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hypertapping

hypertapping noun: a technique in which the player flexes their biceps until it vibrates, and taps the D-pad at a speed of over 10 taps per second, allowing them to move falling blocks to the side faster than would be possible by holding down the button. Also the present participle and gerund of hypertap.

Noun

hypertapping (uncountable)

  1. A technique in which the player flexes their biceps until it vibrates, and taps the D-pad at a speed of over 10 taps per second, allowing them to move falling blocks to the side faster than would be possible by holding down the button.
    • It wasn’t until 2018, after a young player won a prestigious competition using hypertapping, that more players starting using it.2021 April 26, Zack Zwiezen, “NES Tetris Players Call It 'Rolling,' And They're Setting New World Records”, in Kotaku
    • Prior to this, DAS and Hypertapping were the two standards for Tetris pros, but Rolling allows for a high amount of button presses per second without the "superhuman finger speeds" needed for Hypertapping, modified controllers, or any gloves - which also makes it is perfectly legal for tournament...2021 April 28, Adam Bankhurst, “NES Tetris Players Are Using a Special Technique Called Rolling to Set New World Records”, in IGN

Also used as

hypertapping is also the present participle and gerund of hypertap.

Examples of hypertapping in a sentence

  • The strategy that has dominated recently for the last couple of years is to tap the d-pad as fast as humanly possible with one finger, known as hypertapping in the gaming community.2021 June 16, Tzvi Kalb, “What is Old is New Again: NES Tetris”, in The Science Survey:
  • Like the name implies, a hypertapping player simply presses left or right on the NES d-pad their desired number of times.2023 December 1, Evelynn Kersting, “GAMES AND TIME”, in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, page 251, archived from the original on 06 Jun...
  • The first known way past the brick wall of Level 29 was a technique that became known as hypertapping.2024 January 2, Kyle Orland, “34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen””, in Ars Technica:

Origin of hypertapping

From hyper- + tapping.

From hypertap + -ing.

Questions about hypertapping

What does hypertapping mean?
Hypertapping means a technique in which the player flexes their biceps until it vibrates, and taps the D-pad at a speed of over 10 taps per second, allowing them to move falling blocks to the side faster than would be possible by holding down the button.
How do you use hypertapping in a sentence?
The strategy that has dominated recently for the last couple of years is to tap the d-pad as fast as humanly possible with one finger, known as hypertapping in the gaming community.
What part of speech is hypertapping?
Hypertapping is a noun.

Words near hypertapping in the dictionary

  1. hypertalkativity
  2. hypertap
  3. hypertapped
  4. hypertapper
  5. hypertappers
  6. hypertapping
  7. hypertaps
  8. hypertarget
  9. hypertargeted
  10. hypertargeting
  11. hypertargets

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