kingmaking en · NOUN
Etymology
From king + making.
Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
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(uncountable, usually) In games, a strategy or design where one player (often the losing one) essentially gets to pick who wins.
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.
2008 February 5, ben...@gmail.com, “New final ranking system is crap”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kingmakings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |