Little did you know, you can active pause your game during singleplayer games

If you have a pause key on your keyboard, it should be on the top right somewhere. It either says "pause" or it will have the pause symbol on it.

If you have a compact keyboard (aka laptop ♥♥♥♥) you can pause the game by pressing FN + right shift (for HP laptops), or one of the f1-12 keys (most other laptop brands.)

Mandatory category

Just ignore

[Mantha]

Joke's on you, I'm not an RTS noob and I test out the controls when I play the game for the first time.

[EmotionallyBroken]

Why would anyone "not" expect the pause key to pause?

[Frosty]

F6 for me! I just usually press menu and then take a shit.

[Pilentus]

Hmm, f10 doesn't work for me

[LeakyVirginia]

or press f10

[HAZZARD]

Hehehe what a most useful guide to add to my collection