As described by David Sirlin in his e-book "Playing to Win"
A person who plays a competitive game with a personal set of rules that the designers game and the tournament community don't recognize. Usually these rules prevent the scrub from having to put forth the effort to to learn to beat tactics that are above his skill level in a game.
Scrubs will feel that those that don't follow their personal rule-sets as if they were cheating, and complain incessantly attempting to peer-pressure others into following their personal rules for the game.
Scrubs can be recognized by the cry of "That's cheap!" in most player vs. player, competitive video games.
A person who plays a competitive game with a personal set of rules that the designers game and the tournament community don't recognize. Usually these rules prevent the scrub from having to put forth the effort to to learn to beat tactics that are above his skill level in a game.
Scrubs will feel that those that don't follow their personal rule-sets as if they were cheating, and complain incessantly attempting to peer-pressure others into following their personal rules for the game.
Scrubs can be recognized by the cry of "That's cheap!" in most player vs. player, competitive video games.
Playing Street Fighter:
Scrub: "You just threw me, that's cheap as hell!"
Competitive player: "Stop being a scrub and learn how to tech throws..."
Playing a Trading Card Game:
Scrub: "Using deck lists off of the internet is unoriginal, and takes no skill since all of the cards are expensive..."
Competitive player: "Whatever, do you want to go best out of 6 now that I've beaten you three times in a row?"
Scrub: "You just threw me, that's cheap as hell!"
Competitive player: "Stop being a scrub and learn how to tech throws..."
Playing a Trading Card Game:
Scrub: "Using deck lists off of the internet is unoriginal, and takes no skill since all of the cards are expensive..."
Competitive player: "Whatever, do you want to go best out of 6 now that I've beaten you three times in a row?"
by smitty76 October 25, 2011
Get the Scrubmug. It's Used in the Online gaming community as a Derogatory word for some who is Not new at the game but who Just isn't very good, or someone who thinks they are the best, by how they talk, or by how they act. If you Type using non-words like "da" instead of The, "wit" instead of with, or other Non-words of the like because you think you are cool
"Yo G, I just saw dis dude ridin' wit his homie dat hads a car, ima guessin he ain't gots no moneez fool."
"Stfu Scrub."
"Stfu Scrub."
by Redshore;Zak July 17, 2009
Get the Scrubmug. by ckirk October 14, 2013
Get the Scrubmug. Look at that scrub over there why doesn't he get a job.
Quit being a scrub and take out the trash.
Bob- "Wanna go play some football?"
Steve- "No I have to go read for class"
Bob- "You're such a Scrub"
Quit being a scrub and take out the trash.
Bob- "Wanna go play some football?"
Steve- "No I have to go read for class"
Bob- "You're such a Scrub"
by lilgogo August 31, 2010
Get the Scrubmug. A scrub whose noobishness transcends the boundaries of both gameplay and grammar. Originated as part of a post header on the World of Warcraft community forums.
by Epimetheus January 11, 2008
Get the an scrubmug. by 24c April 8, 2006
Get the Scrubmug. People who do necessary work but do not get paid very well for it: garbage collectors, hospital aides, housecleaners, retail cashiers, etc. Those who were raised in the comfort of middle-class suburbia are the biggest fans of pseudo-"street" hip-hop messages that confirm their already held feelings of superiority to those who are forced by social conditions to live the "authentic" "real" inner-city urban lifestyle, the real "street". Instead of focusing on economic and social conditions, this song allows the middle-class to feel morally and ultimately superior to the lower classes.
"I don't want no scrubs. A scrub is a guy who can't get no love from me." (Which is actually a double negative, which if correctly read, actually means "A scrub is a guy that can get love from me". But apparently the lyricists are too illiterate to notice their grammatical errors).
by afternoon January 15, 2006
Get the scrubsmug.