Types of Scrubs

Maybe it's my disconnection from the general population in most areas, but I fail to understand this thread. The whole concept of this "Scrub" thing, which I had never heard of until I read this, seems to be the categorization of experiences or acts rather than individuals. We all get aggravated at times when we can't achieve something we want and push that aggravation onto something else, so tagging a person based on how this is expressed is baseless- for lack of a better word. As pointed out, many individuals fill multiple "scrub categories" making the point of the concept abstract.

I feel more like I read through a thread about things people don't like about what other people do, and at the end I can't help but be perplexed as to why there isn't a thread about how to react to individuals who do these things in a positive manner. Sure, that may make me sound like a bleeding-heart, but these are still people who deserve not to be titled based on things most of us have done. Everyone has done something stupid, but the past is just what has brought you here, not who you are or some dictation of what you must be in the future.

If this was all just intended to be humorous, it is either the most esoteric thing I have ever encountered, or the bitterest of jokes driven more out of spite than the intention to make a satirical or sarcastic point. In this case, add in something about people who take out the inadequacies they feel on an object because they know (or rather feel) that they are completely powerless towards their shortcomings, venting this way because it seems like the only thing they can do without causing problems for others- throw that in so I'm not left out, or anyone like me. Call it "Angry Scrub", or "Violent Scrub".
 
Susanowo said:
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At first glance, yes it is as you say. But people online are always gonna be stuck to their beliefs like some spoiled child with their precious candy.

Imho, I wouldn't post a thread like this at first because it could be offensive. But at the same time, I'm tired of playing nicey nice sometimes. Tired of scrubs labeling me someone of whatever salty logic. And I need a thread to vent all those meanies who said hurtful things and other unrelated hurtful things not about playing a game. That's what this thread is for.

Peeps online these days, are so goddamn salty. They can't just take a loss and move on to improve. Always make excuses, always blame the person who just defeated him/her.

And as such, I can conceitedly say I'm those stubborn nice guys who does extend a hand to help since I know the pain of losing....only to have it smacked away because the saltiness the scrub has. So tell me, why shouldn't I partake in mocking those spoiled scrubs to rid of the bottled up angst like my fellow 8way brethren?

Don't get me wrong though, I love the "hold hands and let's make things better" sentiment, but you can't do that if the scrub isn't willing to. I want to be a nice guy all the time, but being a nice guy sometimes gets me "doormatted".

I'm not saying what you're saying is wrong, but no one likes their hard-earned training to be shatted on. Regardless, I'm always gonna have to bear with the saltiness(no matter bad I'm treated) with patience and unconditional kindness. And I'm pretty sure the other 8wayrunners here would do the same.
 
Heh, heh, heh. Hmm. The list doesn't include the "Policeman" scrub type that isn't based on legit online concerns, eg "ringouts are cheap", "NM/Natsu is cheap", "spamming the same move over and over is cheap," etc.

There's also the matchup excuse scrub -- who explains every loss as not knowing the matchup with an underplayed character (I do this sometimes, although done properly it's still blaming yourself; if I thought it was worth it, I could -learn- the matchups vs Voldo, Damp, Zwei, and Astaroth rather than explaining that I don't know the matchup well after a particularly humilating loss [and then repeatedly challenging the person in hope of figuring out some countermeasures, because that's what you -do-]) rather than because they're a scrub.
 
Susanowo said:
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What you don't realize is the difference between a new player (or a "noob," if you want to be a virgin forever) and a scrub. A new player is bad because they just started. A scrub is bad because they make no effort to get better. Rather than try and get better, a scrub will make excuses forever. This is not limited to this community, but to basically any type of competitive community. The internet just makes it easier for these people to stay in their bubble. We aren't simply insulting players of a low skill, but players of a low skill who want to pretend they are good by convincing everyone else they are bad through extremely stupid rhetoric.

Granted, most scrubs call other players scrubs because they are idiots. This has caused the term to kind of de-value itself, but I assure you the meaning is still quite specific.

Essentially a scrub cannot be beaten, no matter how sound the loss seemed. They lost because there was lag, or because they haven't played in a while. Or because you were using a cheap character, or that they weren't using their main character. Or because you are a cheating bastard.

A lot of this confience comes from beating their friends, who most likely aren't very good at whatever game or activity we are talking about. When they run into someone who knows what they are doing and get thrashed, their self confidence and self image becomes immediately tarnished, so they start firing off excuses in order to invalidate the loss.
 
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