n. 1. A derogatory term used to describe an opponent; usually within the context of a fighting
game, where the
player's general gameplay skill consists of only a short set of fairly predictable, overused, or repetitive attack sequences which are easily solved, countered, and defended against. However, against novice players, such patterns can be highly irritating and can cause significant damage, leaving the pattern
punk with an overinflated sense of his own skill, which in
turn causes him to continue to use the same sequences over and over, believing that anyone who
beats him must be playing "cheap", without seeing the limitations of his own abilities.
"That pattern
punk was so easy to beat, I perfected him with 80 seconds left on the clock both rounds."
"Ugh! That pattern
punk just kept doing that same
thing again, and now I'm out of quarters!"