What is Hammer Keys?
1.
<adj.or noun> A person (or a descriptive qualifier denoting that person's style) who doesn't properly understand how to manipulate video game characters with the control stick. Such a person is naturally given to pounding the various buttons and thrusting the joystick in a frenzied manner (usually when playing games like Street Fighter II). (May also denote a philosophy that regards strength and chance as superior to finesse and strategy.)
A: Jay whipped my ass at Street Fighter II last night...
B: What? No way...Which character was he playing?
A: Zangief!
B: ...Impossible.....
A: No..he beat me like 7 or 8 times in a row!
B: How?
A: Hammer keys!
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