Post by Brother Fredrik on Jun 3, 2015 8:46:47 GMT
I thought it would be a good idea to make a thread where players could share their opinions on the rules coming up for revision at clan this year. I know they have not been finalized, but one of them seems pretty likely to make it and I think would be a really good idea and a really bad idea at the same time.
There a number of proposals to change shields to remove the maximum 24" width requirement. However one of them reads as follows:
I think this is a horrible idea. It would result in many shields that are legal under the current rules being suddenly illegal. Many of these shield are works of art with plastidip and it would not be a trivial task to make them legal under this rule, especially for players who did not make them (and don't know how) but instead purchased them. These shields are not inexpensive and I think it would be bad for retention of members to suddenly make them illegal. I would encourage our rules rep (who agrees with me on this according to his e-sam post) and our monarch to oppose this change.
I am not opposed to the change of removing the 24" width limit on shields, just opposed to making things that were legal now illegal.
There a number of proposals to change shields to remove the maximum 24" width requirement. However one of them reads as follows:
Change item 9 under Shields to the following: "9. A large shield is no larger than seven square feet (35.83 inch diameter)"
AND
Delete item 10 (and renumber other items as appropriate)
AND
Delete item 10 (and renumber other items as appropriate)
I think this is a horrible idea. It would result in many shields that are legal under the current rules being suddenly illegal. Many of these shield are works of art with plastidip and it would not be a trivial task to make them legal under this rule, especially for players who did not make them (and don't know how) but instead purchased them. These shields are not inexpensive and I think it would be bad for retention of members to suddenly make them illegal. I would encourage our rules rep (who agrees with me on this according to his e-sam post) and our monarch to oppose this change.
I am not opposed to the change of removing the 24" width limit on shields, just opposed to making things that were legal now illegal.