You don't need to play the game to formulate a brilliant macro to use in it but it sure helps.
This true to some extent, but you do need to try the macro in an actual game and before that you cannot pretend it works 100% of the time if you haven't used it against players of the adequate skills as I've pointed out before, because the theory doesn't take into consideration alot of stuff, which includes the players (yourself and opponent) ability to react to a set amount of actions, which is essential to the execution of the it, this includes the opponent because X build will work on a player that cannot handle 2 situations at once but won't against someone that his able to micro more than Y units, then you need to take into account how much map you need to control and CAN control with your macro to make it viable, so that it doesn't leave you with less VPs/power/req to snowball back if your strategy requires so, then there are to consider the RNG aspects from either the in-game mechanics aswell as the player encounters (for example your shotties scouts meets unupgraded shees instead of rangers), and much other stuff which im not gonna include right now.
Yet it doesn't mean you can't have one! You may have a great theory about how best to play the game but you just aren't quick enough on your micro to put it into action.
This again applies to what I wrote above, theory is different from practice, obviously to do an action you need an idea, which could be very well a theory, but if you aren't able to execute it you lose all kind of credibility, follow me for a second, if I say I can jump 50 meters, and then I only jump 1 I make a fool of myself, the same applies to what I read on these forums sometimes, I see alot of theories/builds and other stuff that just doesn't work at a certain level of play, this is hugely misleading for players of even lower skill levels which then may try such build against an opponent that's better than them and knows how to counter it and then come back here or go around other forums saying X units is OP, elite is a unbalanced and shit like this, simply because they were following the wrong advice or their theory was wrong.
That's why If I get asked about nids orks and IG I can give some general advices but I'll redirect whoever asks me about them to people that are more competent about those races, in other words, don't give advices if you haven't tested them at the highest skill rating avaiable, because trust me, they are wrong.
you didn't explain it properly to them/bias on their behalf made them unable to properly utilise it.
Exactly, that's why you have to stand up for your own ideas and the same goes for your theories, if you cannot do it yourself, it's worthless, as you pointed out it's harsh, but I find being brutally honest is better than a sweet lie.
All the stuff I said in these last posts are not restricted to the debate forest and anomaly had, this goes for everything on these forums, generally talking Im not saying you shouldn't have an opinion and that you should blindly follow what a guy, even if he's the best one said, but, before spreading it as an absolute truth, think about it a couple of times and actually try it against someone competitive.
