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 ====== Turtling ======
 ===== Meaning =====
-This term is mostly used in context of [[real time strategy]] games. It refers to a play style, that is characterized as very passive or defensive. For example instead of using [[..:gaming theory:harassment]] tactics the player tends to build defensive structures (sometimes referred to as walling one's self in, or bunkering). Usually this is done with the goal to lose as few as possible units and structures while fending off the opponent. The metaphor is the turtle, hiding behind its carapace.
+This term is mostly used in context of [[real time strategy]] games. It refers to a play style, that is characterized as very passive or defensive. For example instead of using [[harassment]] tactics the player tends to build defensive structures (sometimes referred to as walling one's self in, or bunkering). Usually this is done with the goal to lose as few as possible units and structures while fending off the opponent. The metaphor is the turtle, hiding behind its carapace.
-Very often it is also marked by a strategy of slowly building up a big force or improving it by [[..:gaming theory:buffing]] it with research items or aiming for higher [[..:gaming theory:tier|tiers]] of units. Another aspect is using weapons that are distance weapons with great offensive potential (e.g. nukes or long range artillery). Also it usually requires a lot less [[..:gaming theory:micro_management]], as automated defenses to the job mostly without any effort by the player, once they are in place. This is one of the reasons this kind of strategy is usually favored by less experiences players.
+Very often it is also marked by a strategy of slowly building up a big force or improving it by [[buffing]] it with research items or aiming for higher [[tier|tiers]] of units. Another aspect is using weapons that are distance weapons with great offensive potential (e.g. nukes or long range artillery). Also it usually requires a lot less [[micro management]], as automated defenses to the job mostly without any effort by the player, once they are in place. This is one of the reasons this kind of strategy is usually favored by less experiences players.
 ===== Advantages =====
 The advantage of this strategy is, if it pays off (the opponent is annihilated time after time by the defenses without doing enough damage himself), the player can then use his eventually overwhelming force to deal the final blow.
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 As there is no real need for good micro management skills for this strategy, it looks appealing to novice players. It makes the game more manageable for them.
 ===== Disadvantages =====
-On the other hand, there are some major draw backs, especially in games, where [[..:gaming theory:map_control]] is important: A mobile force in conjunction with proper scouting out the opponent is far more effective, cost-wise. While a big >>fence<< of defensive structures will most likely cost a lot more, to be tight enough to not let anything pass, the mobile force for defending structures may be smaller cost-wise and still achieve the same level of defense (although requiring more active management in comparison with a static defense).
+On the other hand, there are some major draw backs, especially in games, where [[map control]] is important: A mobile force in conjunction with proper scouting out the opponent is far more effective, cost-wise. While a big >>fence<< of defensive structures will most likely cost a lot more, to be tight enough to not let anything pass, the mobile force for defending structures may be smaller cost-wise and still achieve the same level of defense (although requiring more active management in comparison with a static defense).
 Also gathering resources is a key element in most RTS, which usually can only be improved upon by expanding onto the map. If one player manages to cut off the opponent from valuable resources, his stronger economy will very likely give him a decisive advantage. However, with stationary forces it is usually a lot more expensive to do that thoroughly/effectively, than with a mobile force and therefore unlikely to succeed.