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Not For Broadcast leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Pony Island leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Not For Broadcast leans harder on execution: Real-time camera cutting, bleeping, and signal juggling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Not For Broadcast leans harder on optimization: Learning each episode's optimal switching script

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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