[quote=@Rilla]
An Ode to Metagaming.

How much is acceptable? How much do people actually meta game? Does everyone, in some form or fashion, metagame? What is it to you? Is it when a person seems to just know what hits not to take, for instance, a punch. They always take the normal one, but when you start getting power together, they just somehow know to avoid it? 
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Dunno really, I try and limit how much I know about an opponent in order to reduce the likelihood of me accidentally meta-gaming. I also tend to have my character work through a fight systematically looking for weak spots or effective strategies, unless its painfully obvious. Ultimately I think taking an ordinary punch over a powered one just makes sense, it seems to me that a real fighter is more likely to be caught by a quick unexpected but low damaging hit rather than the heavy prepared 'kill you in one' strike. 

Ultimately what I see as meta-gaming is when things work out awfully conveniently for someone's character, when they manipulate events past the bounds of fair play, or when they launch attacks that suggest they're using OOC knowledge more so than IC.