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I Love when my opponent Spams 1 move in Fighting Games.

Do you like Going against Spammers?

  • Yes it's Easy

    Votes: 124 38.3%

  • Yes it's Good Practice

    Votes: 96 29.6%

  • Neutral Feelings

    Votes: 45 13.9%

  • No it's Hard

    Votes: 4 1.2%

  • No it's Unfun

    Votes: 61 18.8%

  • No it's bad Practice

    Votes: 16 4.9%

  • I'm the Spammer lol 😂

    Votes: 66 20.4%
  • Total voters
    324
jman1954goat

jman1954goat

Linked the Fire
Member
May 9, 2020
12,438
Still Getting my ass kicked at Floor 2 on GG Strive but I am slowly getting a bit better.

One of the Great things so far is I'm running into a lot of low level players who spam 1 or 2 Moves/ Strategy/ Approach

Both in Smash bros or Strive one of 2 things happen when you're opponent Spams, either you Win because doing one thing is predictable or You lose because you can't beat that one thing (meaning your getting active practice at something your bad at. 😊)

As a newcomer to traditional fighting games and Strive I'm obviously losing a lot and it can a little hard to know what exactly I did wrong when someone is blowing me up with there whole kit.

When only a couple of approaches are used tho I get to learn the game faster because I can Laser in on How do I beat this specific move. I can practice multiple ways to defend or Counter strike 1 thing at a time then once I learn that start piecing it together with my other knowledge.

I went through the same with smash bros players who spam are very helpful in the learning phase and then once you learn alot you can start to take apart spammers pretty easy and you know what to do against more balanced aprouches too when you put the totality of your experience together.
 
Starlatine

Starlatine

533.489 paid youtubers cant be wrong
Member
Oct 28, 2017
30,456
sorry if you faced me online, its not like i want to spam one move, its just that i just know one useful move (i know the self harming move as well but i dont want to use that)
 
Ferrio

Ferrio

Member
Oct 25, 2017
18,078
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inner-G

inner-G

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
14,473
PNW
It's part of how the game was designed, if they can do the moves, I don't see a problem with it.
 
danmaku

danmaku

Member
Nov 5, 2017
3,233
Fighting spammers is like a rite of passage: it's painful, but you have to do it. Losing to one move feels so awful because you know it's stupid and you know you should find a way to counter it, but sometimes you can't adapt fast enough. On the other hand, it's really satisfying when you know what they're doing and beat them.
 
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cognizant

cognizant

Member
Dec 19, 2017
13,756
As a noob it was rage-inducing, like if the spammer is in their corner and spamming projectiles lol.

But after I 'got gud', yes it's basically a good way to practice and train muscle memory without going into practice mode. Like, how to anti-air spammers who love jumping around. Or in the case of projectiles, practising the best move to get you across the screen fast.

I wouldn't call it 'easy', as if I lose concentration I will be punished and feel foolish. But it's not rage-inducing for me anymore.
 
Undeniablybiased

Undeniablybiased

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,538
Yes it's easy and no it's unfun are both true.

But yes, I don't mind going up against someone repetitive. Makes it easy to figure them out.
 
Bengraven

Bengraven

Member
Oct 26, 2017
26,890
Florida
I knew a kid who won like 20 matches in a row in MK1 on SNES against a bunch of fucking nerds just by using a basic jump kick.

And then the nerdiest of those nerds finally figured out the timing and beat him next round.

That nerdiest one was me.
 
Mino

Mino

Member
Oct 28, 2017
50
I remember my older brother spamming Blanka's electricity in SF2 , it used to drive me crazy. Incidently when I learned how to do fireballs and counter it he refused to play with me lol
 
DoubleTake

DoubleTake

Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,529
Fighting "spammers" is the quickest way to learn other characters. Only thing that sucks about people who spam is they usually leave the moment you get a hang of their strategy.
 
Hero Prinny

Hero Prinny

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
3,192
Think is extremely boring going against spammers regardless of how easy or not it is to counter. Would rather play someone who's actually interested in playing the game proper than just doing 1 input over and over. I can just go to training mode and set the AI to do that if thats how i want to waste my time playing
 
Zissou

Zissou

Member
Oct 26, 2017
1,890
Hero Prinny said:
Think is extremely boring going against spammers regardless of how easy or not it is to counter. Would rather play someone who's actually interested in playing the game proper than just doing 1 input over and over. I can just go to training mode and set the AI to do that if thats how i want to waste my time playing
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If you can beat somebody spamming a single move over and over, you'll quickly advance to a rank where you'll no longer encounter it. If you can't beat it, you're playing someone roughly at your same skill level (and you are playing the game proper, just at a low level).
 
balohna

balohna

Member
Nov 1, 2017
4,179
Once you're at the "random people can't beat me with button mashing" level of ability, it's practice. The exception is if it's something that's impossible to properly counter with latency, but even then... if they're really just spamming you can predict it.

Obviously it's just easy if you already know how to counter the move, I'm talking about someone actually finding success spamming against you.
 
Dark Ninja

Dark Ninja

Member
Oct 27, 2017
8,071
I used to hate it then I learned to take it as a training opportunity I start testing out what buttons beat it, could I do this new thing I never tried etc
 
Cana

Cana

â–² Legend â–²
Member
Mar 27, 2021
1,578
yall remember the SFV Laura knee bot

honestly was helpful when i first started out
 
Renteka-Bond

Renteka-Bond

Chicken Chaser
Member
Dec 28, 2017
4,278
Clearwater, Florida
No, it's unfun BUT ALSO yes, it's good practice.

If they're spamming one move, it's because it works, which is, generally, as much your fault as it is theirs / the game's. Adapt or die, basically.
 
Mesoian

Mesoian

â–² Legend â–²
Member
Oct 28, 2017
26,570
The very first thing I'll do in a match up is let my opponent know that I will not allow them to jump in.

Once that is established, it's wild to see 80% of people fall apart.

That being said, if they're spamming one move, that's an easy win. But I likely will not rematch.
 
Het_Nkik

Het_Nkik

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,407
I like it because it's either an easy win or it teaches me to deal with that specific bullshit.

I remember in Street Fighter V I got paired up with someone who was obviously completely new to fighting games, and I kept getting him with just a basic sweep. So I started crouch blocking his attacks a lot so he could see that that was a thing, and then I'd go back to sweeping and if he got hit I'd go back to crouch blocking. By the end of the rounds I successfully taught him how to crouch block and I felt really good about that.
 
PJTierney

PJTierney

Social Media Manager • EA SPORTS WRC
Verified
Mar 28, 2021
3,609
Warwick, UK
If that one move is the optimal strategy, it is a player's duty to spam it if they're playing to win.

The few times I've seen it however (Street Fighter V) it's normally been one of those AFK macros that's just clocking up matches to grind Fight Money.
 
skeezx

skeezx

Member
Oct 27, 2017
20,186
dunno how fighting games work around this now (if at all) but nothing pleased me more than doing this to some backwards cap dude in the arcade and he's like NO MAN NO YOU CANT DO THIS. WTF HOW
 
a Question

a Question

Member
Oct 28, 2017
1,218
True master is the on who is able to fight other 3 masters, 3 rookies and a complete lunatic. As Tekken player this saying never been so TRUE. Tekken lunatics are the worst cuz you forget your basics and just adapting to the their unpredictivnes. If its 1 spam moves is ok but beyond that its eitehr managable or infunirating at times.

Maximillian got first hand expirience with red Rank where he was having no fun untill got over it.
 
Astral

Astral

Member
Oct 27, 2017
28,125
a Question said:
True master is the on who is able to fight other 3 masters, 3 rookies and a complete lunatic. As Tekken player this saying never been so TRUE. Tekken lunatics are the worst cuz you forget your basics and just adapting to the their unpredictivnes. If its 1 spam moves is ok but beyond that its eitehr managable or infunirating at times.

Maximillian got first hand expirience with red Rank where he was having no fun untill got over it.
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The lunatics are more dangerous than any spammer. It's complete chaos.
 
Raysoul

Raysoul

Fat4All Ruined My Rug
Member
Oct 26, 2017
3,016
I sometimes spam jabs and punish with a non-combo heavy attack on my opponents. If I combo, I sometimes end it with a weak attack or end it prematurely.

Sometimes it's effective.
 
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