Don't know about redxwing, but Lenny sure uses out of meta strats and the sad thing is, unless he gets matched against a scrub, he loses.
This is the best example that players are punished for trying something new.
You can go with meta or with interesting strat, meta will allow you to beat better players if you outplay them, out of box thinking and playing will give you hard time against scrubs.
And relic considers this situation "fine".
well, i saw one game where lenny beat stephennjf with nkvd, which is still the best game i have ever seen.but i'll assume you are right.
what i want to say is that [i bet] most ppl who come this forum who complain about stale meta have never dedicated themselves to unorthodox strategies as much as players like lenny has to really know what they are talking about when they say 'oh there is only one or two strat that works etc.' they might be right, but it is all guesswork.
and i also think there is a severe case of confusion between getting naturally bored of a game because you played thousands of hours and a game boring you due to abyssal gameplay in threads like this.