Who wants spp's for fouling???

[Kri]

1 SPP for fouling-casualties. I could accept that, but then Dirty Player should give +2/+1 to keep the numbers on an acceptable level.

[wesleytj]

Back in our vanilla 3rd Ed days, we had players who averaged 2 cas a game on teams who averaged 6. I knew guys who didn't consider their turn a successful one if they didn't foul with a DP.

My poor elves

[Ghost of Pariah]

Wow, that is just about as split as you can get it. I believe now, more than ever, that the BBRC should just leave it alone. I know this poll is not covering the whole community but I have a feeling it does represent the opinion of the community. If half want it stronger and half want it weaker then the best thing to do is leave it alone for awhile!

[wesleytj]

The problem with SPP's for fouling is that pretty soon the best player on your team is the DP. He simply racks up casualties much faster than other players can keep up. Score makers don't gain SPP's that fast, and neither do the pure blockers.

Once this is recognized, players start giving every player DP first... it's an easy road to getting more SPP's. Why would you NOT give a player DP, when it can lots of SPP's from it for the investment on a single skill?

Oh that's not remotely true. Only in the cases of very few teams where the DP fouled every turn was the dirty player the one on the team with the most spp.

Additionally, since you can only foul once per turn, adding more DP's becomes less and less beneficial, and creates spp for that specific person much more slowly. By the 3rd DP or so you're not gaining anything even if you DO foul every turn (which most guys don't, no matter WHAT rules set they're using) I played straight 3rd Ed BB in a very violent league and it was never as you're suggesting.