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A '''meta-technique''' is a loose term encapsulating various rules and narrative tools/practices which are carried out by players rather than characters but still part of the improvisational flow, such as the [[black boxmeta room]], the [[monologue]], and [[shadows]]. The term started gaining in popularity and use in 2007, during the preparatory work with [[En stilla middag med familjen]], and in talks and workshops the following year at [[Solmukohta 2008]].
==Definition==
One usage divides game mechanics into three levels: ''Replacement rules'', ''abstractions'' and ''meta-techniques''.
'''[[Replacement rules]]''' are when a concept in the fiction is replaced with or simulated by something else. I.e. a boffer sword replaces a real sword. Sex is simulated by neck-massage. The player and the character experiences the same thing differently.
'''Abstractions''' are when the metatechnique itself is immanent in the fictional world. I.e. In this world latex is deadly and boffers kill or there is no sex, but Ars Amandi fulfills the same functions. In this, the experience of the character and the player are the same.
The same technique can even be used across the whole spectrum, to use the [[monologue]] technique as an example.
===Discrete===
A '''discrete'' way to use a monologue would be that the players involved to go to the [[meta-room]] when using the technique. This means that only the ones that choose to use it will see the effect and if they don't want meta in their larp, they don't have to seeing.
===Intrusive===
If a monologue would be used as an '''intrusive''' technique it could as an example be in for of the [[Monologue#Ping_the_glassPing the glass|ping the glass]] method. The method works out in a way that you request a player to express the inner thoughts of their character by pinging or touching a glass they are holding in their hand as in the larp [[New Voices in Art]]. The player then starts holding a monologue making everyone close by listen and noticing what is going on. It is hard for a player to choose not be affected by the action of an intrusive technique because it is something that you almost instantly would notice.
Intrusive techniques can make big gaps in a [[360° illusion]].
==Video documentations==
Presentation about Meta techniques and the use of them through [[The Mixing Desk of Larp]] by [[Petter Karlsson]] at the [[Larpwriter Summer School]] [[2013]]. The first few minutes is a presentation and demonstration about what a meta-technique is.
''A technique that give more information about the story events to the players than they get through the experiences of their characters.''
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