The Evolution of the Linemen: The Wide Base Linemen

[Reginald Rutledge]

There is so much science in this game that people do not study. I know most do not have the time, they just want to base a player up and turn on the board.

I believe that an athlete can not be constructed by just simply putting a figure on a base but instead, he must be "in tune" with that base.

There is so much you can do in the game which puts pressure on the other team. Based on your rule set, you can exploit so many things. Freddie Penn first approached me about this concept some time ago. As a matter of fact, he utilized it with Miggle shells. It was not as effective but you could see the idea.

So like any mad scientist, I went in the lab to find the perfect solution. I remembered having my own set of bases from 2001 that never hit the market! So many shells, I can not imagine. However, I went into "Frankenstein-mode" and decided to do some creations. This further affirmed my thinking that there was science in the base and figure and he was in turn, an athlete.

I believe if a player can not perform for you and has no functionality, he's just window dressing. I then took what I had and applied the wide base principle of O-Linemen. I saw up close and personal the hand-to-hand warfare between players. I saw how if a player gets under another's chin, he could use leverage to do what he want with that player. He could essentially dominate that player. This happened time and again!

The obvious question is will they stand up okay? Absoulutely! The center of gravity gives them the natural forward push and some where so quick off the ball to get to the defender, it was funny.

I do have to give Jim Davis props because the prongs he provided me as frankensteined mechanisms gave them the power needed under my FF.Net shells.

Imagine, something I had left for dead was now a part of the evolution of my own power base. Here are some of the O-linemen. Now, I've got 3 different sets of O-linemen.

A. The downlinemen
B. The pass blocking linemen
C. The wide-base linemen

What a find!