FTA Bonus on Highlevel Games means nearly Autowin

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I think calmon's statement applies to a very very select few of players. FTA certainly does not guarantee a win for most STL players, from my experience. I have at least 5-6 games in recent memory that I've won against top 30 players (according to most recent ranking) going 2nd. When I think about my losses, I don't feel a significant majority are when I go 2nd (except for Foundry). I think the reason is that really good players still make mistakes, at least 1-2 a game. I define a mistake as something that can swing the advantage towards the other side, such as moving a soldier into sniper range, attacking base too early, etc. I've seen very very few games when not a single mistake (by my definition) occurs.

For me, the biggest concern regarding FTA is that it limits strategy a little, as P1 automatically feels like the attacker, while P2 is on defense from the start, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack (usually this seems to be the case).