GLOSSARY · GAME-SERVER SLANG
Metagaming
Using out-of-character (OOC) information to drive in-character (IC) decisions. The classic example: hearing about a robbery in OOC voice and your character driving to the scene without an in-game reason.
Metagaming is one of the harder rule violations to evidence, because the IC outcome (the player shows up) does not by itself prove the OOC information was used. Cases usually rely on Discord voice clips, screen-share, or chat logs from outside the game. Communities that take metagaming seriously usually require an evidence file (a Discord recording, a screenshot of the OOC chat) attached to the case before escalating to a ban.