noun, verb Gaming Slang

Buffering

· noun, verb · gaming

Inputting your next move during the current animation so it fires the instant it can.

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Definitions

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You feed the next command in early, while a move or animation is still playing, and the game holds it in its input buffer until it's allowed to execute. Result: frame-perfect links and cancels without inhuman timing.

“Buffer the special during the jab and the cancel comes out clean every time.”
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As a verb: to buffer is to stash an input ahead of time so it pops the moment the window opens.

“I was buffering the super behind the dash so it'd land the second I recovered.”
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Buffering In A Sentence

Buffer the special during the jab and the cancel comes out clean every time.
I was buffering the super behind the dash so it'd land the second I recovered.

Origin & Usage

Fighting game community (FGC).

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