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Specifically, it can micro across multiple screens of engagement in a way that we can't as easily.

StarCraft is just not a good benchmark exactly for these reasons: Endless complaining about the bots not being limited in the way humans are.

"Oh it's able to issue commands too fast." "Oh no, I give it full map access and it uses that."

Ego shooters are, naturally, also not good benchmarks.

OpenAI won DotA2 in 2019, a way better game.

dota wouldn't exist without Aeon of Strife (the UMS map from Starcraft that was later reworked into WC3 dota)

It’s not “endless complaining” when the bot is functionally cheating. Yes if you let a computer use special mechanisms it will operate faster than a person who is using a mouse and a keyboard. A computer computers better than a person, what a revelation.

I don’t applaud people using aim assist in CS for the same reason. We literally don’t have access to the same tools. That’s why chess has been such a great target for years. One’s ability to manipulate the pieces has no bearing.

See, you're proving my point. To play StarCraft, you have to play like a computer, which humans suck at.

That's exactly why it's a bad game for human/AI competition.

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