The player is often disliked because of his approach to the role-playing aspect of the game. Some game developers also dislike min-maxing because it prevents players from exploring the game’s possibilities. The controversy behind min-maxing is often related to disregarding the game’s role-playing and scaling. Min-maxing is often considered as powergaming. A character is min-maxed when desired stats are maximized, and the rest is minimized. Players build their character according to their desire in role-playing games(RPG) like Dungeons & Dragons, Diablo, Dark Souls, etc. Every game has some mechanics to take advantage of. Those types of metagamers achieve to be as powerful as possible with the game’s options. This type of metagaming is often about min-maxing, choosing characters, or practicing a specific gameplay route for optimization. A comprehensive explanation of that will be under “metagaming outside borders of a game.” Metagaming inside borders of a game Stepping outside the borders of the game is also considered metagaming. I will refer to this kind of metagaming as “metagaming inside borders of the game.” One can only make her game fairer, but this is especially hard to achieve in competitive video games. With players’ objective to win, they are likely to follow the meta. Some equipment, tactics, and specific ways to play are better than the others. The term emerged from the nature of competitive games. Meta defines the tactic generally agreed upon as the most effective among all, the acronym for “most effective tactics available.” The use of the term varies between games, but the meaning stays the same: You will be more likely to win adopting meta.
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