Sure there is. You may not like the alternative, but obviously there is one. Argument by assertion isn't anything. "You can get pieces however you want Bill. You just can. Deal with it." See? Not an argument either.

SWM is orphaned, without a corporate sponsor the players are on their own to play under any rules they agree to. Want to make up a V-set? You can. Want to make a rule that says everyone has to play in a sombrero? You can. Tournaments are just like games at home, the players can do whatever they collectively agree to. If people like the rules you set, they come to your tournament, if they don't they don't. If people decide the V-sets are great, then tournament organizers allow them. If people decide they like or don't like proxies they allow or ban them.

If Wizards is sponsoring an event they get to set the rules. If their not, they don't. That's the reality of what people are able to do. The question becomes what should the rules be, not what they are. What does Soresu mastery apply to? Is there a 33 point version of Bastilla? Without Wizards, the question becomes "What should Soresu apply to in order to make the best game." The question isn't "Is Bastilla Jedi Master a legal published character?" it's "Does having Bastilla Jedi Master make the game better or worse."

Do proxies make the game better or worse?

Why not? At home or at a tournament the players sit down and agree to what sort of game they want to play.

Clarity. It should be really clear what your pieces are. I can make Mouse Droids you can't tell from the Wizards ones without close inspection. If I plunk down a homemade Mandalorian or a Rebel Storm Boba it's a problem if my opponent has to keep reminding himself which of the many versions of Boba it is.


Lets talk about what the advantage is. If it just cost I can't agree with you. Games should be contests of skill, not who spends more. Suppose the World Chess Federation announced that in official games, players could have as many queens as they wanted at $50 each. If the only argument is cost I'm not seeing the difference.

What are your thoughts on playing WotC minis with printed cards? Many don't have the proper card in the booster and finding a match is not easy. The mini was purchased, meeting your investment criteria for the piece, but has a unofficial card.

Man am I glad I play at home!

I completely agree, this game is alot more skill based then how deep your pockets are. A skilled player would be able to build a decent squad with about 20 dollars if they know who to buy, and usually the guys who have spent a horrendous amount are collectors to and probly wont play all their pieces. I mean you can get a pretty decent NR squad for not alot of money. its when you want more squads that do more things thats when the price goes up. as for the proxy thing I have a friend who always trys to proxy speeders lol he has one clone on speeder and a scout trooper on speeder and he uses one for the other alot, now whilst this dosnt really bother me in fun matchs, if it were a tourniment or a ranking match then i wouldnt have a bar of it, Id let him proxy a figure if he had the legal WOTC made card or the figure with no card and just proxy the card but as for doing a whole piece its just not on, might aswell go buy a whole bunch of jawas and print off some stats. harsh I know but if you want to run a squad with two speeders then go buy two speeders.