Origion of Spam.

[FunkyChunkyDude]

Origin of Spam.

There's always been some rather odd terms in video games, and fighting games are no exception. Using numbers for directional inputs, "Whiffing", and of course, the word "spam", as we all know of it today.

How do you think a type of meat that comes in a can changed meanings to such as this?

 

[Jaxel]

Today's use of spam is a term coined by the MONTHLY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS.

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Spam does not technically mean "unsolicited mail". In flying circus, the term spam is used for fillerbustering. Filling in space that would otherwise be filled with something else; simply because of things like a lack of creativity. In the skit above, the cook is lacking creativity in her meals, so she is just filling it with spam. So the term spam in gaming is technically correct; as it stands for filling in spaces in a match with the same moves over and over due to a lack of creativity from the player.

 

[PhilBond]

MONTHLY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS.

Good stuff.

 

[Jaxel]

Lol... I type faster than I can think... so while typing Monty, somehow Monthly comes out because of muscle memory.

 

[Eyce_Theon]

I've never seen a Monty Python skit used so professionally in an informative explanation.