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'''Cheap''' means using a tactic that is allegedly not 'tournament-caliber', but still winning with it. This may include tactics that resort to low blows, deception, attacking when the opponent is distracted (or causing a distraction), or using a sure-fire attack that is deemed by some to be "too powerful" to be used by advanced players.
'''Cheap''' is a word that has been used to complain about almost every aspect of a game. <ref>[http://www.sirlin.net/ptw/intermediates-guide/introducing-the-scrub/ "Cheap" in ''Playing to Win''], First Edition, 2006.</ref> Because of this, it has no clear meaning. The closest definition is, "a strategy that someone can not figure out how to beat." Almost every aspect of SSBM and other [http://www.shoryuken.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page competitive fighters] has been declared cheap at some time.


==Examples of Tactics That Have Been Claimed to be 'Cheap'==
==Examples of Tactics That Have Been Claimed to be 'Cheap'==
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'''[[SSBM]]'''
'''[[SSBM]]'''
<br/>[[The kamikaze glitch]]
*[[The kamikaze glitch]]
*[[Chain grab | Chain grabbing]]
*[[Wavedash]]
*[[L-cancel | Lcanceling]]
*[[Roy]]- Because he, "has fire."
*[[Ice Climbers]] - Because they, "have ice" or because there are "two of them."
*[[Edge-guarding]]
*[[Edge-hogging]]
*[[Ken combo]]
*[[Shine spike]]
*[[Spike | Spikes]]
*[[Sheik]]
*[[Metoer|Meteor canceling]]
*[[Projectile | All Projectiles]]
*[[Short hop laser | Falco's Laser]]
 


'''All Games'''
'''All Games'''
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<br/>[[Camping]]
<br/>[[Camping]]
[[Stale Moves]]/[[Spamming]]{{stub}}
[[Stale Moves]]/[[Spamming]]{{stub}}
== See Also ==
* [[john | No Johns]]


[[Category:Terms]]
[[Category:Terms]]

Revision as of 11:24, June 25, 2008

Cheap is a word that has been used to complain about almost every aspect of a game. [1] Because of this, it has no clear meaning. The closest definition is, "a strategy that someone can not figure out how to beat." Almost every aspect of SSBM and other competitive fighters has been declared cheap at some time.

Examples of Tactics That Have Been Claimed to be 'Cheap'

SSB
Infinite throw trap

SSBM


All Games
Kirbycide
Camping Stale Moves/Spamming

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See Also

  1. ^ "Cheap" in Playing to Win, First Edition, 2006.