If you get a lead, then do nothing for 30 seconds so that you can win by time-out, that's cheap. If you do one move over and over, that's cheap. If you keep a scrub away from you by zoning them with projectile attacks, you'll probably be called cheap. And it's not just throwing, it's also a long list of somewhat arbitrary maneuvers. But why not? What if doing so is strategically the sequence of moves that optimize your chances of winning? It's "cheap," though, throwing is cheap. Throwing violates the rules in their heads even though it doesn't violate any actual game rule.Ī scrub would not throw their opponent 5 times in a row. Scrubs think of blocking as a kind of magic shield which will protect them indefinitely. Throws exist specifically to allow you to damage opponents who block and don't attack.Īs far as the game is concerned, throwing is an integral part of the design-it's meant to be there-yet scrubs construct their own set of principles that state they should be totally impervious to all attacks while blocking.
Scrubs are likely to label a wide variety of moves and tactics as "cheap." For example, performing a throw in fighting games is often called cheap. A throw is a move that grabs an opponent and damages them even while they're defending against all other kinds of attacks. The problem is they are only trying hard within a construct of fictitious rules that prevent them from ever truly competing. You aren't playing to win.Ī scrub would disagree with this though. You've lost before you even picked which game to play. You can practice forever, but if you can't get over these common hangups, in a sense you've lost before you even started. The scrub mentality is to be so shackled by self-imposed handicaps as to never have any hope of being truly good at a game. Everyone needs time to learn a game and get to a point where they know what they're doing.
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