Even players that won big money and generally play small stakes (up to 5.5) play freerolls, so, yes, go for it.
It has some luck components, but you can still find some spots.
I don't think it's a waste of time. It's for playing poker without risking your own. If you choose low-field freerolls, you can consistently win to build up your bankroll for real money games.
I'm a new player and i just found Cchat host a lot of free rolls. I was guided by an old friend to play those free rolls cause they're really helpful since i only play $2.2- these days. So yes, an experienced player(ultra high stake 5k+) told me that those free rolls can help a lot.
if there are good prizes or add if there are few tournaments, but the main prize is whether the time is worth the prizes, if of course there is enough skill in the game
Yes, I do still play them. I daresay most active members at Cardschat do. Yes, there is a LOT of luck involved, especially in the ones with huge player pools. But fortunately that's not the case with the Cardschat freerolls.
In my opinion, if you don't want to deposit your own funds into pokerroom, you have no other option than freerolls. But you need to have a lot of patience and not succumb to tilt, because especially in the early stages of such a tournament, newbies play completely unpredictably. They treat it as fun, so they don't care if they get eliminated right away.
I don't think it's a waste of time at all, in fact. You practice and don't risk your own money, and you can even win. There's no better option than this, especially if you're playing from a country where depositing money to your poker account is not allowed anyway. It obviously takes more time to build your bankroll, but I can't imagine a better option than this.
Well, perhaps there is a level I'd consider freerolls a waste of time... Not sure maybe if I played at regular basis torurneys with entrance $20+?
For players from micro/low stakes I just do not see resigning from freerolls reasonable.
Consider, it is online poker, so it's almost always multi-tabling. What is the problem when 1 or 2 tourneyus in a session are freerolls? I do not see the time wasting issue at all.
I still play freerolls, and I always have enough screen space to open a couple additional tournaments. So why not try freerolls while I'm playing buy-in tournaments? After all, it's always a free opportunity to fund your bankroll.
I still play freerolls, but nowadays I mostly only play the Cardschat ones (and only 2-3 times per week), the freebie on GGpoker and the spin'go on PS to win the free ticket.