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| - Metagaming is the act of using, or reacting to, any information obtained out of character while in character, and for this reason is highly frowned upon in role-playing communities. For example using informations in a role-play about a character, group, or sim from the following sources are seen as forms of metagaming if the character has not learnt them previously in his background or in a role-play:
- Meta-gaming is having your character know information only revealed to you ooc'ly. Since your character can't logically just know something that was mentioned to you and not them, it is advised you don't do it. It also makes no ic sense for your character to know something that way. Having a character that has telepathy to know other's secrets is not advised. It can become annoyingly deus ex machina, and you can only know what is revealed to you by the player. It wouldn't make sense for your character to know their deepest darkest secrets and not how cold they like their milk, for instance.
- Meta-gaming is making game decisions based on out-of-game criteria. Forms of meta-gaming:
* Narrative meta-gaming, in which a choice is made to tell a good story
* Strategic meta-gaming, in which a choice is made to manipulate the outcome of the game
* Reality meta-gaming, in which a choice is made because is it believable
* Antagonistic meta-gaming, in which a choice is made in order to destroy a game
* Social meta-gaming, in which a choice is made for a secondary social gain
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| abstract
| - Metagaming is the act of using, or reacting to, any information obtained out of character while in character, and for this reason is highly frowned upon in role-playing communities. For example using informations in a role-play about a character, group, or sim from the following sources are seen as forms of metagaming if the character has not learnt them previously in his background or in a role-play:
* text told out of character
* the name and group name above the head of the avatar
* the information from the character profile
* information collected by an alt
* information on one of your real life friends
* an internet site, such as this wiki
* instant messages (IM), group messages, or off-world messaging systems (there are a few minor exceptions, such as playing a whisper and using IM). The typical case of metagaming is greeting someone unknown by his or her name after having read the name over the head, but many more insidious forms exist, such as knowing someone is an enemy from reading the person's profile and starting an otherwise superfluous conflict, calling for support by IM, etc.
- Meta-gaming is making game decisions based on out-of-game criteria. Forms of meta-gaming:
* Narrative meta-gaming, in which a choice is made to tell a good story
* Strategic meta-gaming, in which a choice is made to manipulate the outcome of the game
* Reality meta-gaming, in which a choice is made because is it believable
* Antagonistic meta-gaming, in which a choice is made in order to destroy a game
* Social meta-gaming, in which a choice is made for a secondary social gain Meta-gaming is roughtly the antonym of immersion, in which decisions are made from the stance of a character or the conception of a game.
- Meta-gaming is having your character know information only revealed to you ooc'ly. Since your character can't logically just know something that was mentioned to you and not them, it is advised you don't do it. It also makes no ic sense for your character to know something that way. Having a character that has telepathy to know other's secrets is not advised. It can become annoyingly deus ex machina, and you can only know what is revealed to you by the player. It wouldn't make sense for your character to know their deepest darkest secrets and not how cold they like their milk, for instance. For example, we have a player named Bob and some players meta-gaming. [Bob]: says: Greetings, sir. [Thalen]: says: Hello Bob! Bob blinks. [Bob]: says: ...Have we met before? [Killhaxx]: says: can i join ur guild? [Bob]: says: ... [Bob]: says: (Mutters) Who told you about the band of Defias - [Guardlol]: says: You're under arrest for working for the defias! [Bob]: says: What? No...You have no proof! Bob grips his sword defensively, glaring at the human soldier. [Guardlol]: says: It says it in your guild name. [Bob]: says: ... [Guardlol]: says: The one floating above your head stupid. Guardlol laughs at Bob. [Guardlol]: lol
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