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Get the Metamame mug.The highest level of strategy in many complex games, metagame refers to any aspect of strategy that involves thinking about what your opponent is thinking you are thinking.
Metagame comes into play in any game where no single strategy is dominant and opposing sides are aware of multiple strategies that can succeed dependent upon opponents' actions. In order to perform at the highest level, it then becomes necessary to think about what your opponent thinks you will do (which may depend on what he thinks you think he thinks he will do, etc.) and to make decisions based on clues regarding what level they are thinking on.
This term is most commonly used to refer to poker and other complex card games, but is increasingly being used in relation to video games with complicated player vs player elements and even traditional sports.
Metagame comes into play in any game where no single strategy is dominant and opposing sides are aware of multiple strategies that can succeed dependent upon opponents' actions. In order to perform at the highest level, it then becomes necessary to think about what your opponent thinks you will do (which may depend on what he thinks you think he thinks he will do, etc.) and to make decisions based on clues regarding what level they are thinking on.
This term is most commonly used to refer to poker and other complex card games, but is increasingly being used in relation to video games with complicated player vs player elements and even traditional sports.
Normally I would raise the flop with this hand as a semi-bluff, but I've been so aggressive lately that taking metagame into consideration I think he will go all-in with any pair, so instead I'm going to fold.
This guy thinks that I'm going to zergling rush which means he will waste resources defending early. Instead I am going to focus on resource development for mid game, and metagame will win me this match.
This guy thinks that I'm going to zergling rush which means he will waste resources defending early. Instead I am going to focus on resource development for mid game, and metagame will win me this match.
by dub-jay October 25, 2009
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Someone who lost 26% of their compensation in one day but still works hard to make their boss rich one day again
We wanted to go skiing but John is a metamate so we stayed home and watched Discovery channel for one week.
by Shrepped February 15, 2022
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Math geeks who are bewitched or mesmerized by what the Metaverse could offer the physical world in coming years or decades have a very high chance of being recruited as Metamates.
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Term used by Zuckerberg to create a culture of brainwashing in the Facebook Staff to put the company's profitability above their own wellbeing with concept of "Meta, Metamates, Me"
Term used by Zuckerberg to create a culture of brainwashing in the Facebook Staff to put the company's profitability above their own wellbeing with concept of "Meta, Metamates, Me"
"Asking for paid time off? That's not living in the future Metamate."
"Why aren't you pushing your metamates harder and getting them to work unpaid overtime?"
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by VeekayTehsu February 16, 2022
Get the Metamate mug.Noun; A person playing a ttrpg (tabletop role playing game) who will search the entire universe for every edition (even for other games) for feats and abilities to break the game as much as possible.
1. UGH, Jimmy took Monkey's Grip and Giant's Strength from completely different editions of the game and now he does 20 damage at lvl 1. He is SUCH a metagamer.
by Natural1 June 1, 2018
Get the Metagamer mug.Term used for card games. The act of changing your deck around to counter the majority of decks in the local tournament area.
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