Why You Should Ignore the Metagame

In every game there are always two games being played. One is the game itself. The other is the game about the game. This is called the metagame.

The metagame can be thought of as the optimal strategy to win a game at a specific point in time. As conditions within the game change and as player responses to those conditions change, so does the metagame.

A simple example of metagame evolution is the increasing number of 3-point shot attempts taken within the NBA. As the chart below illustrates, the number of 3-point attempts per game has slowly increased since the 3-point shot was introduced in the 1979-1980 NBA season:

 
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