heres my POV. pattern flyers are skilled, very skilled in their feild, flying precise smooth aerobatics. Us 3Ders are skiled in our feild, however, we've both gotta respect each other flying styles for what they are
Yup, though if you excell at both you certainly will score points in freestyle/artistic because that is what freestyle/artistic is about, blending the two together to get the best of bother worlds, smooth flying and eating up physics.