even heard stories about persons who claim to be the best strength tweaker...having requested Vince tweaked bases. I like how they do it out WEST...RUN WITH WHAT U BRUNG. No limit on custom figures, no limit on boat bases, boiled bases allowed, 9, going on 10 straight full EF/MF seasons complete. Call em sorry base boiling, amateurish, no skilled chumps if you want, but guess what...THE PLAY, & FINISH.

[jimmie]

One of the problems was that everyone couldnt master that art and some of the stuff was questionable at best what type of stuff do u put in the water baby oil or cisco what brand of oil!!Like steroids it mattered what stuff u used!! Tweaking is a more natural form base fixing!!You right on the cant beat it ban it!!!

[broncoman]

a boil base or a pro line. i have have played against both,won and lost. i have seen ttc's with prongs attached from a different base. so what is the difference. if you put a man and base together and the weigh is scale for your league, have fun playing the game.
a boil base weighs no more than a ttc base.
just my one cent.


broncoman

[Electric Coach]

As I said earlier, some of my tweaked bases can compete against my boiled bases. Overall, my boils win over my tweaks. I understand why base boiling is not accepted among leagues around the hobby. The main reason is one can never tell what a boiled base is going to do. The boiling process makes a batch of bases unpredictable. Some of the bases get the right balance of water and oils. Those bases can perform among tweaks. Those bases that absorb more oil than water tend to be those bases that push everything off of the table.

Since water and oil really don’t blend, the mixture has places in it where a base can get more or less of water and oil. The size of the pot, oil used, the balance of oil and water, number of bases, boiling temperature, time spent boiling, and texture of the bases along with other factors will have an affect on how the base will respond and perform after it has been boiled.

In regards to oil used, I use a mineral and baby oil mixture. That’s all I would ever use. I can’t imagine using anything else. I wouldn’t try using motor oil or brake fluid. That just seems to be too harsh and unnecessary. If you can’t apply it to your skin like baby oil or put it in your food like mineral oil don’t boil it. I wouldn’t use cooking oil. Yeah, let’s try base frying.

Maurice

The Electric Coach