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 Out-metagaming the metagamers?
Author: Idiot/Savant (---.net.nz)
Date:   08-21-2002 06:25

It seems to be a theme in your articles that the solution to player metagaming is for the GM to out-metagame them. Why? Metagaming is predicated on the idea that the game is a contest between players or between GM and players. The "solutions" you have proposed simply perpetuate this idea, not to mention establishing an adverserial relationship in your group. Surely this is counterproductive?

IMHO if you want to eliminate metagaming, then the first step has to be getting people to stop viewing the game as a competition, and start viewing it as a cooperative enterprise.

Idiot/Savant
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