Kingmaking

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    In games, a strategy or design where one player (often the losing one) essentially gets to pick who wins. uncountable, usually

    "I think that V:TES is a multiplayer game, and multiplayer games have the kingmaking problem no matter much you try to tweak the rules."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of kingmake form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"I think that V:TES is a multiplayer game, and multiplayer games have the kingmaking problem no matter much you try to tweak the rules."

Etymology

From king + making.

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