👉 Okay, let’s tackle this wonderfully weird little beast of a word! Now, before I even begin, let me preface things with a disclaimer: nobody actually
knowingly
uses the word "makewar." That's what makes it so delightfully…offbeat.
Essentially – and here’s where we get delightfully geeky – "makewar," as coined by the wonderfully prickly and now sadly belated British games press writer, Piersalski, describes a very specific, almost tragically hilarious kind of strategic arms-fu—uh, I mean... strategic competition. Basically, it's when you, an ostensibly reasonable individual (let's be generous here), gets absolutely subsumed by the petty, spiteful, and frankly exhausting need to prove yourself utterly dominant in a very minor, almost ridiculous, online competitive space. It’s not about winning; there is no real prize! It's purely about systematically dismantling your opponent – whatever that opponent might be—through a barrage of insulting emotes, strategically deployed ban complaints, and the relentless, mathematically unsound assertion of being far more skilled than you actually are. Think of it as the turbo-charged equivalent of leaving a smug, totally unhinged one-star review on someone's digital bake off entry – only instead of critiquing cupcakes, you’re shredding their entire in-game avatar. There is no actual point beyond the sheer, agonising joy
