(verb)
Usually used in the context of roleplaying games, to min/max refers to the act of designing a character in such a way that one minimizes its weaknesses and maximizes its strengths.
Usually used in the context of roleplaying games, to min/max refers to the act of designing a character in such a way that one minimizes its weaknesses and maximizes its strengths.
Now that I know more about how the game works, I'm going to min/max my next character so that it's more effective.
by eudas July 11, 2005
Get the min/max mug.Min-max is a gaming term used to describe the process of minimizing your weaknesses and maximizing your strengths. It is generally used in conjunction with the process of building a character within a game system, such as dungeons and dragons, pathfinder, or fallout 3.
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A strategy in gaming where a player seeks to optimize one objective while intentionally neglecting another.
"Solution of Multi-objective Min-Max and Max-Min Games by Evolution"
Gideon Avigad, Erella Eisenstadt & Valery Y. Glizer
Conference paper, Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNTCS,volume 7811)
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"Solution of Multi-objective Min-Max and Max-Min Games by Evolution"
Gideon Avigad, Erella Eisenstadt & Valery Y. Glizer
Conference paper, Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNTCS,volume 7811)
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In order to win this game I have to min-max getting to the treasure while simultaneously avoiding my pursuer.
by cj.urbandic_ June 5, 2023
Get the min-max mug.A min-maxer is someone who tries to maximize the minimal amount of efforts to make in daily life.
It often happens in crowded cities, where people don't hesitate to cut you off, so that they make the least amount of steps to go where they have to. In the process, they pretend they don't see you, even though you had to stop at 1/12th inch of them, right before bumping into them.
Parisians excel at this.
It often happens in crowded cities, where people don't hesitate to cut you off, so that they make the least amount of steps to go where they have to. In the process, they pretend they don't see you, even though you had to stop at 1/12th inch of them, right before bumping into them.
Parisians excel at this.
When visiting Paris I encountered a lot of min-maxers.
At the end of the day, I was about to go postal on anyone because of them.
At the end of the day, I was about to go postal on anyone because of them.
by Mike G. aka migalo April 23, 2010
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by grEy. August 1, 2024
Get the min-maxing mug.Someone who attempts to understand the nuances of a role-playing system in order to tweak their character to be highly optimized, usually for a single task such as combat.
"Bob is a Minmaxer. The other day i heard him saying:" "Each Agil give +1 attack power, but only while in cat form, so if i get strength gear instead, i can get the bonus while in all forms, but then again i will lose the dodge bonus, but since i wont be tanking this is an acceptable loss and i can squeeze .346 extra dps out of the character....."
by Cyphern June 20, 2006
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