NXL Off-Season Rumours, Transfers, Shens, etc......

[Ash - GI Sportz]

I have no problem with a paint limit, but I think 500 is too low and will be too much of an artificial change to the nature of the game (see F1 rapid degrading tyres and DRS)

I think playing to time, with a (sensible) paint limit is the compromise that will please both - more points will be played because you don't stop when one team gets to 4/5 but then a per point limit to prevent the consumption from spiralling exponentially.

What may (should) happen with that is that paint consumption will be fairly consistent regardless of if its a fast or slow field. Fast field = lots of resets and slow fields = emptying your pack each point but in both cases you play the full 10/15 minutes...

In fact that would be the case without a per-point limit too - would just be higher.

 

[Spikerz]

I don't really mind if it's Race 2 X or Time, it's basically the same when you play divisions that are Race to 2.

3 pods and a hopper seems like a decent compromise on the paint limit, that's roughly 700 which is a good mark.

If it's time based, there's got to be a mercy rule, Remember the Russians beating Ultimate 23-1.

 

[Marc0]

I guess this would be the best compromise regarding point/time, however the bigger issue in my mind to have ironed out would be field dimensions and penalty systems.

 

[Ash - GI Sportz]

Dimensions have been the same the last year or two I'm sure (PSP was 6m longer in 2013 but reverted for 2014 and NXL picked up where PSP left off)

Judging by the NXL not having penalty box I'd say it will stay larger the same - would be nice to have penalty flags in europe for clarity/consistency...

Bunker set will most likely be consistent world wide too I imagine - so either europe or the US will be getting a pricey upgrade kit to fall in line with the other...

Merry Christmas Laurent!

 

[onasilverbike]

@Ash - DYE Europe really, do you think MS will give up the M? However, the standardisation of snakes etc. would mean Laurent's "technical" bunkers dying a death, can't see the NXL giving up man sized props for the MS midget field!

 

[Shepherd:03]

I suspect they'll meet somewhere in the middle if they go to merge bunker sets - we'll get the A and some wings, NXL will get the cones for example.

 

[Ash - GI Sportz]

I can imagine WPBO dropping a new centre piece on everyone as a way of making its mark..

Centre W for WTF anyone...?

Then maybe they just add the missing bunkers from each league - we get wings and towers, they get cones and medusas...?

Can't be long now, if nothing else the fields need to be geared up by mid/late Feb (earlier for the US) to be ready for the first events, so announcement must be imminent...

 

[slam]

Would really love the medusas to go, trip hazard from hell for refs!

 

[emisnug]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the A became the new standard. Maybe do an MS type thing with equal sized wings on each side. Would make for a low, big bunker.

The cones this year have been a nightmare for blocking some lanes; I'd like to see them stay

 

[Banil]

I honestly think that each series will retain their own middle bunker. To the NXL will use an A and millennium will use the M. With the extra bunkers from each series being the upgrade kits. This will still give a variation of how a field is played within the American series and European circuits.