“There are people who see this wall of terms they don’t know and offer suggestions for ‘improvement’ without fully understanding the usefulness or history of the terms,” he says.
Let’s return to an earlier question: can fighting game terminology alienate newcomers? RTM Pete thinks that those new to competitive fighting games should push themselves to learn the scene’s terms and expressions. “Those terms have essentially been replaced by LP, MP, HP, LK, MK, HK.” “They were poorly chosen words to describe light punch, medium punch, heavy punch, light kick, medium kick, heavy kick,” says RTM Pete. The list of moves printed on the original Street Fighter II cabinet, labelling each button are, an example. īe careful, however: some of these terms can go extinct. If you want to brush up on your knowledge, RTM Pete also recommends The Fighting Game Glossary. Pretty much every city in the US, especially, has a Street Fighter tournament, or a Smash Bros Ultimate tournament.” “A lot of cities, a lot of communities have local tournaments, especially for some of the more popular games. “There’s a lot that you can gain by going to what we call the ‘locals’,” says McCumbers. So if you’re digging Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Mortal Kombat 1 this year and beyond, what’s the best way to learn these terms? McCumbers believes that, rather than merely trawl through Google, going to one of your “locals” is the best option.
RTM Pete also claims that “some terms are very helpful and descriptive – recovery, block stun, hit stop and other terms are a mishmash of forgotten lore and Japanese concatenated slang, like kara-cancel, oki, or Happy Birthday.”Īt their best, these terms can therefore be both informative and help maintain a cultural connection to the genre’s largely Japanese origins. For example, during many Marvel vs Capcom tournaments, people bring signs asking, “ When’s Mahve l?”, a reference to streamer Woollie Madden. These terms are therefore a way to connect people, and can sometimes take the form of in-jokes. Read more: Street Fighter 6 beginner’s guide | The basics you need to knowĪs he runs weekly tournaments at Wisdom Studios in the Mall of America, RTM Pete believes that ”learning and understanding the lexicon is something that serves as a communal understanding in the community, and provides a marker for an understanding that someone else is part of that community.” “I’d hope it’s not something that turns off newcomers.” “I think it can be a stumbling block,” agrees Run The Mix fighting game tournament organiser, RTM Pete. For a newcomer to fighting games all this jargon might seem like a confusing barrier to entry. These terms come from the community itself, helping them to identify certain mechanics or techniques within a game.
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