well lets take the novice out of the equation because my goal is just to win overal in novice. I know there is no way I will take it in open or unlimited, because my buddy who does the USA's competes in this show also as a MW will be in it. So goaling my self against him is unrealistic.
Novice or not, my good friend who is also on this board won overall in novice and open class overall one of his shows. So saying a novice shouldn’t use this level of AAS doesn’t really mean he doesn’t have it.
I understand what you are trying to say and for the average beginner NPC novice Slin probably would not be advisable. I have also seen MW's take out HW's in shows that looked good, and MW's that actually look like HW's.