Handicaps (was: measuring)

Cutting to the chase:

> Indy wrote:

Yes, that's exactly what I want! Perhaps the choice of words is not a good one
(English is not my first language), but "handicaps" as rules are meant to
level the playing field.

This is what handicapping is supposed to do -- it's the bad handicaps
that just reverse the imbalance.

Assume I wanted to race with my friend, the carpenter. I have a car, he
doesn't even know how to drive one. Not much of a game there. I could run
and he could take his bike -- but that wouldn't be much fun either.

So we agree to a rule/handicap "no wheeled vehicles", both run and we
have a relatively even race.

A more FT example: Just assume requiring Official(tm) miniatures (as some
tournaments already do...) -- would that not favor the guy with the
bigger purse?

So you *all* agree not to require official minis. But saying Stan has to buy
'em while Kenny can play with bottle caps 'cuz he's so poor... not my
cup'o'tea.

> I don't see handicaps as a rule; I see 'em as a choice.

Erm... you're doing it yourself. By agreeing to go with pre-measurement
allowed as a rule, a person with superior eyeballing skill *is* handicapping
himself.