RTS is easy, actually (and fun): a video essay

Esports?? Really??????? Thumbnail art: ​⁠@CrownePrince 00:00:00 I love Age of Empires 00:00:49 “RTS is dead“ 00:05:37 Onboarding 00:07:50 you're wrong about APM 00:14:36 gitting gud at skill-based bimeo james 00:18:48 Multitasking 00:21:48 The Juggling Analogy 00:28:05 Task 1: Building your base 00:32:09 shift-command 00:34:42 Task 2: Controlling your units 00:38:49 hotkeys 00:39:37 Control groups 00:42:27 Advancing through the ages 00:43:47 Build orders 00:46:13 Beginner English Longbow Rush 00:47:55 Units 00:51:00 Economy Damage 00:53:51 Win conditions 00:55:04 Siege weapons 00:56:36 End of Beginner Tutorial 00:57:41 Strategy 01:02:17 Scouting 01:04:20 Dynamic Strategy 01:05:08 Strategy Adaptation 01:09:57 Objectives (other than destroying your opponent's base in feudal age) 01:13:54 Ways to play that aren't ranked 1v1 01:14:48 the campaigns 01:15:03 skirmish 01:15:55 co-op vs