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/she thinks you think he/she 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. 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. ![]() It took me a while to reach my peak, but playing at that level was addictive. At 19 I was playing top rated matches with a Korean partner in the arena 2 versus 2 format of a popular online game finishing in the top 0.01% of players on our server. I had scrapped console adventure games for person-vs-person PC games. By the time I went to college, my pallet for video games had matured. It was a really powerful moment my brother and I had been working towards for weeks and it had finally come to it’s conclusion. I can remember Christmas break 99′ our family crowded around the Nintendo 64 to watch the final boss fight in Zelda: Ocarina of Time. ![]() Alternative title: See mom, video games weren’t a complete waste of time.
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