theorycraft
nounEtymology From theory + -craft.
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Video games Theorycrafting.
theorycraft
verbEtymology From theory + -craft.
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Video games To analyze (especially mathematically) the underlying mechanics of a video game in order to optimize or minimax one's gameplay.
- Sometimes, the person asking only has a vague understanding of what it means to “theorycraft.” Most players already know that theorycrafting produces numbers that can be used to evaluate performance and ask questions, of course. But what most players don’t know is how those numbers are produced from beginning to end.2014 July 15, Theck, “TC101: Intro to Theorycrafting”, in Sacred Duty, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2025:
- Derived terms
- theorycrafter