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The best griefing videos ever

Playing to win is one thing, but playing to annoy is a whole lot funnier

Words: David Houghton, GamesRadar UK

It's hard to know where to stand on the griefing issue. On the one hand, deliberately trying to ruin someone's game online immediately puts you well into the realm of the uncharitable wanker. Sharing a server with someone who's adamant that you're not going to have a good time is a miserable experience, especially if their insidious plan for self-amusement cuts into limited spare time.

On the other hand though, the reactions of some players to being griefed justify the act instantaneously. After all, it's easy enough to just change server or team to avoid an e-terrorist, and for all the whining, crying and insulting some victims unleash you'd think someone had roasted their dog over the burning corpses of their grandparents. And there are some pretty creative griefers out there, several of whome take the activity to levels dangerously bordering an art form. For sheer conceptualisation we can't help but give them our eternal respect, gift-wrapped with a bow.

It's those guys we now pay tribute to with this selection of videos culled from that there internet. Griefing might be a morally dubious activity, but at the end of the day, other people's pain is just funny. Where to stand on the issue? On the sidelines, pointing and laughing. Needless to say, NSFW language ahead.

Halo 3

Two guys hide for an entire match, convince the other team that a glitch has put them on separate maps, and then persuade them to spend the whole game killing themselves


 
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bokubaka  - 8 months 8 days ago 
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adrenaguy  - 6 months 11 days ago 
i wanna join team roomba sooo much! does anyone know how i can?
may.be.vital  - 6 months 11 days ago 
I laughed so hard at the Team Roomba and the Day of Defeat loser kid

ReCAPTCHA: limits $13 000 hidden meaning?
JohnoBono  - 6 months 11 days ago 
What an eloquent gentleman in the CS vent.
JizzyB  - 6 months 11 days ago 
what was team roombas first tag that everyone flipped out at?
oreomonkey  - 6 months 11 days ago 
hahaha asking him Team fortress trivia questions
Over1imit  - 6 months 11 days ago 
Team Roomba are my heroes! Fantastic article (old, but...whatever!)
RebornKusabi  - 6 months 11 days ago 
I love that Counter Strike video, it's like, "Why the hell don't you go around him? The other guys were?"
Eman7673  - 6 months 11 days ago 
Annoying squeaky kids lol they are so annoying, I cant stand it if theyre on my team
superstud  - 6 months 11 days ago 
I would have thought you guys at GamesRadar were above glamourizing this sort of infantile shite which ruins so many online matches.
Turkeykilla7  - 6 months 10 days ago 
Man i couldnt stop laughing at the counterstrike video with the ladder
pop2012  - 6 months 10 days ago 
best. article. ever.
Major_Wuss  - 6 months 10 days ago 
The DoD video is great, especially when he's blinded
w1n5t0n  - 6 months 10 days ago 
The halo one where they were on top of the map reminds me of what me and my friend did to these guys, except we won. My friend grabbed sniper and killed one of the enemies on team doubles at the Pit. They were way higher rank than us so we wanted the win to rank up. So we both went under the ramp (this was before they patched it). We told the other guys that as soon as my freind got the first kill we fell under the map. We described another map to them and said we thought bungie programmed a map that didnt make it into the game and built Pit over it, we told them that if they stayed we'd send them video of the other map and we could all maybe get recon armor. so they stayed, and got a video of us sitting under the ramp. They went down 3 levels each, ROTFLMAO.
Baconator96  - 6 months 8 days ago 
at risk of a big "YHBT", i have to ask...is Floor_Master really dead, or are they being dicks again? i have a feeling he isnt/wasnt 13
l.channeth  - 6 months 8 days ago 
lol at the english guy in the
team roomba vid.

"is it your mum?"
dreamgor  - 6 months 7 days ago 
dam i cant understand what they say in TF videos:( they just ... and i cant get the volume higher
EvilNinjaSquibidyflop  - 4 months 23 days ago 
Why do people always say "is there any admin here" instead of "is there an admin here", even in voice chat? See DoD video.
Forsakenday  - 3 months 28 days ago 
I have seen the Day of Defeat and TF2 videos before. Team Roomba is just genius.
infiniti101  - 3 months 21 days ago 
Bravo Gents!
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