Meta-Gaming Strategies :: The Instigator

The strategic compendium for the astute player.

Strategy The Instigator
Definition The player creates social or tactical dissonance between two or more other players in the hope that it will translate into friction in the game.
Desired Result In this way, the player causes his opponents to spend resources on others rather than against himself.
Commentary When employed socially, the Instigator looks for opportunities to react to comments made between two people, or to bring up history between people, and so forth. In a very common benign usage, the Instigator will point out how threatening one player's game actions are to another's position. Those who are instigated to act against one another spend resources and attention which might otherwise be deployed against the Instigator.
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