What the heck is a "Scrub"?

[Mith8]

Ive seen the term everywhere, but i'm sorta new so i am not familiar with the term.

 

[UncleSam]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=video+game+scrub

in essence, somebody who is unskilled at video games

 

[Mith8]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=video+game+scrub

in essence, somebody who is unskilled at video games

Basically, a noob who spams a certain move untill it hits, then repeats with another move? (In brawl terms.)

 

[UncleSam]

corre ct.

 

[DtJ XeroXen]

...No.

http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/intermediates-guide.html

I'll let Sirlin explain.

 

[dori.]

Scrub - person that can't adapt to a changing metagame because they have a mental block that creates their own set of rules of how a game should be played.

i.e.:
"throws are cheap and anyone that uses them is a cheater" - but throws are a legitimate way to break defense
"man that guy just ran away from me and spammed projectiles at he, he wasn't playing fair" - but playing keepaway is a legitimate tactic to win


noobs/newbs/newbies are just people that are new at the game/learning it, they are not scrubs (though nothing would stop them from becoming one)

 

[GunmasterLombardi]

This guy named C- nevermind. /jk

In general, a scrub would be some1 who can't adapt to new things, relies on something that works but is easy to get around, some1 who is plain dumb, and/or some1 who watches episodes of Fred off Youtube.

 

[6Mizu]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=video+game+scrub

in essence, somebody who is unskilled at video games

Hahhahahahahhaaa!
Nice!

 

[Mith8]

Scrub - person that can't adapt to a changing metagame because they have a mental block that creates their own set of rules of how a game should be played.

i.e.:
"throws are cheap and anyone that uses them is a cheater" - but throws are a legitimate way to break defense
"man that guy just ran away from me and spammed projectiles at he, he wasn't playing fair" - but playing keepaway is a legitimate tactic to win


noobs/newbs/newbies are just people that are new at the game/learning it, they are not scrubs (though nothing would stop them from becoming one)

Okay, so my friends are almost all scrubs?

Also... explain metagame usage?

 

[dori.]

Did you read the Sirlin article?

That explains pretty well what I was trying to convey.

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

...No.

http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/intermediates-guide.html

I'll let Sirlin explain.

Sirlin while intelligent and having a good basis for video games, did a terrible job at telling what a scrub is.

It places a derogatory term on a group he's not part of labeling with a definition that is quite vague.

A scrub is someone who pretends to be amazing at a video game when they clearly aren't, they talk like they are amazing like God. People seem to put noobs in the same category which is not the case.

A noob doesn't pretend they are good at a game, they are simply new players, yet people think this is what a scrub is which is clearly wrong.

 

[AfroThunderRule]

^I don't think that's a scrub. ._.

Anyways whatever it is, I'm it. .___.

 

[Talazala]

I had no idea where the term came from up until now.

Smashing one's face into the controller, this was a common tactic in Streetfighters?

 

[Mic_128]

A noob doesn't pretend they are good at a game, they are simply new players.

Don't get 'Noob' and 'Newb' mixed up.