Rush (video Gaming)

Rush (video Gaming)

In video games, rushing is analogous to the human wave attack in real-world ground warfare, in which speed and surprise are used to overwhelm and/or cripple an enemy before they achieve effective buildups of sizable defensive and/or expansionist capabilities.

In real-time strategy (RTS), real-time tactical (RTT), squad-based tactical shooter (TS), and team-based first-person shooter (FPS) computer games, a rush is an all-in fast attack or preemptive strike intended to overwhelm an unprepared opponent. In massively-multiplayer online first-person-shooter (MMOFPS), this also describes the masses of hundreds of players in massive, unorganized squabble in effort to win by gross numerical superiority. In these contexts, it is also known as Swarming, Cheese, Mobbing, Goblin Tactics or Zerging, referring to the Zerg rush tactic from StarCraft. In fighting games, this style of play is called Rushdown. In sport games, this style of play is called Blitz or Red Dog. This also has a different meaning in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and competitive online role-playing games (CORPGs), where characters frequently deploy summoned creatures (pets) for use in mob control tactics known as Mob Control, sapping tactics known as Minion Bombing, or use of tactics that involve repeatedly throwing themselves (dying and reviving) at a boss mob. Collectible Card Games (CCG) and Trading Card Games (TCG) can employ a strategy of Flooding the enemy with small, cheap and expendable targets rather than strong, well-coordinated units.

The common alternatives to rushing are:

• Turtling (building strong fortification defenses combined with mass firepower using artillery and aircraft units, and sending out an advanced force projection army later in the game).
• Steamrolling (creating rapid deployment of "expansionist outposts" to fuel a booming economy and using it to purchase better (and more expensive) units and technologies than the enemy, thereby achieving rapid dominance which is referred to as a "boom" or "shock and awe".