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 == Consequences ==
-As a type of [[Achievements|Achievement]], [[Handicap Achievements]] can form a kind of [[Rewards|Reward]] and be used to create [[Meta Games]]. Given that [[Handicap Achievements]] are based on goals they are a type of [[Goal Achievements]] but they are arguable more of an [[Optional Goals|Optional Goal]] than other types of [[Achievements]] since it is always possible to complete the underlying goal without requirements of the [[Handicap Achievements]]. An alternative view is that [[Handicap Achievements]] are [[Optional Rules]] adopted by the players but rules that they need to ensure are followed (i.e. that the [[Meta Games]] provided are also a [[Self-Facilitated Games]]). Like [[Goal Achievements]] in general, [[Handicap Achievements]] can support [[Game-Based Social Statuses]] by letting players show of [[Game Mastery]]. They can arguably do so even better than [[Goal Achievements]] since they are based upon more [[Challenging Gameplay]] and can further be said to provide opportunities for such gameplay that might not be considered otherwise. By doing so they can also provide a [[Value of Effort]], which is somewhat paradoxical since the extra effort required is completely voluntary.
+As a type of [[Achievements|Achievement]], [[Handicap Achievements]] can form a kind of [[Rewards|Reward]] and be used to create [[Meta Games]]. Given that [[Handicap Achievements]] are based on goals they are a type of [[Goal Achievements]] but they are arguable more of an [[Optional Goals|Optional Goal]] than other types of [[Achievements]] since it is always possible to complete the underlying goal without requirements of the [[Handicap Achievements]]. An alternative view is that [[Handicap Achievements]] are [[Optional Rules]] adopted by the players but rules that they need to ensure are followed (i.e. that the [[Meta Games]] provided are also a [[Self-Facilitated Games]]). Like [[Goal Achievements]] in general, [[Handicap Achievements]] can support [[Game-Based Social Statuses]] by letting players show of [[Gameplay Mastery]]. They can arguably do so even better than [[Goal Achievements]] since they are based upon more [[Challenging Gameplay]] and can further be said to provide opportunities for such gameplay that might not be considered otherwise. By doing so they can also provide a [[Value of Effort]], which is somewhat paradoxical since the extra effort required is completely voluntary.
 Although similar in names, [[Handicap Achievements]] are not directly related to [[Handicap Systems]] since the latter relates to providing [[Player Balance]] rather than providing additional challenges for individual players (the more specific pattern of [[Difficulty Levels]] is however related).
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 === Can Modulate ===
-[[Game Mastery]]
+[[Gameplay Mastery]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===

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 == Using the pattern ==
-Many of the design choices available for [[Achievements]] are also available to [[Handicap Achievements]] since they are a subcategory of the former. More specifically though, [[Handicap Achievements]] can be created through considering [[Optional Goals|Optional]] or [[Enforced Goals]] in a game and then adding some required limitation on how the player can behave. The [[Left 4 Dead series]] does this in ''Akimbo Assassin'' and ''Confederacy of Crunches'' through restricting which weapons can be used in [[Combat]]. Another way is to make use of [[Time Limits]], which can be seen as a form of [[Speed Runs]] in this context, which are exemplified by ''Swift Execution'' and ''Speed King'' in [[Torchlight]], and ''Bridge over Trebled Slaughter'' in [[Left 4 Dead 2]].
+Many of the design choices available for [[Achievements]] are also available to [[Handicap Achievements]] since they are a subcategory of the former. More specifically though, [[Handicap Achievements]] can be created through considering [[Optional Goals|Optional]] or [[Enforced Goals]] in a game and then adding some required limitation on how the player can behave. The [[Left 4 Dead series]] does this in ''Akimbo Assassin'' and ''Confederacy of Crunches'' through restricting which weapons can be used in [[Combat]]. Another way is to make use of [[Time Limits]], which can be seen as a form of [[Speedruns]] in this context, which are exemplified by ''Swift Execution'' and ''Speed King'' in [[Torchlight]], and ''Bridge over Trebled Slaughter'' in [[Left 4 Dead 2]].
 It should be noted that some [[Goal Achievements]] are quite similar to [[Handicap Achievements]]. This is the case for those [[Goal Achievements]] which are given for reach with a goal with a clear marginal of success. Although both types make it more difficult to achieve a goal, the goal-based ones do so by requiring better performance rather than increasing the difficulty. Example of these types of [[Goal Achievements]] include ''Perfect Victory'' in [[Torchlight]] (one's character cannot have died one time when the game is completed) and ''Wing and a Prayer'' in [[L4D2]] (which is given for making it through a specific part of the game without taking any damage). Even so, since [[Handicap Achievements]] make use of goals as a basis for their design, the design options available for [[Goal Achievements]] are nearly always also worth considering.
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Enforced Goals]], [[Optional Goals]], [[Speed Runs]], [[Time Limits]]
+[[Enforced Goals]], [[Optional Goals]], [[Speedruns]], [[Time Limits]]
 [[Difficulty Levels]] together with [[Goal Achievements]]

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 == Consequences ==
-As a type of [[Achievements|Achievement]], [[Handicap Achievements]] can form a kind of [[Rewards|Reward]] and be used to create [[Meta Games]]. Given that [[Handicap Achievements]] are based on goals they are a type of [[Goal Achievements]] but they are arguable more of an [[Optional Goals|Optional Goal]] than other types of [[Achievements]] since it is always possible to complete the underlying goal without requirements of the [[Handicap Achievements]]. An alternative view is that [[Handicap Achievements]] are [[Optional Rules]] adopted by the players but rules that they need to ensure are followed (i.e. that the [[Meta Games]] provided are also a [[Self-Facilitated Games]]). Like [[Goal Achievements]] in general, [[Handicap Achievements]] can support [[Game-Induced Player Social Status]] by letting players show of [[Game Mastery]]. They can arguably do so even better than [[Goal Achievements]] since they are based upon more [[Challenging Gameplay]] and can further be said to provide opportunities for such gameplay that might not be considered otherwise. By doing so they can also provide a [[Value of Effort]], which is somewhat paradoxical since the extra effort required is completely voluntary.
+As a type of [[Achievements|Achievement]], [[Handicap Achievements]] can form a kind of [[Rewards|Reward]] and be used to create [[Meta Games]]. Given that [[Handicap Achievements]] are based on goals they are a type of [[Goal Achievements]] but they are arguable more of an [[Optional Goals|Optional Goal]] than other types of [[Achievements]] since it is always possible to complete the underlying goal without requirements of the [[Handicap Achievements]]. An alternative view is that [[Handicap Achievements]] are [[Optional Rules]] adopted by the players but rules that they need to ensure are followed (i.e. that the [[Meta Games]] provided are also a [[Self-Facilitated Games]]). Like [[Goal Achievements]] in general, [[Handicap Achievements]] can support [[Game-Based Social Statuses]] by letting players show of [[Game Mastery]]. They can arguably do so even better than [[Goal Achievements]] since they are based upon more [[Challenging Gameplay]] and can further be said to provide opportunities for such gameplay that might not be considered otherwise. By doing so they can also provide a [[Value of Effort]], which is somewhat paradoxical since the extra effort required is completely voluntary.
 Although similar in names, [[Handicap Achievements]] are not directly related to [[Handicap Systems]] since the latter relates to providing [[Player Balance]] rather than providing additional challenges for individual players (the more specific pattern of [[Difficulty Levels]] is however related).
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 === Can Instantiate ===
-[[Achievements]], [[Challenging Gameplay]], [[Game-Induced Player Social Status]], [[Goal Achievements]], [[Meta Games]], [[Optional Goals]], [[Optional Rules]], [[Rewards]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Value of Effort]]
+[[Achievements]], [[Challenging Gameplay]], [[Game-Based Social Statuses]],
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 It should be noted that some [[Goal Achievements]] are quite similar to [[Handicap Achievements]]. This is the case for those [[Goal Achievements]] which are given for reach with a goal with a clear marginal of success. Although both types make it more difficult to achieve a goal, the goal-based ones do so by requiring better performance rather than increasing the difficulty. Example of these types of [[Goal Achievements]] include ''Perfect Victory'' in [[Torchlight]] (one's character cannot have died one time when the game is completed) and ''Wing and a Prayer'' in [[L4D2]] (which is given for making it through a specific part of the game without taking any damage). Even so, since [[Handicap Achievements]] make use of goals as a basis for their design, the design options available for [[Goal Achievements]] are nearly always also worth considering.
-Looking at ways of providing optional ways of making goals more difficult for oneself, an easy way presents itself to games with [[Difficulty Settings]]: simply  provide separate [[Goal Achievements]] for each setting.
+Looking at ways of providing optional ways of making goals more difficult for oneself, an easy way presents itself to games with [[Difficulty Levels]]: simply  provide separate [[Goal Achievements]] for each setting.
 == Consequences ==
 As a type of [[Achievements|Achievement]], [[Handicap Achievements]] can form a kind of [[Rewards|Reward]] and be used to create [[Meta Games]]. Given that [[Handicap Achievements]] are based on goals they are a type of [[Goal Achievements]] but they are arguable more of an [[Optional Goals|Optional Goal]] than other types of [[Achievements]] since it is always possible to complete the underlying goal without requirements of the [[Handicap Achievements]]. An alternative view is that [[Handicap Achievements]] are [[Optional Rules]] adopted by the players but rules that they need to ensure are followed (i.e. that the [[Meta Games]] provided are also a [[Self-Facilitated Games]]). Like [[Goal Achievements]] in general, [[Handicap Achievements]] can support [[Game-Induced Player Social Status]] by letting players show of [[Game Mastery]]. They can arguably do so even better than [[Goal Achievements]] since they are based upon more [[Challenging Gameplay]] and can further be said to provide opportunities for such gameplay that might not be considered otherwise. By doing so they can also provide a [[Value of Effort]], which is somewhat paradoxical since the extra effort required is completely voluntary.
-Although similar in names, [[Handicap Achievements]] are not directly related to [[Handicap Systems]] since the latter relates to providing [[Player Balance]] rather than providing additional challenges for individual players (the more specific pattern of [[Difficulty Settings]] is however related).
+Although similar in names, [[Handicap Achievements]] are not directly related to [[Handicap Systems]] since the latter relates to providing [[Player Balance]] rather than providing additional challenges for individual players (the more specific pattern of [[Difficulty Levels]] is however related).
 By making goals more difficult than they need to be, [[Handicap Achievements]] may not be compatible with [[Casual Gameplay]].
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 [[Enforced Goals]], [[Optional Goals]], [[Speed Runs]], [[Time Limits]]
-[[Difficulty Settings]] together with [[Goal Achievements]]
+[[Difficulty Levels]] together with [[Goal Achievements]]
 === Can Be Modulated By ===

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 As a type of [[Achievements|Achievement]], [[Handicap Achievements]] can form a kind of [[Rewards|Reward]] and be used to create [[Meta Games]]. Given that [[Handicap Achievements]] are based on goals they are a type of [[Goal Achievements]] but they are arguable more of an [[Optional Goals|Optional Goal]] than other types of [[Achievements]] since it is always possible to complete the underlying goal without requirements of the [[Handicap Achievements]]. An alternative view is that [[Handicap Achievements]] are [[Optional Rules]] adopted by the players but rules that they need to ensure are followed (i.e. that the [[Meta Games]] provided are also a [[Self-Facilitated Games]]). Like [[Goal Achievements]] in general, [[Handicap Achievements]] can support [[Game-Induced Player Social Status]] by letting players show of [[Game Mastery]]. They can arguably do so even better than [[Goal Achievements]] since they are based upon more [[Challenging Gameplay]] and can further be said to provide opportunities for such gameplay that might not be considered otherwise. By doing so they can also provide a [[Value of Effort]], which is somewhat paradoxical since the extra effort required is completely voluntary.
-Although similar in names, [[Handicap Achievements]] are not directly related to [[Handicaps]] since the latter relates to providing [[Player Balance]] rather than providing additional challenges for individual players.
+Although similar in names, [[Handicap Achievements]] are not directly related to [[Handicap Systems]] since the latter relates to providing [[Player Balance]] rather than providing additional challenges for individual players (the more specific pattern of [[Difficulty Settings]] is however related).
 By making goals more difficult than they need to be, [[Handicap Achievements]] may not be compatible with [[Casual Gameplay]].

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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
-[[Enforced Goals]], [[Optional Goals]], [[Time Limits]]
+[[Enforced Goals]], [[Optional Goals]], [[Speed Runs]], [[Time Limits]],
 [[Difficulty Settings]] together with [[Goal Achievements]]

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 Putting time limits can also provide a means of creating [[Handicap Achievements]]. [[Torchlight]] does this through the two achievements ''Swift Execution'' and ''Speed King'' with requires that the main enemy, Ordrak, is defeated in less than 5 and 8 hours respectively<ref name="Torchlight"/>. Working on a smaller time scale, [[Left 4 Dead 2]] has the achievement ''Bridge over Trebled Slaughter'' for completing the finale of a specific campaign in less than 3 minutes<ref name="L4D2"/>.
-Some games provide [[Handicap Achievements]] to players that complete levels, quests, or the entire game without using certain features of the game since these make the game easier. For example, the ''Akimbo Assassin'' achievement in [[Left 4 Dead]] of the [[Left 4 Dead Series]] is awarded for surviving a complete campaign using only pistols and [[Left 4 Dead 2]] provides a similar achievement, ''Confederacy of Crunches'' for doing so using only melee weapons<ref name="L4D"/><ref name="L4D2"/>. Also in [[L4D2]], the ''Guardin' Gnome'' achievement is a [[Handicap Achievements]] since it requires the players to carry Gnome Chompski for most of a campaign and thereby limits their combat efficiency. [[Team Fortress 2]] has several achievements involving using less effective weapons, including ''A Cut Above'' for using a knife to kill a Spy equipped with a gun, and two achievements for killing enemies with taunts: ''OMGWTFBBQ'' and ''Show Trial'' <ref name="TF2"/>.
+Some games provide [[Handicap Achievements]] to players that complete levels, quests, or the entire game without using certain features of the game since these make the game easier. For example, the ''Akimbo Assassin'' achievement in [[Left 4 Dead]] of the [[Left 4 Dead series]] is awarded for surviving a complete campaign using only pistols and [[Left 4 Dead 2]] provides a similar achievement, ''Confederacy of Crunches'' for doing so using only melee weapons<ref name="L4D"/><ref name="L4D2"/>. Also in [[L4D2]], the ''Guardin' Gnome'' achievement is a [[Handicap Achievements]] since it requires the players to carry Gnome Chompski for most of a campaign and thereby limits their combat efficiency. [[Team Fortress 2]] has several achievements involving using less effective weapons, including ''A Cut Above'' for using a knife to kill a Spy equipped with a gun, and two achievements for killing enemies with taunts: ''OMGWTFBBQ'' and ''Show Trial'' <ref name="TF2"/>.
 == Using the pattern ==
-Many of the design choices available for [[Achievements]] are also available to [[Handicap Achievements]] since they are a subcategory of the former. More specifically though, [[Handicap Achievements]] can be created through considering [[Optional Goals|Optional]] or [[Enforced Goals]] in a game and then adding some required limitation on how the player can behave. The [[Left 4 Dead Series]] does this in ''Akimbo Assassin'' and ''Confederacy of Crunches'' through restricting which weapons can be used in [[Combat]]. Another way is to make use of [[Time Limits]], which can be seen as a form of [[Speed Runs]] in this context, which are exemplified by ''Swift Execution'' and ''Speed King'' in [[Torchlight]], and ''Bridge over Trebled Slaughter'' in [[Left 4 Dead 2]].
+Many of the design choices available for [[Achievements]] are also available to [[Handicap Achievements]] since they are a subcategory of the former. More specifically though, [[Handicap Achievements]] can be created through considering [[Optional Goals|Optional]] or [[Enforced Goals]] in a game and then adding some required limitation on how the player can behave. The [[Left 4 Dead series]] does this in ''Akimbo Assassin'' and ''Confederacy of Crunches'' through restricting which weapons can be used in [[Combat]]. Another way is to make use of [[Time Limits]], which can be seen as a form of [[Speed Runs]] in this context, which are exemplified by ''Swift Execution'' and ''Speed King'' in [[Torchlight]], and ''Bridge over Trebled Slaughter'' in [[Left 4 Dead 2]].
 It should be noted that some [[Goal Achievements]] are quite similar to [[Handicap Achievements]]. This is the case for those [[Goal Achievements]] which are given for reach with a goal with a clear marginal of success. Although both types make it more difficult to achieve a goal, the goal-based ones do so by requiring better performance rather than increasing the difficulty. Example of these types of [[Goal Achievements]] include ''Perfect Victory'' in [[Torchlight]] (one's character cannot have died one time when the game is completed) and ''Wing and a Prayer'' in [[L4D2]] (which is given for making it through a specific part of the game without taking any damage). Even so, since [[Handicap Achievements]] make use of goals as a basis for their design, the design options available for [[Goal Achievements]] are nearly always also worth considering.