rhp 1 wrote:ok people...an elite player (how good is up for all of you to muddle about with) but nonetheless an objectively elite player saying that casual freestyle is a farming setting and little more.. moreover, he said he used it as such (not farming as far as against the rules, but we all know what we're talking about here) himself in the past... do we really have to continue to argue anymore about whether or not casual freestyle is farming? no? good... so let's just stop talking about it as a legitimate setting altogether... personally, I don't care if someone plays it, or for what reasons, but it's a joke.. so from now on, let's keep these debates restricted to sequential and speed freestyle as far as who's the best overall player... and I have no issue heavily weighting sequential in this question, so long as speed freestyle is a part (however small) of the equation regardless of the generally weak arguments (IMO) against this.
Your logic is fail. As one of the oldest freestyle vets on this site, casual freestyle is not purely farming. There have been many many good games on maps people know and understand. I have played a lot of tough players in these games. Just because I choose to start a 1 vs 1 freestyle casual or 8 man fs casual does not mean I am farming.
Here are my private game stats, which are mainly vs like minded people. I just used 8 man fs and 24. Private also. 118 games played and 28 wins 24% Most all those games are on classic. A very simple map to understand, especially with like minded people.
Options: Number of Players: 8 Game Type: S,C Play Order: F Joinability: Y Round Length: N
Map Rank Points Win/Loss Unique Defeats Kill Ratio Relative Rank
Totals3 Colonel276 +1724 28 from 118(24%) 70 (5) Serial Killer (69%)74 Equalitarian (0.929)
Classic3 Colonel450 +1550 23 from 87(26%) 55 Serial Killer (72%)31 Equalitarian (0.911)
As you can see I love to play the best and always. If it was up to me I would play only the best all the time.
Seeing that I cannot do that all the time I open many games to the public....
Totals17 Field Marshal +9773 303 from 1120(27%) 1103 (29) Serial Killer (72%)330 Point Hoarder (0.740) <---.740 is not too bad considering the amount of games played. Again this is only using 8 man, freestyle and casual.
Classic11 Field Marshal +6511 202 from 739(27%) 745 Serial Killer (72%)197 Point Hoarder (0.730)
British Isles Major139 +1361 18 from 38(47%) 104 Warmonger (86%)54 Point Hoarder (0.769)
So as you can see not all of us are out to farm people are difficult maps. Some of us are just out to play a game with like minded people.
Back on topic. This seq vs freestyle battle will always rage on. Nobody will agree with the other side, and the best players need no more mention. We all know who they are and they know who they are. And you know what? They play both freestyle and seq! What a concept.