To have a very conservative strategy when playing Super Smash Brothers in hopes to just be the last man standing while accomplishing nothing during gameplay.
This usually includes avoiding contact with other players altogether while occasionally throwing projectiles or using an item. A person who was John McCaining will usually end the match with a win and only one K.O.
Generally, this will cause everybody to detect that said player is John McCaining and then focus solely on knocking them off for several seconds, creating an adverse effect.
This practice can often be detected by hearing a flood of "come on, step it up" and "you're too slow."
This usually includes avoiding contact with other players altogether while occasionally throwing projectiles or using an item. A person who was John McCaining will usually end the match with a win and only one K.O.
Generally, this will cause everybody to detect that said player is John McCaining and then focus solely on knocking them off for several seconds, creating an adverse effect.
This practice can often be detected by hearing a flood of "come on, step it up" and "you're too slow."
"I can't believe I'm already down to one life, I think I'll be John McCaining the rest of this one out."
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Person 1: Last week I brought my friend along with me to hang out with the cool guy I just met. She acted so annoying and he never called me back.
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"Issac did you see Spencer speak today up on the stand, he must have John McCain Syndrome the way he was forgetting his speech and mumbling about his many houses."
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