Messing with meta-gamers Options

[CircuitBoyBlue]

Hell, I metagame in real life. By which I mean I make decisions as if I were a character in a game. Try it sometime, it's fun.

If I want to get to the point where I can reliably get away with attacking police officers, I first need to level up by breaking into a school and grinding on some 8 year olds.

[Ryu]

What if you want to provide some surprises for a group of efficient meta-gamers? And I´m not speaking of the punishing kind of surprise. They think about that group of gangers for a moment, instead of thinking "random encounter". If you want to get them off that track, say something along the lines "while your intention is diverted, your target..."

[hyzmarca]

Anything from popular entertainment, especially recurring classics, it is probable that the characters will know it, from remakes if not from the originals.

The best way to deal with metagaming is to simply point it out and, if it continues, to roll with it. Metagame yourself as GM. It is absurdly powerful.

Of course, GM metagaming just means that the players will have to metagame more which inevitably escalated to a No Fourth Wall game. This eventually escalates into a game-within-a-game in which the GM and the players control characters based on themselves who control their Shadowrun characters. But that can be fun.

[PlatonicPimp]

If I want to get to the point where I can reliably get away with attacking police officers, I first need to level up by breaking into a school and grinding on some 8 year olds.

Eh, it's more along the lines of "you know, taxes are quite easy when you think about them as your character sheet for the year. I think I'll twink my insurance forms next."

Also, when in doubt about what to do, I usually choose the course of action that would make the most sense if my life were a movie. "hmm, I missed the bus. Should I wait patiently for the next one, or should I run through a complex urban environment to try to beat it to the next stop?"