What a meta-game is not: using information you know about a player from outside the game in order to win.
What a meta-game is: controlling information people have about you for the the purposes of future games.
I.e. if you use information from other games its NOT meta-gaming, if you provide information to people to use in other games it IS meta-gaming. Sending = meta, receiving =/= meta.
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every week we should have a poll for worst mod and the winner loses their powers.
The game is the actual mafia game when you're playing it.
There are meta-games of that such as making pacts, making impressions in previous games, or outside games. Some types of meta-games are allowed on this site, while playing some meta-games is against the rules.
An example of an allowed meta-game is the one in which you control the information the other players have about you in a game for the purposes of influencing future games.
An example of a disallowed meta-game is the one in which you play to a modified win condition for the purposes of influencing future games.
There is a VERY (objectively nonexistant) thin line between these two meta-games. The only distinction you can make is intent based. In short, this issue will never be resolved.
