The Rule of Backtracking mainly applies to the game Dead Space, where the player does a lot of backtracking throughout the levels. Basically, if you leave an area where you've killed monsters and then come back, those monsters will have mysteriously respawned. It's handy for players to know, especially on Impossible Mode, that just because you have cleared out an area does not mean that it's totally safe for the rest of the game.
Pedro: What the heck is this crap? Man, I swore I cleaned out this area, and now there are more monsters! I don't have any med packs left!
Napoleon: Dude, the Rule of Backtracking, man.
*player is mauled to death by a Necromorph*
Napoleon: Told you.
Napoleon: Dude, the Rule of Backtracking, man.
*player is mauled to death by a Necromorph*
Napoleon: Told you.
by Bob Smith Etc. July 27, 2009
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A good case of backtracking:
“HIS NAME WAS SEBASTIAN AT BIRTH BUT HE HAD TO CHANGE IT WHEN HE FAKED HIS DEATH. HES STILL HARRY STYLES AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFERRED TO AS HARRY NOT SEBASTIAN. ITS STILL AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A HARRY FIC LMAODNDJD ok im gonna go stare at a wall now”
“HIS NAME WAS SEBASTIAN AT BIRTH BUT HE HAD TO CHANGE IT WHEN HE FAKED HIS DEATH. HES STILL HARRY STYLES AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFERRED TO AS HARRY NOT SEBASTIAN. ITS STILL AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A HARRY FIC LMAODNDJD ok im gonna go stare at a wall now”
by crocodilex12 April 14, 2021
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(X = You)
You go north, then south
O ^ \ X II \ O
X II / O V / X
(Original position) (Back to original position)
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You go from your dining room to your kitchen, then back to your dining room
(Backtrack)
(X = You)
You go north, then south
O ^ \ X II \ O
X II / O V / X
(Original position) (Back to original position)
or
You go from your dining room to your kitchen, then back to your dining room
(Backtrack)
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by Epicsaur February 10, 2010
Get the Backtracking mug.Breaking the unwritten rule of pacifism between the attackers in a capture the flag game of a first person shooter.
OMG this is a fps where u have to capture the flag and u kill the enemy who's taking my flag but that u can't do it omg BACKTRACK
by Frederik Dombrecht April 6, 2003
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