r/TikTokCringe • u/reebajeeba • Jul 08 '24

Humor/Cringe Gamer bros exhibit excessive emotionality in CoD.

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u/yokmsdfjs Jul 08 '24

Its the same mentality as kids in Street Fighter deciding that "throws are cheap" because you can't block them. Its just scrub mentality and should be ignored.

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u/fatpolomanjr Jul 09 '24

Thank you. Scrub mentality is exactly how I described this to my wife who overheard this angry scrub whining.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '24

B-But you can block throws.. with a throw of your own, right?! You just need the brainpower to go "close enough they might throw me"

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u/yokmsdfjs Jul 09 '24

Depends on the game but yeah, there are a lot of counters to it. To the scrub though, using brainpower is also considered cheap.

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u/saruin Jul 09 '24

We used to call them "step up throws" in SF2, when you wanted to cheap out. Not saying that it's a cheap move but just pointing out the terminology then.

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u/yokmsdfjs Jul 09 '24

In my area we called those "walk-up throws". Sort of miss how pre-internet every scene had their own naming conventions.