For me it isn't about winning or losing it is about getting better. You know when you are getting better, you don't need a judge to tell you you're flying is improving. Get the best setup you can afford, practice a lot, go to contests, have fun and let the chips fall where they may. I'm not in it for the hardware. After all, once you get to the Masters of FAI level only the very best get the hardware the rest of us go home empty handed. Bottomline, we don't need to level the playing field. Look at NASCAR, they try to make all the cars the same but in the end the teams with the best drivers are always at or near the top. Same for pattern.