I once tried to copy a move set from a guy who crushed in a local tournament. On paper it looked flawless, but when I tried the same thing online, it totally flopped. Different opponents, different environment — nothing lined up. It made me wonder how much of someone’s success comes down to the exact context they were in, not just the strategy itself. Have you ever noticed a tactic working in one place and failing in another?
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I think that happens everywhere. A recipe that tastes amazing in one kitchen can be completely different in another because of small details you didn’t notice — ingredients, tools, even temperature. Strategies are the same way. They’re shaped by the exact setting they were born in, and once you move them to a new environment, the results rarely look identical.
I’ve had the same experience. I copied a strategy that was killing it during one season, but by the time I picked it up, the meta had shifted and everyone already knew how to counter it. The thing is, success often relies on timing and setting, not just the plan itself. I found an article that really nails this point — https://markmeets.com/posts/why-following-big-winners-strategies-in-gaming-usually-backfires/ . It shows why context changes everything and why copying without adapting usually fails. Since then, I try to understand why something works before I jump on it.