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Originally Posted by fadetree
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Well, sort of. The technical meaning of meta is that is "one level up" in abstraction. So you have a game, and it has rules. Do the rules have rules? Yes, a rule about a rule (for instance, saying that 'all game rules should be fair') is a meta-rule. It's a rule about rules. Or take mathematics...you can do math with actual numbers, but you can also do math about math. for instance, there are branches of number theory that are essentially math about math...that's meta-math. Data about data is meta-data. Anything that references itself but from a higher, wider perspective is meta.
I wouldn't say that a community forming around a game is meta, unless the community was a game too. Same with EC tunnel, I wouldn't call that meta...it's a game WITHIN a game but that doesn't make it meta. It if were a game ABOUT a game then yeah.
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Metagaming is any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game. Another definition refers to the game universe outside of the game itself.
The fact that people have set EC tunnel as a trading spot is meta. People designate and name camping spots where they pull npcs to in order for the group to kill. This is also meta. People use forums and message boards for permission to raid or camp npcs. This is another form of meta.