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.