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Proposed Glossary of Strategic Uncertainty

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ajfirecracker
Profile Joined May 2010
United States62 Posts
October 06 2025 12:07 GMT
#1
My own proposal for terms relating to strategic uncertainty (due to limited information)

Mostly inspired by Poker:

Bluff - to under-make army and invest elsewhere
Call - to attack or harass to make the Bluff bad
Trap - a play that looks like the Bluff but beats the Call
Fold - to refuse to Call into the apparent Bluff/Trap
Mix - an intelligent randomization among BCTF
Cheese - a big Call that claims the oppponent's "stable" play was really a Bluff

Break the Illusion - finding out if it's a Bluff without walking into the Trap
(different from a read in Poker where you get a feeling what's happening, this is like getting to see their cards)

Example:
Bluff - I only make 1 Goon 1 Zealot and rush into Reaver Drop
Call - Terran moves out and crushes me
Trap - I delay Goon Range, only show 1 Goon 1 Zealot and when Terran moves out to crush me instead my Goons wreck him
Fold - Terran sits in his base, maybe hedges his bets a bit preparing for all the possibilities, and the game goes on
Break the Illusion - Terran scouts my hidden Goons (or lack thereof)

In the long run (eg after reviewing replays) your opponent will know where your Bluffs are. So you'd better have some Traps in the mix or eventually those Bluffs will be Called.
ajfirecracker
Profile Joined May 2010
United States62 Posts
October 06 2025 12:15 GMT
#2
In addition to executing your build correctly, you want to improve your mental mix with each game. Whether you win or lose should upset you less than if your Call lost to his Bluff, because that means you need to rethink things.

If your Call loses to his Trap that's normal and nothing to fuss over. Maybe just don't Call so often (or rethink things earlier in the matchup).

Another point is that you want to find all sorts of ways to break your opponent's mixes. It's not just the illusion, where you find out what is actually happening, but the core ideas of the mix.
Can you Call in a way that avoids being punished by the Trap?
Can you Fold in a way that doesn't fall behind the Bluff?
ajfirecracker
Profile Joined May 2010
United States62 Posts
October 07 2025 02:30 GMT
#3
I recommend starting with a lot of little pokes wherever you sense weakness as you get familiar with the tension.
Look for what's missing - where should he normally have more units?
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