It can be a way to show off crushingly superior fighting technique by using a Joke Character in a fighting game a slow, weak melee weapon in a war game or shameless abuse of Level Grinding to kill the Final Boss with a feather duster.Ĭherry Tapping is sort of the opposite of strategies like Elemental Rock�Paper�Scissors which exploit the enemy's inherent weaknesses for massive damage. Cherry Tapping uses strange and/or weak 'weapons', or powers that are lame, weak, and/or stupid looking to defeat powerful, fear-inspiring foes or even other players. Who cares about good sportsmanship and 'being big about it'? You just wanna grind your enemy's head into the earth in the most soul-crushingly cheap way possible for all the grief he's caused you.Įnter Cherry Tapping, the video game equivalent of the Humiliation Conga.
Winning feels good, and the more humiliating it is for your foe, the greater the satisfaction.
