RTS Design

Reasons Not to Copy

True ways to copy would be to copy the essence, the

very underlying principles of design, than copying

(re-allocating) the superficial: the manifestations

of those principles made to work.

Every instance of manifestation, outlined by the

given circumstances and desired critieras yield

a slight different looking plant, while with the principle

altered, an much more different set of results

would emerge.

Reasons a lot of RTS and MMORPG simply

cannot match some more epic ones in design

(and not due to missing finance) due to the

faulty way of copying: copying exactly

what Sally does putting on make-up

and without learning her methods.  Now

Jessy's tongues and noses are red and

covered in lipstick as well due to the exact

copying that's very perfectly executed.