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What better way to celebrate my return to verbal diarrhea than another ‘How Gaming Makes Me a Better Graduate Student’ (HGMMBGS \ hug-mmm-ba-gus \) post. Today we shall speak of Teh Moveset.
What the fuck is a moveset? You may ask. The illustrious Urban Dictionary defines it as such “The group of all attacks which can be used by a particular character or thing in a fighting game.” Examples of well known ‘moves’ in a moveset are Ryu’s Hadouken or Chun-Li’s power kick.
Now it is/was not uncommon to walk into an arcade (are there arcades anymore? I haz the oldz) and see the Street Fighter box with someone playing as Chun-Li, backed into a corner, spamming a powerkick to keep their opponent away. These people usually ignored their ability to jump, punch, parry, or block an incoming opponent. They would just throw their most ‘dangerous’ skill at the wall and hope it lead to a victory. These were also the people who insisted I had to ‘beat them’ to get to play. I spent a lot of time on the Street Fighter boxes when Soul Edge was down for maintenance.
Figure 1: It was also a pita when you were next to the SF players because Ryu said 'Hadouken' every mfing time he played the skill. Gaaah!
