How to approach online game consciously?

[Ulax]

2 minutes ago, Valach said:

It comes from game theory, which was created long before the modern games and is a subset of applied mathematics (which is computer science basically). Yes, it popularized now because of the games but the term existed long before the modern RPGs etc. 

Interesting. What did the term mean in the context of game theory? Just maximising the likelihood of positive outcomes?

[Valach]

3 minutes ago, Ulax said:

Interesting. What did the term mean in the context of game theory? Just maximising the likelihood of positive outcomes?

Basically, yes. Maximazing gain, minimazing loss.