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Post by waluigi on May 31, 2010 23:06:40 GMT -5
I know in general terms, a scrub is somebody who sucks, but as far as video games go it looks like scrub has gone to a whole new level of meaning. Now it can refer to a whole mentality, but every time I read up on it I can never get what that mentality is.
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Post by Orange on May 31, 2010 23:13:35 GMT -5
Ashley in RE4, always getting in the way  Honestly though I haven't really ever heard scrub used with video games. |
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Post by Red Impact on May 31, 2010 23:22:14 GMT -5
A person who button mashes in fighting games.
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on May 31, 2010 23:59:55 GMT -5
Or in my case, a guy who knows how to play but keeps getting jobbed regardless because the only characters anyone ever plays in Street Fighter 3 is Ryu, Akuma, or Chun Li, who are overpowered.
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Post by Kris Kobain on Jun 1, 2010 0:02:56 GMT -5
Never heard the term used for gamers before.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jun 1, 2010 0:21:22 GMT -5
Never heard the term used for gamers before. Trust me, talk to enough hardcore fighting game players, like the guys who go to all the major tournaments and whatnot, and you'll hear the term scrubs a LOT. Namely they use it on typically anyone who is not on their level, for whatever reason, be it they don't have the time to learn the super ultra combos, they don't want to learn the super ultra combos, or they are even just casual fans of the genre. Almost no other sect of gaming uses the term, just the hardcore fighting game crowd. |
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Post by Jay Carroll on Jun 1, 2010 0:25:41 GMT -5
When I play in Madden tournaments, I just refer to them as "jobbers". But I don't do it to their face, and on the occasions that I do say it, it's usually when I'm talking to a friend after the tournament is over. Ex.: Friend: Hey, Jay, what place did you come in in that tournament last weekend? Me: Eh, fourth out of 32. Beat a couple jobbers in the first two rounds, then we got to the real ballers. Although, in my first tournament, I got paired with a 9 year old in the first round, and it took everything in my being not to laugh at him... I'm mean, I know.  |
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Post by Blindkarevik on Jun 1, 2010 0:36:14 GMT -5
Probably me. I just don't put the time into games to be insanely good, mostly because boredom and frustration seems to set in before that.
I think, at best, I can be pretty average at a game and I doubt I'm actually "good" at any. But, I also don't feel the need to be amazing when I just play them single player or with friends.
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Post by Red Impact on Jun 1, 2010 0:44:09 GMT -5
Never heard the term used for gamers before. Trust me, talk to enough hardcore fighting game players, like the guys who go to all the major tournaments and whatnot, and you'll hear the term scrubs a LOT. Namely they use it on typically anyone who is not on their level, for whatever reason, be it they don't have the time to learn the super ultra combos, they don't want to learn the super ultra combos, or they are even just casual fans of the genre. Almost no other sect of gaming uses the term, just the hardcore fighting game crowd. I don't really hear the term except for players who really don't know what they're doing but still challenge. I don't hear it about average players that much, as I said above, it's largely the button mashing type, or the type that abuses one move. Then again, most of the fighting game guys I played with were quite cool about it, I know there are guys who trash talk as bad as the hardcore FPS crowd. |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jun 1, 2010 1:00:12 GMT -5
Trust me, talk to enough hardcore fighting game players, like the guys who go to all the major tournaments and whatnot, and you'll hear the term scrubs a LOT. Namely they use it on typically anyone who is not on their level, for whatever reason, be it they don't have the time to learn the super ultra combos, they don't want to learn the super ultra combos, or they are even just casual fans of the genre. Almost no other sect of gaming uses the term, just the hardcore fighting game crowd. I don't really hear the term except for players who really don't know what they're doing but still challenge. I don't hear it about average players that much, as I said above, it's largely the button mashing type, or the type that abuses one move. Then again, most of the fighting game guys I played with were quite cool about it, I know there are guys who trash talk as bad as the hardcore FPS crowd. I am sure there are some guys who are cool with it, but I know some guys who are EXTREMELY elite about fighting games, and act as if they are gaming Gods. |
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Post by Red Impact on Jun 1, 2010 1:04:18 GMT -5
I don't really hear the term except for players who really don't know what they're doing but still challenge. I don't hear it about average players that much, as I said above, it's largely the button mashing type, or the type that abuses one move. Then again, most of the fighting game guys I played with were quite cool about it, I know there are guys who trash talk as bad as the hardcore FPS crowd. I am sure there are some guys who are cool with it, but I know some guys who are EXTREMELY elite about fighting games, and act as if they are gaming Gods. That really applies to every genre, especially competitive ones. You'll find those same types of fans in FPS in droves and a ton in sports games and racing games. Elitism and trash talking are hardly the sole domain of fighting games. |
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Post by The Ichi on Jun 1, 2010 1:05:32 GMT -5
I thought a scrub was a guy who can't get no love from me.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jun 1, 2010 1:06:16 GMT -5
I am sure there are some guys who are cool with it, but I know some guys who are EXTREMELY elite about fighting games, and act as if they are gaming Gods. That really applies to every genre, especially competitive ones. You'll find those same types of fans in FPS in droves and a ton in sports games and racing games. Elitism and trash talking are hardly the sole domain of fighting games. That is true, but unlike all the other genres, there actually truly IS a large gap in skill between the elite and non-elite. In racing, sports, and FPS games, anyone can beat anyone, no matter how good they may be. In fighting games, however, good luck beating the best of the best. |
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jun 1, 2010 1:10:47 GMT -5
A scrub is anyone who can't live up to elite tournament-level play in super-competitive games, especially fighting games and maybe sports games.
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Post by Orange on Jun 1, 2010 1:14:18 GMT -5
I thought a scrub was a guy who can't get no love from me. hangin' out the passengers side of his best friend's ride?  |
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Post by The Ichi on Jun 1, 2010 1:14:48 GMT -5
A scrub is anyone who can't live up to elite tournament-level play in super-competitive games, especially fighting games and maybe sports games. Oh. I'm DEFINITELY a scrub then. |
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Post by Red Impact on Jun 1, 2010 1:15:43 GMT -5
That really applies to every genre, especially competitive ones. You'll find those same types of fans in FPS in droves and a ton in sports games and racing games. Elitism and trash talking are hardly the sole domain of fighting games. That is true, but unlike all the other genres, there actually truly IS a large gap in skill between the elite and non-elite. In racing, sports, and FPS games, anyone can beat anyone, no matter how good they may be. In fighting games, however, good luck beating the best of the best. I'm a non-elite FPS player. If I play with an elite player, I'm losing unless the map and scenario favors pure and total luck, so I disagree on that point. I may get a kill, but as long as it's a normal game, I'm losing. There is a large gap between the average player and the elite in all of those genres and you'll find just as much trash talk elsewhere. |
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Post by The poster with no name on Jun 1, 2010 1:17:21 GMT -5
Me, and my nephew playing Madden in which I was getting thrashed.
Nephew: Man Uncle you suck
Me: Yeah so what?
Neph: Your such a scrub
Me: Okkk then, and how many hours a day do you play this?
Nep: About ten.
Me: Know what I do those ten hours. It's called life, and work. So hush up.
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Post by J is Justice on Jun 1, 2010 1:24:57 GMT -5
It's someone who thinks they're good, when they're not. Like in SSF IV, they'll know a fair amount of combo's and how to FADC and stuff, but they'll still mash. And they'll blame everyone else, but themselves for a loss.
I played this guy once on SF IV and he had his mic on. I was Blanka and he was Ken. What a whiny little bitch he was. He complained everytime I did my anti-air on him! What did he want me to do? Let him hit me? Stop jumping at me, you dumb truck! Then he complained about Blanka's Ultra being too good. If only he knew how much it sucked. Keep mashing that DP, scrub.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 1, 2010 2:42:08 GMT -5
According to TV Tropes, it's a gamer who believes only their specific set of rules are worth playing as they are the only balanced ones.
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Honestly though I haven't really ever heard scrub used with video games.
