Strategy and Chess.

[Red Harvest]

Alright, so I stopped playing RTW for a while(I believe no one here can blame me given that game's iffyness), but after trying my hand at some other stuff, I decided to go back to it. Anyway...I'm notoriously sucky at chess(could be because I just learned it, but whatever), but I seem to be good at RTW strategy(anywhere from medium to very hard)...And people say that folks who are good at chess are good at strategizing<sp???> and those who are bad at it, are bad at the other.....

So my question is, given your past experience, would you think that statement true? Am I seriously overestimating my abilities, or is chess overrated?

You are overestimating RTW.

Chess requires far more forethought than RTW if you want to be any good at all at chess. The RTW AI can't give you a decent game as it doesn't even make great 1-ply decisions, while skilled chess players will be trying to anticipate at least 8 plies deep (and perhaps 16 plies in the endgame.) That depth is strategic thinking as well as tactical.

Now if you played true MP on the strategic map vs. humans, then you would have an idea how good you are. My money would always be on the better chess player winning (assuming equal experience in both games) and I've played my share of rated chess masters and experts in tournaments.