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What does "Metagame" mean?

What is this "Metagame" - So often talked about and exactly what does it mean ?   When doing a small google search ending up on wikipedia it says: "Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game. Another definition refers to the game universe outside of the game itself. In simple terms, it is the use of out-of-game information or resources to affect one's in-game decisions." So it is a set of strategies that have been found to be effective by the users of the game given: "it is the use of out-of-game information or resources to affect one's in-game decisions" This out-of-game information can be all from understanding how the mechanics of the game work, everything from how to calculate speed, spawn timers, ability scaling from different champi

Understanding roles

This post is going to be about the importance of understanding every role on a team. - So why is it important? Assuming you have a team, when you learn every role on a team, you can better understand what it is like to play at that position and what to consider, even though you might not get as good as your teammates on that position (assuming you are all equally good at the game, and they have been playing on that particular position longer than you), they would properly be better at that position than you would, which is why they are playing that position and you don't, right? So why even bother trying to get to know how to play their role? Lets take an example: Suppose you are the jungler of your team, but you decide, that you want to know how to play top, here you notice how much sustainability really counts, you learn something about the different matchups, when to play aggressive and defensive, you learn something about where to ward and how annoying it really is when t

My view on guides

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Pff guides are for noobs, why would you use a guide ? - Any good player with respect for him/herself do not use guides, but instead look at streams or talk to other players on which items to use in different scenarios. Right? - Wrong, personally I like to use guides, they can give you alot of information on a short period of time. They are great for lookup doing games, when in loading screen or when wanting to learn a new champion, for those you aren't familiar with every champion and what to build on them. Even though you are not playing a champion, you can still look through a guide describing how your opponent should play, to give you a heads up, for what you have in store for the future. Especially with the new items every update that is made, sometimes it can be usefull to use guides for help, at the start of me playing LoL, I used guides from mobafire.com, lolpro.com, solomid.net but recently another great lol community side called lolking.net added guides, these guides have

Motivation for gaming

What are your motivation for gaming ? Thats a question that has been bothering me for quite some time actually, It first came to my mind when I was watching a final match from WCG 6-7 years ago in Counter Strike 1.6 (CS 1,6), my motivation then was to make a living only by gaming, this was, not supported by my parrents, and this is understandable, since only a very few people can make a living out of this. but instead of "ruining my dreams" - they told me that I could play just as much as I wanted, just as long as I would fit my school and decent grades, at that age of course I had to go outside and play with my friends ect., but this did kind of encourage me to play to win, to become the best, even if I would not to be making a living out of it. Over the years, as I aged, even though I still had some hope to make a living out of gaming, I didn't get into the competitive scene of CS 1.6, which made my hope fade a bit, I stopped playing to become the best and just to

Blog - Why not ?

Hello, my name is - irrelevant right now. As this blog indicates, I like to game, PC games that is, I like to play LoL, and even though Im not that good of a player - I like to think that it'll make me a better player to write my thought down, my experience with the game ect. ect. So I thought, why not just dive into it? - Its free and it's stimulating to express yourself by text. I can't promise anything for the future of this blog, since this is all new to me, and my interest may change, but none the less - hope you'll enjoy my blog! :) // GrekMaR