![]() ![]() We’ll get to “metagame” specifically in a bit.įor now, I reflect on how the massive trove of knowledge contained in the seemingly infinite pages of the Internet is a huge boon for us weirdos who like to get really into video games, especially those of us who for whatever reason sometimes decide to hyper-focus on totally useless information like the newly-popularized “Super Tiny Koopadashbackwaveslide Hoverwalkmoonland” (stkdbwshwml) in my preferred Super Smash Bros. As a standalone adjective, its definition is usually “self-referential” or one which refers to a breach of the third wall. Like a magnifying glass with a near-infinite range of movement, it can focus for us, in the form of web pages, just about “anything and everything all of the time.” One such webpage is this xkcd comic that really illustrates the meaning of “meta,” a prefix generally referring to going above, beyond, or through a change (for example: metamorphosis). ![]() The Internet is a strange, beautiful, twisted network that connects a staggering number of members of our human family here on Earth. Maybe a fun un-abbreviation to use, and not far from the real meaning of the word “metagaming,” but in this short piece (for me), I want to talk about metagaming, “the” metagame, and other instances of the term (and its slightly varying definitions) in esports and gaming spaces. This devouring of content is what in turn led me to find no less than three people saying that “META” is an acronym for “Most Efficient Tactic Available.” I’m afraid that this is simply an untrue acronym that was invented to fit an existing term. This has led me to spend the aforementioned inordinate amounts of time-devouring content for a wide variety of esports and games generally. One way I “productively” procrastinate is learning an inordinate amount about the metagame of whatever game strikes my fancy at the moment – watching videos, reading blog posts, playing in training mode, stuff like that.Īs evidenced by my piece on Infil’s excellent Fighting Game Glossary, with its terms of the day and wide variety of games available to peruse through community terms for, I spend quite a lot of time thinking about the words we use to describe our favorite games, players, events, etc. ![]() I have certainly seen it for the first time and a few times since, as I wallow in the tail-end of COVID struggles and search for new apartments, pursue new love, and seek ways to make money without breaking my spirit (the answer is not retail, let me tell ya) … and I do often procrastinate, as one does when mentally & physically exhausted and / or stressed. You may have seen this backronym going around online in the arduous time since my last article came out. By Connor McNeil in Fighting Games | Oct, 27th 2021 ![]()
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