Powerplay
by robbytharobot on Sep 08, 2009 02:16:46
the act of using knowledge and or information against someone else in order to
gain advantage in an
intense situation
Example:
Bill owes Greg his phone that Greg let him borrow. Bill has avoided Greg in order to not
give back Greg's phone. Greg finds Bill to confront him and ask for his phone back. Bill says "Not right now, I can't". Greg then shows Bill the title to his car he is holding in his hand. Bill then says, "Ok here is your phone." Greg engaged in
powerplay.
powerplay
by Silly on Aug 17, 2004 08:21:02
In a
roleplay,
controlling other people's characters. This is very looked down open and is against most
rp rules.
Example:
'Kim
punched Kelly and watched her cry,' is powerplaying, because
who are you to say if Kelly started crying or not.
powerplay
by K... on Oct 11, 2005 17:00:05
A POWERPLAY
by bw94 on Jun 18, 2020 09:07:55
powerplay
by chua daddy on Dec 12, 2010 15:09:36
When you get someone to do something for you unknowingly, often the person initiating the powerplay is
asserting dominance by assigning someone else a
tedious task.
Example:
Let's say you and your friends have a buzzer to let you know when the bbq is coming. Say... Joseph is lazy and does not want to get the food, he slyly moves
the buzzer over to Andrew.
The buzzer goes off...
"Andrew go get the food it's ready."
Andrew proceeds to get the food and brings it to the table. Andrew unknowingly performed an
irksome task for Joseph and is powerplayed.
Powerplay
by stabbitytuesday on Oct 27, 2014 12:23:00
To unrealistically
overpower your character's opponent, usually in a fight, in a chat, forum, or other text based RPG, and overstepping the bounds of realism in that particular universe. This includes a physically weaker character A beating a strong B in a fight because A's writer said so, or an inexperienced character beating an experienced one at their own game when it simply couldn't happen realistically. Related to
godmodding and
metagaming in that they're all dick moves
Example:
Becky used her strongest magical defense
shield to protect herself
Susan kicked a hole in
Becky's shield with her light blast and punched Becky in the face, in an obnoxious
powerplay, since Susan just started learning magic and Becky has been practicing for years
powerplay
by diabloknk on Oct 29, 2008 08:00:53
powerplay
by orto on May 10, 2004 00:06:25
Chromosome powerplay
by M_Dubz152 on Jun 07, 2023 12:46:56
Meaning you have an extra set of
chromosomes. Nice way of calling someone a retard.
Powerplay is a
man-up scenario in sports, mostly from opposing team serving a penalty.