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DistrustvsFor the King

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

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
DistrustFor the King

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Distrust leans harder on execution: Isometric clicking under time pressure, never twitch demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 7

For the King leans harder on variance: Dice-roll combat and random maps dominate single runs

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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