How Compy grades things
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What it means
Compy gives every tweak one of three honest verdicts — Real, Placebo, or Risky — so you can tell what's worth your time before you change anything.
More detail
Real: It actually does something. A measurable or well-proven effect on your games — worth doing. Placebo: All hype, no effect. Popular online, but it changes nothing you can measure. We skip these so you don't waste time chasing them. Risky — refused: Not worth the downside. It might do something, but it brings real tradeoffs — instability, a security hole, or things breaking — so Compy refuses it, or lets you decide with eyes open.
The Compy Blackbook holds 174 graded entries like this one, judged against your hardware — and every change it does make is reversible, with the receipt to prove it.
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