Re: Re: Character creation question

From: L C <lightcastle_at_...>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:39 -0400

I agree minmaxing is fraught. I try not to use the term pejoratively, and just use it as a descriptor of a certain behaviour/strategy. (One which makes sense in some contexts.)
LC

John Machin wrote:

>Minmaxing is a fairly fraught piece of terminology in my local
>environment though; people use it almost exclusive to criticise games
>like Dungeons and Dragons and the people who play them. I've been
>steadily rehabilitating "metagaming" but haven't yet taken on
>"minmaxing".

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