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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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Last edited by fadetree; 11-13-2016 at 05:27 PM..
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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. | |||
Last edited by A1rh3ad; 11-13-2016 at 08:41 PM..
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![]() Sandbox type games like this are majority meta. Anything that comes out of the players imagination and not the game itself is meta. It could be something as simple as the ruins in FoB being the binding spot for people who are kos with iksar. Someone started that tradition, not the game devs.
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And.... You two are using two different definitions of "meta". Airhead is using the more gamer oriented definition. The other is the more literal, websters-esque definition. | |||
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![]() This is meta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDXgG29tB3U
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Last edited by A1rh3ad; 11-13-2016 at 10:35 PM..
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![]() I'm not sure if EC tunnel is truly meta;
It's called the common lands, possibly because it is shared among races and accessible to most. There is a supply vendor that caters to all races with nearby towns that service most alignments. There are fires and torches making it cosy day or night. Trade caravans and the like surround the area. The fact it is the perfect storm for a trade centre is not an accident. It is intentional design the devs tried to encourage. | ||
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![]() How is your girl liking the game?
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![]() this is kinda like music nerds discussion genres of music.. totally not post punk revival man
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