Talk:Powergaming Meaning

A WIP Up to date definition that applies to the increasing amount of platforms on which Power Gaming can occur on.

Power Gaming: Emphasizing on acquiring/increasing a player's stats/skills over Role-Playing.

Power Gaming cannot be defined with a short single answer. The accused and accuser have elements required to be addressed before determining Power Gaming has occurred. Defining Power Gaming requires considering both viewpoints; the person that claims another is Power Gaming as well as the opposite. One definition would be an individual that emphasizes player advancement over RP interactions or disregards RP altogether.

Sides to consider when defining Power Gaming

Those claiming Power Gaming:


 * * Acts outside of RP'ing where the player uses and/or abuses in-game mechanics to their advantage.
 * This is controversial if rules aren't put in place clearly defining what's considered acceptable behavior.
 * Acts that are performed due to meta information.
 * Acts that result in RP that disregards & disrespects the server's established RP behavior.
 * Acts that ignore another person's opportunity to RP their perspective, and forcing the person to RP their character in a way that ignores their character's established history/behavior. ex; encountering a hostile interaction, out of context sexual encounter acceptable to the rules which wouldn't have occurred if something was Power Gamed, already established acceptable interactions on the platform being used to RP.
 * Acts done by a player outside of RP'ing that use in-game mechanics to their advantage which ignores another player's enjoyment.
 * Acts that ignore what's been established as a server/platform rule.
 * Acts with effects that result in RP that disregards & disrespects the server's established RP behavior.

Accused Person/Persons of Power Gaming: WIP


 * Insert Easily 6+ acts here that can be argued against the those that claim Power Gaming that needs to be determined if the person is guilty of Power Gaming.

The acceptable line of what's determined Power Gaming usually is taken on a case-by-case basis. The acts considered Power Gaming are very diverse due to the number of platforms that RP exists on. This results in many unique elements that need to be considered when defining the term "Power Gaming".