Is it a fair conclusion that competitive play and cleaning out zombies is part of the game design as way to get better tick times?

This is just a question to better understand the game, not a comment in the form of a question.

@charlycreeper charly, If the question has been answered, consider marking the topic as resolved.

When I first started found the Tips items were very helpful. One thing that would make tips even more helpful would to add "Learn More ..." link for each tip to navigate to more specific Docs\API pages. Maybe not all Tips need them.