Post by LWPD on Sept 13, 2012 19:21:12 GMT -5
The creation of the Rahl Rating system, and the time its author (Lord Rahl) dedicated to scoring so many countless wrestlers is among the most productive and generous acts I've ever seen in the FG community. Out of respect, I buy him Tom's main line sets every year, so they can be scored for other curious players who visit this board, and the creator of the system can be adequately compensated for the work so many of us enjoy.
There are some areas the rules don't pick up on, but I think it's a fair trade off for maintaining a practical way for players to quickly evaluate cards. It would be headache inducing and ultimately futile to try to score the endless array of qualifiers creative players can dream up for the cards they design. For example, a high probability handicap can be masked as a finisher designation:
6. FINISHER (0)*
*Finisher works on a roll of 6, all other results, the move fails, roll 1d6 for the number of tokens added to the now injured offensive wrestler's pin rating, defensive wrestler goes for the cover, roll your pin
Is that really an offensive finisher? Potentially, but how do you score the probability of failure? How would you calculate the consequence if the finisher results in an injury? Should a finisher designation that fails be scored negatively? Should a sliding scale algorithm be devised? Ultimately the complexities involved in trying to exact Rahl score all the minute FG card complications the human mind can devise would leave the realm of the pragmatic. As a uniform scale with a solid base of general principles, the few gaps left in providing the most precise of measurements are fine for what it is.
There are some areas the rules don't pick up on, but I think it's a fair trade off for maintaining a practical way for players to quickly evaluate cards. It would be headache inducing and ultimately futile to try to score the endless array of qualifiers creative players can dream up for the cards they design. For example, a high probability handicap can be masked as a finisher designation:
6. FINISHER (0)*
*Finisher works on a roll of 6, all other results, the move fails, roll 1d6 for the number of tokens added to the now injured offensive wrestler's pin rating, defensive wrestler goes for the cover, roll your pin
Is that really an offensive finisher? Potentially, but how do you score the probability of failure? How would you calculate the consequence if the finisher results in an injury? Should a finisher designation that fails be scored negatively? Should a sliding scale algorithm be devised? Ultimately the complexities involved in trying to exact Rahl score all the minute FG card complications the human mind can devise would leave the realm of the pragmatic. As a uniform scale with a solid base of general principles, the few gaps left in providing the most precise of measurements are fine for what it is.