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DesyncvsSifu

Desync leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sifu leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Desync leans harder on variance: Enemy spawns are fixed once learned

Optimization6 vs 7

Sifu leans harder on optimization: Learning movesets, shortcuts and the aging economy is the meta

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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