Some melee people have this ubercool style... They don't even backpedal but turn around and start running like archer with without a melee weapon. This is especially annoying in duelserver because I go there to fight and learn stuff, not to run around the map after some noob who is too scared to block and thinks his sudden turn slash will work on me. It wont because Son Of Odin dont chase...
If there is one playstyle I hate, it must be as I described above. Still, I don't see why to nerf backpedaling. It works only if you chase the fucker. He cant backpedal and hit you if you dont move forward. If someone keeps doing it in the duelserver, just cancel the duel or don't duel them in the first place... You still should be able to have range control which is done by both "s" and "w" keys. That would be too hard if backpedaling is nerfed. It is not lame, as we all know.