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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 9048392" data-attributes="member: 97077">The more I've engaged with this topic over the years the more I've come around to the idea that the objection so often voiced isn't to &quot;metagaming&quot; at all. You and I have both offered a number of approaches to the game that mitigate both the opportunities for and incentive to &quot;metagame.&quot; But the people who claim to detest &quot;metagaming&quot; the most are also usually the first to reject those approaches, despite the fact said approaches would mostly rid them of the very thing they say they don't like.So I've settled on it not really being about &quot;metagaming&quot; at all, but rather it's some kind of test of the player: &quot;Can you avoid 'metagaming' when I put the opportunity to do it in front of you?&quot; Then see if the player chooses to adhere to the group's (or DM's) principles. I can't think of any other reason why, given approaches that will effectively take &quot;metagaming&quot; off the table, why they'd continue to keep it on the table when they claim not to like it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 9048392, member: 97077"] The more I've engaged with this topic over the years the more I've come around to the idea that the objection so often voiced isn't to "metagaming" at all. You and I have both offered a number of approaches to the game that mitigate both the opportunities for and incentive to "metagame." But the people who claim to detest "metagaming" the most are also usually the first to reject those approaches, despite the fact said approaches would mostly rid them of the very thing they say they don't like. So I've settled on it not really being about "metagaming" at all, but rather it's some kind of test of the player: "Can you avoid 'metagaming' when I put the opportunity to do it in front of you?" Then see if the player chooses to adhere to the group's (or DM's) principles. I can't think of any other reason why, given approaches that will effectively take "metagaming" off the table, why they'd continue to keep it on the table when they claim not to like it. [/QUOTE]

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