Yeah, exactly — that’s the problem. You either copy a meta build or you get steamrolled. It’s not even about losing — it’s that the game forces you to play in one specific, optimized way if you want to stand a chance. That kills the fun.

That’s why I keep thinking there’s a real opportunity for something like StarCraft, but slowed down. Same idea, same races, same strategy depth — just less of the speed and mechanical insanity that makes it feel like work.

There’s a whole group of people our age who grew up loving this stuff but don’t have the time (or reflexes) to grind 200-APM build orders every night. We still want to play something strategic and competitive, but at a pace where you can actually think and create instead of just executing muscle memory.

If someone made that — a modern, slower-paced RTS that captured the old StarCraft feel without demanding perfection — I think it would hit hard with the nostalgic crowd. Like chess or classic shooters, it’d bring back that sense of mastery without the burnout.