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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 6871703" data-attributes="member: 6787503">I call it that because it has been suggested in this thread that the primary activity of the game, indeed that the entire game is composed of "making decisions as your character would" and, to that end, avoiding use of metagame knowledge. In this context, the use of metagame knowledge is to be avoided at all costs lest the game be played incorrectly or as a sham of actual play. The OP's question presumes this point of view to some extent, and others have expressed it directly. I, myself, do not subscribe to this belief. I feel that this approach to the game makes a player-only challenge out of avoiding, or even rationalizing, use of such knowledge that runs contrary to the challenge faced by the character, that of sneaking past the ogre. From your response, it would appear you feel somewhat the same.I'm not saying it's wrong to play that way, but I do object to the statements that have been made to the effect of it being the only way to play.</blockquote>