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Why do so many people here use the term 'meta-game' incorrectly?
Here's a public service announcement: the 'game' is all strategy and information obtained within the rules and mechanics (in this context, the cartridge). If it's something that someone can learn or discover by sitting by themselves in a room while playing the game, it's the game.
The 'meta-game' is any information that influences how your decisions and strategy that cannot be obtained within the game itself. So yes, statistics about how frequently certain mons and strategies are employed by other players at a given time in a given pool of players is part of the meta-game. Learning a specific players tells and bluffs is part of the meta-game.
X pokemon has OP stats and ability: breaks the game.
Smogon's servers crash for two months: breaks the meta-game.
You're welcome /vp/, carry on.
Here's a public service announcement: the 'game' is all strategy and information obtained within the rules and mechanics (in this context, the cartridge). If it's something that someone can learn or discover by sitting by themselves in a room while playing the game, it's the game.
The 'meta-game' is any information that influences how your decisions and strategy that cannot be obtained within the game itself. So yes, statistics about how frequently certain mons and strategies are employed by other players at a given time in a given pool of players is part of the meta-game. Learning a specific players tells and bluffs is part of the meta-game.
X pokemon has OP stats and ability: breaks the game.
Smogon's servers crash for two months: breaks the meta-game.
You're welcome /vp/, carry on.
