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My Assumption of Types of Brawlers That Are Annoying
BTW: I do not know if there is already a similar thread so apologies.
Runner (Offensive) – tends to choose the biggest map and runs for his life e.g. Temple and New Pork City, this type of player has not quite mastered the art of running yet (a chance that they will convert into the defensive type, or becomes a normal player) and waits till the other players practically try to kill each other, since the stage is big, they won’t fly far enough to be killed and then they come in and steal the kills when the percentage racks up (group) and example of a good runner is Pit. In the case of 1v1 they may choose a map with a difference in height levels so they can attack the other while unharmed or the other player gets near, such as Pikachu using thunder from a lower level of the stage to attack above. Once the damage has done enough, the brawler will then go head-to-head to kill them; possibly they may go on a hit-and-run tactic if the first tactic of attacking from a different level does not apply (1v1).
Runner (Defensive) – this type has mastered the art of running away and chooses the biggest map they will also be a complete *bleep* *bleep*, a serious case of this when they just simply run away and try to get it to sudden death and kill them then, or run as per usual. This type will completely stay away from the battle (group). When the opposing player is then forced to gimp that player because of the agitation of not getting a kill and being led round and round in circles on a wild goose chase, they hope that they will inevitably fall for a suicide (1v1). Online, they will set the smash ball on and wait to get it and kill the other players in this method.
Spammer – has some experience of smash, but will generally believe that using the same special move constantly will do the job, e.g. Falco’s Blaster and Kirby’s Stone. When they have cornered them on the edge of the stage, they may either smash then off, or spike them; however their spiking skills are usually mediocre.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QijsuAnngSY&feature=related
AFC/AFK – Away from Controller and/or Away from Kontroller (for the sake of usual online gaming talk, normally it's Away From Keyboard); are people that are away from the controller (obviously), however in real life they may be distracted by something and had to leave, or they are sitting there just so they don’t want to lose their place in online battles. This type of brawler enjoys wasting space for other players to join so they can come back and screw up anyway.
Taunt type – this type has a tendency to isolate themselves from the battle similar to the runner type, however they just stand there just to do their ridiculous taunt all day long (reasons unknown) an example is Kirby’s down taunt “Hi”.
Item Type – this type will set every possible high damaging weapon available e.g. Poké balls and smart bombs (the exception of the items is the fan). They will use this arsenal of items to attack their foes with as they have no intention of going head-to-head with the other players, however most of the time they are forced to due to the stage size, very rarely will there be an item type as this as they; unlike the runner type have intentions to fight. The item type will show signs of going for an item when possible to use on the opponent.
Targeting Type – this type is usually decently skilled; however out of aggression (lost to you in previous match) or other reasons (such as that they have a grudge against that specific character e.g. Ike, cause some people think he’s cheap). This targeting type tends to last until that character is killed a certain number of times, or the duration of the match. Depending on the skill level of the player, they may do worse as their agitation grows (this is less likely) or they improve slightly because they focus their attention on one player.
Real Life attitudes
Boastful Type (AKA Kiddie's Group) – this type are generally kids (>12 mostly) they boast how they are really skilled and are better than anyone in the world (or along the same lines) although they say this, they can’t produce the results and become agitated and persistent till they beat you, when they do; they claim along the lines of “AHAHAHAHA you *bleep* n00b, you got owned! You piece of *bleep*” OR "Use a weel cawacter, use a WEEL CAWACTER!!!"
This will happen after about 10-20 rounds of playing the same person since you may have lost the will to play against them because of the low skill level, or you have more important matters to attend to.
Ridiculously Calm Type (WARNING: this type is mostly made up by me) – for some reason this type tends to be calm and having lost a match, their expression may not change, how may this be annoying you may ask? Well, some of you after winning a match may want to see the loser face on your opponent; however when you find that nothing’s changed, as the sadistic person you may be, you will get agitated and then when you play them again in hopes of making them feel at loss, your play mess up and you have a chance to lose; thus being agitated even further.
Really Angry Type (never encountered one before but you know, there’s a chance) – this type can generally be dangerous in real life as they may give off some sort of killer aura, this type are really sadistic and may attack you after losing to blow off steam, this cycle will repeat to the next player.
Types that have been added later on
Complaining Type - a person that complains about how the game sucks so badly and shouldn't deserve to have been released (or along those lines), this type have tendency to be idiots 98% of the time, the other 2% are for unknown reasons unaccounted for, if they start complaining about how bad the game sucks/broken, why are they still playing it and why did they buy it in the first place? really they are too shy to admit their sexual fantasies with the game right?
Interfering Type - this applies mostly to group brawls, just when you're about to kick the *bleep* out of another player through combos and such, you were hit by another player intentionally or unintentionally, consciously or unconsciously, and then this repeats over the course of the match. In the case of a single brawl, you may be interfered e.g. Link's Gale Boomerang can change your position and Diddy Kong's Banana Peel which causes tripping.
A solution is to...
Resetting Loser Type (Thank you Frown for idea ) - This type is an idiot that does not want to admit defeat and are usually persistent, to do this, they simply pause and close the game, making it a "No Contest" just before they are about to lose, or mostly during their failure decent from getting spiked by the opponent. This may be due to the reason that they believe they will PWN anything that comes there way, they may be led to this belief after beating a level 7/8 CPU (haha fail; they can't beat a level 9) and will reset the game so there is no record of them losing (sad *bleep*).
Constant Counter Type - This applies to Ike, Marth(mostly, due to Marth has pretty much the fastest reacting counter) ,Lucario and Peach; the player using these will be using the Down B 72% of the time (Peach being the exception as her counter is Neutral B) and have nothing better to do besides standing in the same spot and wait to do the Counter. It'll be clear if they are this type when they do the counter straight after the previous, then you can grab them, throw them off the edge and they counter to their death. This type also has another flaw other than being grabbed to death, since they rely mostly on counters; they should really fail at dodging and are practically a sitting duck (or an idiot that cemented themselves to the ground on purpose).
Commentator Type (Thanks to Smudge for idea) - This type unlike the Boastful Type that boast before (and sometimes after) the match; The Commentator Type talks during the game play, this type is usually the spectators and are generally biased to one player and may try to annoy the opponent in some way
Sore Loser Type - Similar to the Complaining type, but at least they enjoy the game, Complaining type doesn't. However if this progresses, they will turn into one. This type moans on how they *bleep* up and should have won that match (well they didn't, get the hell over it) and have they were beaten in a fair and square manner in a completely acceptable kill (e.g. forward smash).
Sore Winner Type (Thanks to Fatmanonice) - As the name states, they are a Sore Winner, unlike a Sore Loser, that complains about the game how it might be broke (and along those lines); Sore Winner constantly rambles on how they owned and beat the *bleep* out of you after winning the match. They may continue to harass you after winning the match and may harass you even to the end of the day (a serious case if it continues after a week, if this shows, please restrain their mouths with some sort of strong tape and possibly kick the *bleep* out of them just to get in their heads to shut up). In the case of the male, you can kick them where it hurts, for females (rarely but you know), very simple; close the door, lock it, put music on. (No sexism intended, but very rarely there is a female player that harasses you endlessly).
Sore Winner 2.0 (by daisho) -
Counter Character Picking Type (yeah quite a mouthful, and thanks to blowtoes) -
"Ganging Up" Type - this applies to group brawls, (FFA and Team); In an online match, the person on the other end may invite his friend/sibling and will potentially gang up on you and bully the hell out of you for the duration of the match and may continue to the next match. After losing due to unfairness you may be forced to go into "No Contest" and they will say similar lines to "omg n00b you suxx0r, learn to play, you fail!" etc.
Opportunist Type (Thanks to Spazz_Man) - this type is has similarities to the Targeting Type as aiming for one specific player, except the specific player, are those that have the highest damage percentage for a sure kill. This proves them to be a coward having no intentions of racking up damage to a player themselves (the lazy *bleep*).
Planking Type - this type will consider the ledge their home and stay holding onto it for days on end. they will generally wait for you to get near and do a form of "Hit-and-Run" tactic, or rather "hit-and-back-to-the-Ledge", Luckily, new rules may be enforced to limit the amount of times they grab the ledge. In terms of friendlies, try to spike them, or some other method to get them to come to you.
The Meta Knight type (by Kage Me) -
Quitter Type (thanks to Master of Fossils) - Pretty obvious right? They just quit playing the game after a few matches, I'm not sure what you guys may consider "few" but let's just assume less than 8.
Idiot Stage Picker Type (Thanks to MarthFanatique) -
Poser Type (Contribution from UncleSam and Pez55) -
<Insert Character Here> Mainer/User Type - right people are starting to find specific characters annoying so lets settle for this type ehh? For the simple reason that they use the character. For whatever reason you have a grudge against it or think that the character is cheap etc. (or their size...I quote myself)
<Insert Smash Bros. Game Here> Player - Right, in some of the posts people have now stated they hate a certain Smash Bros. (-.- go die and play another game then *ahem* right...just ignore that sentence =) <---Smiley Face). What is there to hate about? we are all Smash players, try and unite then kick their *bleep* at the game you prefer most of the Smash Bros. Series then get drunk afterwards. (I'm 15, I'm not entirely sure why I'm telling you guys older than me to do this, but I don't drink in general).
Pausing Type Started by JigglyPunch (Contribution from Pez55, Jigglypoof and UncleSam) -
If it's for a picture, then you could always go to Rules>More Rules and turn Pause availability off (mwhahaha they can't pause now! and they'll be like "wtf and they'll be a sitting duck (no offence towards the bird mentioned)). The other methods to stop them are also mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Sandbagging Type (Thanks to marthmaster04) -
"Sandbagging is the act of playing poorly on purpose. Most of the time, players sandbag in friendly matches to keep others from learning their style, or to be allowed into easier divisions for tournaments. Other times, in professional matches, when a small amount of money is on the line, players sandbag in hopes of winning more money at a later time. "
Or people may just play poorly if they lost the will to play against a really weak opponent cause the opponent (generally Basic Brawl or friends) keep turning every possible item on and selecting the biggest stage possible.
Take Forever to Choose Type (Thanks to Master Peach) -
*New Section* - Removed Types, Types that are removed for legitimate reasons for it to not be on the list above.
Suicide KO Type – this type will be a *bleep* as they have no intention of playing the game properly like every other player e.g. Kirby’s/King Dedede’s Inhale, Bowser’s Flying Slam, Donkey Kong’s Forward Throw and Ganondorf’s Flame Choke. This type intends to take you within them e.g. “Kirbycide”, or throw you at the stage e.g. Donkey Kong forward throw.
Cyan Text refers that the original has been edited
Lime represents that there is a Video that illustrates the annoyance.
so which type annoys you most?
If there is another annoying type, tell me and I'll edit the list.
BTW: I do not know if there is already a similar thread so apologies.
Runner (Offensive) – tends to choose the biggest map and runs for his life e.g. Temple and New Pork City, this type of player has not quite mastered the art of running yet (a chance that they will convert into the defensive type, or becomes a normal player) and waits till the other players practically try to kill each other, since the stage is big, they won’t fly far enough to be killed and then they come in and steal the kills when the percentage racks up (group) and example of a good runner is Pit. In the case of 1v1 they may choose a map with a difference in height levels so they can attack the other while unharmed or the other player gets near, such as Pikachu using thunder from a lower level of the stage to attack above. Once the damage has done enough, the brawler will then go head-to-head to kill them; possibly they may go on a hit-and-run tactic if the first tactic of attacking from a different level does not apply (1v1).
Runner (Defensive) – this type has mastered the art of running away and chooses the biggest map they will also be a complete *bleep* *bleep*, a serious case of this when they just simply run away and try to get it to sudden death and kill them then, or run as per usual. This type will completely stay away from the battle (group). When the opposing player is then forced to gimp that player because of the agitation of not getting a kill and being led round and round in circles on a wild goose chase, they hope that they will inevitably fall for a suicide (1v1). Online, they will set the smash ball on and wait to get it and kill the other players in this method.
Spammer – has some experience of smash, but will generally believe that using the same special move constantly will do the job, e.g. Falco’s Blaster and Kirby’s Stone. When they have cornered them on the edge of the stage, they may either smash then off, or spike them; however their spiking skills are usually mediocre.
This applies to Both Runner and Spammer. (They may also be known as Campers) This is an image that they will leave behind in their mind (or similar) when they change their camping spot:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QijsuAnngSY&feature=related
AFC/AFK – Away from Controller and/or Away from Kontroller (for the sake of usual online gaming talk, normally it's Away From Keyboard); are people that are away from the controller (obviously), however in real life they may be distracted by something and had to leave, or they are sitting there just so they don’t want to lose their place in online battles. This type of brawler enjoys wasting space for other players to join so they can come back and screw up anyway.
Taunt type – this type has a tendency to isolate themselves from the battle similar to the runner type, however they just stand there just to do their ridiculous taunt all day long (reasons unknown) an example is Kirby’s down taunt “Hi”.
Item Type – this type will set every possible high damaging weapon available e.g. Poké balls and smart bombs (the exception of the items is the fan). They will use this arsenal of items to attack their foes with as they have no intention of going head-to-head with the other players, however most of the time they are forced to due to the stage size, very rarely will there be an item type as this as they; unlike the runner type have intentions to fight. The item type will show signs of going for an item when possible to use on the opponent.
Targeting Type – this type is usually decently skilled; however out of aggression (lost to you in previous match) or other reasons (such as that they have a grudge against that specific character e.g. Ike, cause some people think he’s cheap). This targeting type tends to last until that character is killed a certain number of times, or the duration of the match. Depending on the skill level of the player, they may do worse as their agitation grows (this is less likely) or they improve slightly because they focus their attention on one player.
Real Life attitudes
Boastful Type (AKA Kiddie's Group) – this type are generally kids (>12 mostly) they boast how they are really skilled and are better than anyone in the world (or along the same lines) although they say this, they can’t produce the results and become agitated and persistent till they beat you, when they do; they claim along the lines of “AHAHAHAHA you *bleep* n00b, you got owned! You piece of *bleep*” OR "Use a weel cawacter, use a WEEL CAWACTER!!!"
This will happen after about 10-20 rounds of playing the same person since you may have lost the will to play against them because of the low skill level, or you have more important matters to attend to.
Ridiculously Calm Type (WARNING: this type is mostly made up by me) – for some reason this type tends to be calm and having lost a match, their expression may not change, how may this be annoying you may ask? Well, some of you after winning a match may want to see the loser face on your opponent; however when you find that nothing’s changed, as the sadistic person you may be, you will get agitated and then when you play them again in hopes of making them feel at loss, your play mess up and you have a chance to lose; thus being agitated even further.
Really Angry Type (never encountered one before but you know, there’s a chance) – this type can generally be dangerous in real life as they may give off some sort of killer aura, this type are really sadistic and may attack you after losing to blow off steam, this cycle will repeat to the next player.
Types that have been added later on
Complaining Type - a person that complains about how the game sucks so badly and shouldn't deserve to have been released (or along those lines), this type have tendency to be idiots 98% of the time, the other 2% are for unknown reasons unaccounted for, if they start complaining about how bad the game sucks/broken, why are they still playing it and why did they buy it in the first place? really they are too shy to admit their sexual fantasies with the game right?
Interfering Type - this applies mostly to group brawls, just when you're about to kick the *bleep* out of another player through combos and such, you were hit by another player intentionally or unintentionally, consciously or unconsciously, and then this repeats over the course of the match. In the case of a single brawl, you may be interfered e.g. Link's Gale Boomerang can change your position and Diddy Kong's Banana Peel which causes tripping.
This type has similarities to the Runner Offensive type, these progresses to learn to attack more! However this is also a progression getting closer to the Runner Defensive type as they learn the art of Run-Dodging (mwhaha new term for sake of comedic value) they will run and attempt to dodge every possible attack and start running again.
A solution is to...
Loud Type - Example "Wombo Combo" Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_imYhNoQ4&feature=related, ridiculously loud and noisy, they will be shouting loudly disturbing people around them and they'll be happy in their little world of whatever happened ignoring what is happening in real life. Most of the time they won't shut up; unless someone comes along and punches them repeatedly.
Resetting Loser Type (Thank you Frown for idea ) - This type is an idiot that does not want to admit defeat and are usually persistent, to do this, they simply pause and close the game, making it a "No Contest" just before they are about to lose, or mostly during their failure decent from getting spiked by the opponent. This may be due to the reason that they believe they will PWN anything that comes there way, they may be led to this belief after beating a level 7/8 CPU (haha fail; they can't beat a level 9) and will reset the game so there is no record of them losing (sad *bleep*).
Constant Counter Type - This applies to Ike, Marth(mostly, due to Marth has pretty much the fastest reacting counter) ,Lucario and Peach; the player using these will be using the Down B 72% of the time (Peach being the exception as her counter is Neutral B) and have nothing better to do besides standing in the same spot and wait to do the Counter. It'll be clear if they are this type when they do the counter straight after the previous, then you can grab them, throw them off the edge and they counter to their death. This type also has another flaw other than being grabbed to death, since they rely mostly on counters; they should really fail at dodging and are practically a sitting duck (or an idiot that cemented themselves to the ground on purpose).
Commentator Type (Thanks to Smudge for idea) - This type unlike the Boastful Type that boast before (and sometimes after) the match; The Commentator Type talks during the game play, this type is usually the spectators and are generally biased to one player and may try to annoy the opponent in some way
This type will broadcast the comments loudly similar to the Loud Type (but quieter) and will comment after the match to annoy you even further.
Sore Loser Type - Similar to the Complaining type, but at least they enjoy the game, Complaining type doesn't. However if this progresses, they will turn into one. This type moans on how they *bleep* up and should have won that match (well they didn't, get the hell over it) and have they were beaten in a fair and square manner in a completely acceptable kill (e.g. forward smash).
Sore Winner Type (Thanks to Fatmanonice) - As the name states, they are a Sore Winner, unlike a Sore Loser, that complains about the game how it might be broke (and along those lines); Sore Winner constantly rambles on how they owned and beat the *bleep* out of you after winning the match. They may continue to harass you after winning the match and may harass you even to the end of the day (a serious case if it continues after a week, if this shows, please restrain their mouths with some sort of strong tape and possibly kick the *bleep* out of them just to get in their heads to shut up). In the case of the male, you can kick them where it hurts, for females (rarely but you know), very simple; close the door, lock it, put music on. (No sexism intended, but very rarely there is a female player that harasses you endlessly).
Sore Winner 2.0 (by daisho) -
According to daisho, it seems that the sore winner 2.0 will attempt to annoy you but in a more subtle way or in an act to try to be polite but after the politeness will come a comment of pure *bleep* load of *bleep*.
Counter Character Picking Type (yeah quite a mouthful, and thanks to blowtoes) -
This type is difficult to handle, e.g. Most Characters vs. Metaknight (no offence to Metaknight users, I'm using this as an example since people are usually familiar with the MK hating), a method to prevent this may be difficult, so I'll say this, choose a stage you know they are *bleep* at. If they choose a neutral stage, then you might be *bleep*.
Thanks to Kitamerby for method, however, if Friendlies, then you can just say out loud "hmm...who should I use..."(or along those lines). Do this for a while till they pick a character first.
"Ganging Up" Type - this applies to group brawls, (FFA and Team); In an online match, the person on the other end may invite his friend/sibling and will potentially gang up on you and bully the hell out of you for the duration of the match and may continue to the next match. After losing due to unfairness you may be forced to go into "No Contest" and they will say similar lines to "omg n00b you suxx0r, learn to play, you fail!" etc.
Opportunist Type (Thanks to Spazz_Man) - this type is has similarities to the Targeting Type as aiming for one specific player, except the specific player, are those that have the highest damage percentage for a sure kill. This proves them to be a coward having no intentions of racking up damage to a player themselves (the lazy *bleep*).
Planking Type - this type will consider the ledge their home and stay holding onto it for days on end. they will generally wait for you to get near and do a form of "Hit-and-Run" tactic, or rather "hit-and-back-to-the-Ledge", Luckily, new rules may be enforced to limit the amount of times they grab the ledge. In terms of friendlies, try to spike them, or some other method to get them to come to you.
The Meta Knight type (by Kage Me) -
Right...assuming Kage Me is a MK Hater; well this is a bit biased so I'll add a tad something to it. This type apparently chooses MK in fear of losing, but what is there to be afraid of? Yeah you might be in 4th place and didn't get a prize money but hey! It's a game, lighten up and have a bit of fun will you?
Quitter Type (thanks to Master of Fossils) - Pretty obvious right? They just quit playing the game after a few matches, I'm not sure what you guys may consider "few" but let's just assume less than 8.
"Tactical" Quitter (by Watchful_Eye) -
Grab-Happy Type (thanks to Moozle) -
This type just loves to grab all day, and will be likely to chain grab you to death; most common ones are King Dedede, Falco and Ice Climbers (no offence to the users that use these character) and maybe some others.
Idiot Stage Picker Type (Thanks to MarthFanatique) -
This type usually runs with any of the defensive types. they simply fall in love with that stage (such as Temple) and do what they do best...(which I'm pretty sure you all know) they will do this online and offline whether they know the tournament rule sets that the stage is banned (such as WarioWare, Inc.) or not, so I advise you to beat the *bleep* out of them.
Poser Type (Contribution from UncleSam and Pez55) -
Really, this type has no real form of skill due to lack of practice, experience and the sorts, they have just chosen a high tier character and after winning one match of 100, they claim to have "Owned you, everyone in the world, the universe and that you suck *bleep*" (or similar approach).
<Insert Character Here> Mainer/User Type - right people are starting to find specific characters annoying so lets settle for this type ehh? For the simple reason that they use the character. For whatever reason you have a grudge against it or think that the character is cheap etc. (or their size...I quote myself)
<Insert Smash Bros. Game Here> Player - Right, in some of the posts people have now stated they hate a certain Smash Bros. (-.- go die and play another game then *ahem* right...just ignore that sentence =) <---Smiley Face). What is there to hate about? we are all Smash players, try and unite then kick their *bleep* at the game you prefer most of the Smash Bros. Series then get drunk afterwards. (I'm 15, I'm not entirely sure why I'm telling you guys older than me to do this, but I don't drink in general).
Pausing Type Started by JigglyPunch (Contribution from Pez55, Jigglypoof and UncleSam) -
Indeed the pausers...Just so you know, they probably say "I'm off to the toilet" they come back, start a conversation, then un-pause at the most random point, and then they spike you (this is not from experience) but then this happens the next match half-way through, over and over again. Seriously how can one person need to go to the toilet that frequently? Just live inside there, or you can just kick him right in the *bleep* (for female smashers...grope them? (Not recommended for likelihood of being slapped to death afterwards)). For the younger smashers...just kick em out the room.
If it's for a picture, then you could always go to Rules>More Rules and turn Pause availability off (mwhahaha they can't pause now! and they'll be like "wtf and they'll be a sitting duck (no offence towards the bird mentioned)). The other methods to stop them are also mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Sandbagging Type (Thanks to marthmaster04) -
I didn't know about this till I looked up the terminology, so I'll just quote Smashwiki
"Sandbagging is the act of playing poorly on purpose. Most of the time, players sandbag in friendly matches to keep others from learning their style, or to be allowed into easier divisions for tournaments. Other times, in professional matches, when a small amount of money is on the line, players sandbag in hopes of winning more money at a later time. "
Or people may just play poorly if they lost the will to play against a really weak opponent cause the opponent (generally Basic Brawl or friends) keep turning every possible item on and selecting the biggest stage possible.
Take Forever to Choose Type (Thanks to Master Peach) -
Couldn't have said it better myself.
*New Section* - Removed Types, Types that are removed for legitimate reasons for it to not be on the list above.
Suicide KO Type – this type will be a *bleep* as they have no intention of playing the game properly like every other player e.g. Kirby’s/King Dedede’s Inhale, Bowser’s Flying Slam, Donkey Kong’s Forward Throw and Ganondorf’s Flame Choke. This type intends to take you within them e.g. “Kirbycide”, or throw you at the stage e.g. Donkey Kong forward throw.
The *bleep*s, I will leave to your imagination to fill the gaps
Cyan Text refers that the original has been edited
Lime represents that there is a Video that illustrates the annoyance.
so which type annoys you most?
If there is another annoying type, tell me and I'll edit the list.
