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Against the StormvsFor the King

Against the Storm leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); For the King leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Against the StormFor the King

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Against the Storm leans harder on reads: no adaptive opponent

Variance7 vs 7

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Against the Storm leans harder on optimization: production chains, order routing solvable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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