i refer you to the announcment made by one of our local outrider judges in december at the only RT i have ever played in.
"sportsmanship is how much you enjoy playing your opponant NOT what is in his army list"
So what? Since when were Outriders the divine arbiters of truth and justice? I refer you also to my previous point about the context in which the list was being used.
if GW didn't want it to be legal they would not allow it. i refer simply to the preface from IA2 which says in paraphrase-
some people object beacause they feel thier opponant is getting an unfair advantage which is nonsense. in a points based war game total up your army list WITHIN CODEX RESTRICTIONS and show up for the game with the models you need even though you do not know what game scenerio or terrain you will be using. by using the points based system you are effectively limiting yourself to tournament style playing and treating the hobby as a SPORT and limiting the use you get out of your model collection.
Again, so what? If all you can do is refer me to the mistaken words of other people then you're on flimsy ground indeed.
Second, I don't trust paraphrases. People frequently skew the words to their own bias. But that's neither here nor there, as I said, I couldn't care less
who is disagreeing with me as it makes no difference - the argument is one of ideas, not affected by the status of those arguing.
I also dispute this bizarre claim that "you are effectively limiting yourself to tournament style playing" . This strikes me as being nonsense. I can guarantee you that if asked, many many players would tell you that they use the point system to ensure equal sides, but don't play in a 'tournament style'. I don't care who tries to pronounce that 'points = tourney style', because that's simply an untruth, and an obvious one at that. Given that so many players
don't play in a 'tournament style' in their friendly games at the game club, the player who brings the cheesy army IS giving himself an advantage, and the cheap part is that that advantage is gained without any tactical skill or brainpower whatsoever. I'm sure some players think they are clever for making cheesy lits, but they flatter themselves. Even a moron can just copy one from the net if he can't make one himself.
In any case, all the above 'paraphrase' seems to be doing is attempting to rationalize the imbalances in the game. It's implying "Yep, taken as a whole, the game has some unbalancing units. You'll just have to use them all the time and leave the others at home, if you want to win every game". That's possibly endorsing the most boring game style possible. It's like the unimaginative dolts who run around with twinked Burizons on Diablo II. Let's face it - the most powerful armies are all pretty much cookie-cutters. There won't be much difference between two cheesy Eldar armies, or two cheesy IW armies. Dull dull dull.