Does the game speed affect the game difficulty in Warcraft III?

So I coinsidentally discovered the option to alter the game speed in the game pause menu. I found that it was set to fast, so I lowered it down to medium, taking into account that it will make the game easier. Although I play on medium difficulty - and sometimes I have to choose the reduce difficulty option after I get beaten - I still sometimes encounter difficulty even when playing on medium. So, I just want to know the game speed option's role in the game, and whether it affects the difficulty of the game or not. And if it does, how does it affect it?

Thanks in advance..

Nope. It simply affect the time it takes to build stuff and so on. The whole game will move slower. So yes, your opponent will move slower, but so will you. They used to have a game speed setting in a lot of RTS, I know the option was in most of the Westwood C&C games.

It doesn't really affect the games difficulty. But if you set it low enough, it would give you an advantage because you'll have that much longer to make the small and quick decisions. Micro-managing units would be easier, essentially.

Game speed affects game speed.