WARNING THIS IS WAY TOO WORDY. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK.
There have always been threads on who the best farmer is or what clan is the best farming clan and stuff like that. Everyone has their own ideas as to what farming is. In this particular example I will be comsidering farming as "ones focus one the collection of resources and the protection on resources and not the gaining of trophies ( or levels)." There are many prominent players who are well known as beng great farmers. I don't want to come in and try to change anyones thoughts on these players but I DO want to answer one very simple question. What makes a player the "best" farmer?
Everyone has their own idea on what makes a farmer the best wether it be knowledge or results. I'd like to start this with a little example. There are two players. One players name is bob and the other players name is fred. Now both bob and fred are the same townhall level, are at the same trophy level, use the same army composition, and both bob and fred have been playing for about the same amouny of time. But the most important fact is that both bob and fred consider themselves to be farmers. Now bob has a job and kids and does not have a lot of time to play. He plays and average of two hours a day and usually farms around 5 million gold. So he averages 2.5 million gold and hour. Fred does not have a family or a job. He plays around 10 hours a day and gets about 15 million gold every day. So he averages 1.5 million an hour. Fred easily upgrades his defenses and walls and soon has a better base then bob. Fred becomes well known on the forums for being one of the best farmers. But let's look at the numbers. Fred averages 1.5 million gold an hour and bob averages 2.5 million gold an hour. So why is fred considered a better farmer than bob if bob farms more gold than fred per hour? Its simple. We as humans look at results. Fred has a better base and a netter gold grab because he has more free time than bob to play the game. But does that make him a better farmer?
Now there are many others things that we still need to consider. If bob were to be able to farm all day would he be able to keep up his 2.5 million gold an hour rate the whole day? And maybe if fred only had two hours to play he would be able to focus his farming and get a better rate. But as complicated as this sounds I think there are few kinds of "great" farmers. There are those who have a deep knowledge of the game but are not able to play often. There are those who have a deep knowledge of farming and are able to play for a long amount of time. And finally there are those who are not considerably knowledgable at farming but make up for it by playing for long periods of time. But the main point that I want to make here is that just because someone may not have as good a base as someone else it doesn't mean they are not as good at farming. I think those who have billion gold grabs and have maxed their walls have achieved an amazing acomplishment and I don't want to try to take that away from them. But are there others who are "better" farmers? Are there others who are not as recognized because of their bases or their gold grabs? I think this is something we all need to consider whenwe look at any farmer. May the loot be ever in your favor and clash on!
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM INSULTING ANY PLAYER! ALSO PLEASE GIVE YOUR OPINION IN A POSITIVE WAY.
EDIT
I read the small disagreements about this thread and chuckle to myself. I was just trying to make a point here. Us people in the game seem to value a player not by their personality but by their base or gold grab. Someone with a bad base or a bad gold grab is a noon. Someone with a crazy base and a low gold grab is a hemmer. But why does it matter? It doesn't. We need to understand that a book cannot be judged by its cover. A players farming skill cannot simply be figured out by looking at their base or their profile. So let's not care for once. Let's talk to someone and not look at their base first. Let's all for once stop. I'm guilty of it. You all are guilty of it. If you say you aren't I'd like to have you say that to my face and not burst out laughing. So to start off this new year let's all do one simple thing. When we meet people on global or in clans let's not look at their base until we feel like we already have a grasp on the type of person they are. I think we can all have more respect for each other. Because a person cannot be defined by their base. Now I'll stop before I rant too much but I'd like to say one more thing. Just give a little thought to this one question. How would the game be different socially if there was no way to look at a persons gold grab or base or anything? What is it were just a name?
Oops that was two questions......
Originally Posted by DidIDoThat
