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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3653809" data-attributes="member: 53">Metagaming shouldn't be a bad word.&nbsp; It's abuse of metagaming that is bad.&nbsp; It's the extremes that have given it a bad name.&nbsp; One side are the players who try to gain any advantage they can.&nbsp; On the other are the &quot;roll-playing isn't roleplaying&quot; types who insist on being in character every minute they are gaming and make every decision as a character.Metagaming can't be avoided, since it is using things outside the game to make game decisions.&nbsp; If you truly aren't metagaming at all then you have a severe detachment from reality and should get help (this isn't a put down, not reacting to the &quot;real world&quot; is bad and you should look into it).This is one of the things that should be discussed by every group, as different people have different thresholds of &quot;acceptable metagaming.&quot;&nbsp; Discuss what you feel is appropriate and where you begin to cross the lines.&nbsp; You'll save yourselves a lot of headaches.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 3653809, member: 53"] Metagaming shouldn't be a bad word. It's abuse of metagaming that is bad. It's the extremes that have given it a bad name. One side are the players who try to gain any advantage they can. On the other are the "roll-playing isn't roleplaying" types who insist on being in character every minute they are gaming and make every decision as a character. Metagaming can't be avoided, since it is using things outside the game to make game decisions. If you truly aren't metagaming at all then you have a severe detachment from reality and should get help (this isn't a put down, not reacting to the "real world" is bad and you should look into it). This is one of the things that should be discussed by every group, as different people have different thresholds of "acceptable metagaming." Discuss what you feel is appropriate and where you begin to cross the lines. You'll save yourselves a lot of headaches. [/QUOTE]

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