Rank Feigner

Someone who is otherwise a very high rank and/or good at the game that deliberately de-ranks themselves to extremely low levels. They are commonly seen in the ELO-based "Ranked" modes found in video-games like Mordhau and CS;GO. Similar to "Smurfs", it is likely that they do this to either troll for fun, or simply don't want to put effort into fighting people who are actually at their skill level. They severely damage the ELO of newer players to keep them from rising in the ranks, and have a tendency to be extremely toxic in chat, bragging about how bad their opponent is.

Friend 1: "Dude! I just de-ranked from Platinum 5 by some random Gold 5 out of nowhere, now I'm back to platinum 1. Damn it! Are the newer players really that good?

Friend 2: "Nah, you just got clapped by a rank feigner. Those assholes are really annoying"

Friend 1: "No shit, really? Probably why almost nobody plays ranked anymore"

by thelastofadyingbreed October 3, 2022

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Newbie Foreign Tactics

When in fighting games as a decent rank player, you struggle against a new or low-ranked player due to the fact that they use strategies and their characters' kit in such a way that you have never seen before, or use a strategy that you haven’t seen in such a long time.

I was playing some games online and I for some reason struggled against a player that was way worse than me. They played so weird and the fight would’ve been easy if it wasn’t for their Newbie foreign tactics.

by VanillN May 6, 2023

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