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Bowl Bound College FootballvsWarcraft: Orcs & Humans

Bowl Bound College Football leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans leans harder on execution: Clunky unit micro and click speed still matter

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Bowl Bound College Football leans harder on variance: randomized plays and injuries affect outcomes

Optimization7 vs 7

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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