I wonder if that concept came from the Atari game M.U.L.E.?

JustinNakamoto

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicap_principle

Never knew that dropping MULEs on your opponent in Starcraft 2 is an example of this, lol

(For the people who didn't play SC2: MULEs are temporary workers which mine minerals 

 faster. So dropping them on your opponent means you wasted them. It was meant as asserting dominance in a game by telling the opponent: "Look, I don't need these MULEs to win. Surrender.")

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ThrillerX_

Interesting and relevant link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicap_principle

Never knew that dropping MULEs on your opponent in Starcraft 2 is an example of this, lol

(For the people who didn't play SC2: MULEs are temporary workers which mine minerals _a lot_ faster. So dropping them on your opponent means you wasted them. It was meant as asserting dominance in a game by telling the opponent: "Look, I don't need these MULEs to win. Surrender.") 