What Does This Mean?
The current consensus best strategy, build, or approach within a competitive game or system at a given time, distinct from any single player's personal preference — playing "off-meta" is a deliberate choice against the crowd.
EXPLAINER
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EXPLAINER
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"That build hasn't been meta in two patches, but he refuses to switch off it."
LORE & ORIGIN
One of gaming culture's oldest and most foundational vocabulary items, predating almost every other term in modern gaming slang and now used well beyond games for any competitive optimization context.
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