The Great Game

The Great Game’ is a concept of survival, originating from the age of wastes, for orc tribes where there survival is seen as one large strategic game with many different layers. This includes scavenging for food but also recruiting new followers and taking out other competitors. The meaning for this name is that many concepts whilst viable for survival where seen as ‘cheap’ and ‘cheating’. Thus in order to express this the term was coined and those who took the easy way out were seen as cheating or not participating in the great game. Meaning they need not be respected by actual contenders. The actual Great Game has since died out do to the disbandment of most orc tribes however the concept is still very prevalent in orc culture
The current meaning of The Great Game is a philosophy for one to strife for excellence in every part of there life, using whatever methods at there disposable, EXCEPT for the involvement of bystanders or the appeal to emotion (like the threatening of hostages). For a light example during a chess game insistently tap his foot or the table to annoy his opponent to distract them, seeing it as a fair part of the game. For an extreme example during a very important art competition most who subscribe to this philosophy see no issue with destroying the other paintings to win by default. In there eyes protecting your painting is another important part of the competition.
The other important part of this philosophy is that not involving outsiders can often lead to to not asking for help. An orc that got injured in a bar fight might refuse to seek a doctor since the help that doctor gives would involve them in this conflict.