10 Gaming Moments Where You Play Like An Utter Dick

5. Fighting Games - Using Dirty Tactics To Win

This cannot be a single entry, as it applies to just about every game in the genre. Fighting games are interesting because they're arguably the most intensely personal of all the multiplayer genres. It's most likely a one-versus-one fight, and the best way to play is offline, in the same room as someone. The skill range is high too, ranging from people who just button-mash and whine about losing (your sibling), and people who can play with your avatar's soon-to-be-limp body like Jackie Chan on a training dummy, then will laugh and call you a scrub before throwing metaphorical sand in your eyes because you just didn't lose well enough. Of course, there are ways to be a dick in a fighting game on any level. Amongst casual players, the aforementioned button-mashing can be an effective technique, and it leads to a lot of frustration for your one friend who's trying to "play right" - you know that guy. And then there's that moment where one of you learns how to use ranged attacks before everyone else, being the likes of the guy who always chooses Cable in Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Games like Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur all allowed for you to be a dick with the variety of animations on offer; the genre is just perfect for that sort of behaviour. You didn't need to be a genius or highly competitive to figure out "tiers" of characters - the good and the bad just sorted themselves out and would become abused as such. Every once in a while you find yourself in the company of some who haven't played a certain fighting game you just so happen to be pretty good at. That's when the fun begins.