Ketroc in the Starcraft 2 AI Arena tournament mentions the same pattern. Starcraft 1 came out before the internet and web had crushed the meta. People would fig

Ketroc in the Starcraft 2 AI Arena tournament mentions the same pattern. Starcraft 1 came out before the internet and web had crushed the meta. People would figure out how to play with their friends and then meet up at local tournaments to find out who knew how to play. It was an awesome period of discovery. The guys behind aiarena.net are having a blast running the AI bot tournament because they are making the meta up as they code better bots.