# Metagaming Metagaming in role-playing games refers to a player's use of outside knowledge, not available to their character, to inform their character's actions. This can include knowledge of the game's mechanics or events happening outside the character's knowledge, and is considered breaking character. The emphasis in role-playing is on accurate character depiction, so the use of metagaming is generally considered unsporting or cheating. {% hint style="danger" %} **Examples of metagaming include:** * Watching someone's stream while you are both in the city * Sitting in a Discord call while you and anyone else in the call is in the city * Seeing how to accomplish a task or find a secret place based on a clip or screenshot shared in the Discord * Using knowledge from another character's backstory or personality to influence decisions, even if the current character has no knowledge of that information. * Taking advantage of real-life resources or tools outside the game, such as online forums or guides, to gain knowledge not available to the character. * Using real-life relationships with other players to influence interactions within the game, rather than allowing the characters to interact on their own terms. * Using in-game tools or abilities in unexpected ways, based on knowledge of the game's mechanics rather than what the character would logically know or understand. * Using knowledge from another server to influence decisions based on common resources. {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://geocityrp.gitbook.io/geo-city-roleplay/community-rules/rules-and-guidelines/basic-roleplay-rules/examples/metagaming.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.