Enough is enough. Let's vote!

[RavennaAl]

Dimitri, I can respect your concerns, especially since you have just recently joined the hobby. Therefore, you have the new, or rookie, coach point of view that the rest of us lack. However, there are a couple of things I want to say.

First off, no matter what limit you put on the weight (unless, of course you are talking about unlimited weight), anyone who wants to play against others will want to buy a scale. Why? Because it is the only way to be sure that his figure/base combination is within guidelines. Even at the 3.3 standard, how will a person know if his figures are at 3.3 or under. Perhaps if a person only uses stock painted Miggle players he could be certain, but what if he paints his own team? And how many coats of paint could he put on before that figure is too heavy? Plus, what if a new person sees some FF figures and wants to use them? With the 3.3 limit, most of his players would be over the limit and he would not have any clue as to how much to lighten them without a scale. Let's face it. No matter what, a scale is pretty much a required piece of equipment these days. Most are not that expensive. I think I paid $12 or $13 for mine a couple of years ago off Ebay.

We are talking about a weight standard, not a figure standard. Any Miggle, Buzzball or FF figure should be considered 'standard'. Any Miggle, Buzzball of F5 base is also considered 'standard'. It's simply a matter of how much can you weigh them and still be considered within guidlines of what is considered a 'standard' playing weight. Adding weight to figures and bases is very easy, much more so than tweaking.

Dimitri, you state that you are playing above the 4.0 because that is where you made your figures. Perhaps if we had already had a 4.0 'standard', you might have been more carefull about how much your players weighed when you were making them and could have used them in tournamnets someday. As it is, being isolated over there in France, weight wasn't that important to you. But, if there had been a large following over there, you might have had more concern about being at the same limits as what the rest of them were playing at. I don't know if I'm making any sense to you. I wish I could say it in French to make it easier to understand.

The purpose of this is to not confuse beginners. This has been an ongoing problem with this hobby, too many weight classes, too many different rule sets, too many different board sizes. There is absolutely no standardization whatsoever in miniature football. It's time we did something. This is the first step, hammering out a basic weight that anyone can play at and be on an equal level with others. By the looks of the votes, it appears that most people are favoring a 4.0 limit. This would allow any combination of figures and bases that are commonly available. Hopefully, we can get through this and then move on to other 'standardizations' that will only make the hobby easier and more fun for new players.