Griefers

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A griefers (engl., Dt .: "suffering polluter pays") is a player in a multiplayer - Computer game of trying to take other players to enjoy the game without violating directly against basic rules of the game.

He either behaves in a way that hinders the game, so that he harasses many players at the same time, or fixes himself on a single player whom he accompanies. Transferred to the real world , a grief would, for example, be a footballer who deliberately pushes the ball out of the field again and again. Whether and how such play styles are punished depends very much on the respective game or game operator.

In online role-playing games , grievers mainly try to prevent other players from gaining experience points or successfully completing various tasks. For example, they go into game sections in which, for their circumstances, only easy opponents are to be found, but which represent a challenge for their teammates. If a teammate tries to kill an opponent and thus gain experience, the griefer kills this opponent beforehand.

In the sandbox game Minecraft , the term grief can also be understood in a different way: The player destroys the property of another player, for example by stealing items or destroying or defacing buildings.

Some grievers publish their actions in the form of videos and the like. on online platforms such as YouTube .

Examples

  • In the case of the server grief, the player tries to intentionally overload the server with game actions or to cause it to crash.
  • Blocking doors or paths for teammates.
  • Deliberately throwing stun grenades in such a way that teammates B. be blinded immediately after spawning or when meeting opponents.
  • Spamming chats, especially voice chats, to hinder the game.
  • Driving against the direction of travel in turn-based multiplayer racing games, mostly with the intention of involving the current leader or others in an accident.
  • Intentional friendly fire to lower the performance of the teammate (s); intentionally blocking shots or blocking teammates' view, e.g. B. by standing in front of it.
  • The deliberate killing of quest-relevant NPCs within a team quest or a quest of another player.

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