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Re:Permafrost engine – An OpenGL RTS game engine written in C by pjmlp on Monday April 10, 2023 @02:00AM (#35509577)
Naturally I wasn't talking about competitive esports on a phone or tablet.

There are plenty of people that are happy to play games without having the dream of becoming an esports player as career.

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Re:Permafrost engine – An OpenGL RTS game engine written in C by mirker on Monday April 10, 2023 @12:38PM (#35514224)
DOTA, Rocket League, CSGO, etc. are e-sports friendly but don’t have this population problem. It’s not about being “hardcore”; it’s about having broad appeal to hit a wide market segment. RTS has struggled with that historically. Tower defense and MOBA are two examples where RTS was simplified to a broader appeal game.
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