Powerplay

the act of using knowledge and or information against someone else in order to gain advantage in an intense situation

Bill owes Greg his phone that Greg let him borrow. Bill has avoided Greg in order to not give back Greg's phone. Greg finds Bill to confront him and ask for his phone back. Bill says "Not right now, I can't". Greg then shows Bill the title to his car he is holding in his hand. Bill then says, "Ok here is your phone." Greg engaged in powerplay.

Powerplay by robbytharobot September 7, 2009

powerplay

In a roleplay, controlling other people's characters. This is very looked down open and is against most rp rules.

'Kim punched Kelly and watched her cry,' is powerplaying, because who are you to say if Kelly started crying or not.

powerplay by Silly August 16, 2004

powerplay

Powerplay is the struggle that occurs between individuals in order to obtain power and exert control over the opponent.

Her use of emotional and verbal powerplay draws him to her

powerplay by K... October 11, 2005

powerplay

When you get someone to do something for you unknowingly, often the person initiating the powerplay is asserting dominance by assigning someone else a tedious task.

Let's say you and your friends have a buzzer to let you know when the bbq is coming. Say... Joseph is lazy and does not want to get the food, he slyly moves the buzzer over to Andrew. The buzzer goes off...

"Andrew go get the food it's ready."

Andrew proceeds to get the food and brings it to the table. Andrew unknowingly performed an irksome task for Joseph and is powerplayed.

powerplay by chua daddy December 13, 2010

Powerplay

To unrealistically overpower your character's opponent, usually in a fight, in a chat, forum, or other text based RPG, and overstepping the bounds of realism in that particular universe. This includes a physically weaker character A beating a strong B in a fight because A's writer said so, or an inexperienced character beating an experienced one at their own game when it simply couldn't happen realistically. Related to godmodding and metagaming in that they're all dick moves

Becky used her strongest magical defense shield to protect herself

Susan kicked a hole in Becky's shield with her light blast and punched Becky in the face, in an obnoxious powerplay, since Susan just started learning magic and Becky has been practicing for years

Powerplay by stabbitytuesday October 26, 2014

PowerPlay

a time you make a move with an advantage, you have an extra man in hockey or you use aggression to make the most of a situation like on powerplay.com

the hockey team had a powerplay

PowerPlay by ababba3944 August 21, 2019

powerplay

When you're doing a chick from behind, you throw your hands up in the air and shout "Powerplay!" Then your friends come out of the closet and beat the shit out of her with hockey sticks.

Mark put Ashley in the hospital with a powerplay.

powerplay by diabloknk March 7, 2009