Griefing

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Griefing is the act of using or abusing a game mechanic in ways originally unintended by the game's developers for the specific purpose of angering or otherwise negatively impacting the game experience of another player. Griefing can sometimes be difficult to pinpoint because its defining characteristic is intent and not action.

Griefing is distinctly different than "being an idiot." Bug abuse and hacking can be griefing, but only when done specifically to disrupt another player's gameplay, and not when done simply to gain an unfair advantage.

List of acts that are never griefing

• Camping. Camping of things like spawn points and Teleporter exits, while not technically griefing, is still frowned upon.

• Turtling

• Ambushing

• Rooting out Spies, Engineers, or other classes hiding behind the team

• Killing the same player repeatedly in order to remove a tactical advantage gained by their presence from a defensive or exposed location

List of acts that may be griefing

The following are griefing when they are done to disrupt someone's enjoyment of the game:

• Mic Spam

• Text Spam/Call Spam

• Bug abuse

• Hacking

• Offensive speech, text or sprays

• Repeatedly stealing teleports from slower or more vital classes

List of acts that are almost always griefing

The following items are almost always griefing, because it is generally the only reason to do them:

• Intentionally healing enemy Spies so that they are able to kill your teammates

• Intentionally and repeatedly healing disguised friendly Spies in order to disrupt their cover

• Using Teleporters to trap your teammates in inescapable locations

• Deliberately placing teleporters across vital exits and entryways so it is impossible to pass them without being teleported (usually back to your spawn)

• Placing teleporters which lead to the most useless of area or just a few feet away from the entrance.

• Continuously blocking a sniper's view by standing in front of the sniper's scope.

• Repeatedly killing the same player, and only the same player, in order to annoy them and with no tactical reason for doing so

• Exploits, such as Skywalking in Dustbowl with the express idea in mind to annoy/anger the enemy team. Such as Skywalking on Dustbowl at Stage 3, Control Point 2

• Setting up sentries and dispensers in areas that the enemy cannot reach, for example, at the blue team's setup/respawn area on Gravel Pit, in order to irritate your teammates.