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L.o.D. Feb 5, 2023 @ 12:36pm
Why do players do this?
Why do some squad up without any intention of wanting to be in a squad and go off on their own?
If you wanna solo, turn that squad fill option off and have at it.
Added another to my block list.
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Zell Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:04pm 
Originally posted by Valerie:
Originally posted by KnightLinaria:
Random serves as bait/scout/chance to respawn
Also this.

It's a MULTIPLAYER game after all. If you don't like what type of random teammates you get then make your own squad.

That's kinda of a dumb excuse ngl. Honestly thats a really bad take too. Just because it's a multiplayer game doesn't give them the right to play like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, that's actually called griefing.
Valerie Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:07pm 
Originally posted by ♡ Celly ♡:
Originally posted by Valerie:
Also this.

It's a MULTIPLAYER game after all. If you don't like what type of random teammates you get then make your own squad.

That's kinda of a dumb excuse ngl. Honestly thats a really bad take too. Just because it's a multiplayer game doesn't give them the right to play like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, that's actually called griefing.
It's really not. It's like complaining people who que into Fortnite and play with randoms. They have every right to que into random fills.

They don't have to be CoD gods every time. Sometimes people are bad and want to play with randoms 'cuz they know they can't solo. or want to make friends. Sorry to say, but get over it. If you don't like your random teammates in your multiplayer game, create your own team. It's not like you're playing for a rank or for money. It's literally DMZ/Warzone. Lol
Last edited by Valerie; Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:18pm
Zell Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:19pm 
Originally posted by Valerie:
Originally posted by ♡ Celly ♡:

That's kinda of a dumb excuse ngl. Honestly thats a really bad take too. Just because it's a multiplayer game doesn't give them the right to play like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, that's actually called griefing.
It's really not. It's like complaining people who que into Fortnite and play with randoms. They have every right to que into random fills. They don't have to be gods every time. Sometimes people are bad and want to play with randoms 'cuz they know they can't solo. or want to make friends. Sorry to say, but get over it. If you don't like your random teammates in your multiplayer game, create your own team.

I'm talking about using your team for bait.
Valerie Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:26pm 
Originally posted by ♡ Celly ♡:
Originally posted by Valerie:
It's really not. It's like complaining people who que into Fortnite and play with randoms. They have every right to que into random fills. They don't have to be gods every time. Sometimes people are bad and want to play with randoms 'cuz they know they can't solo. or want to make friends. Sorry to say, but get over it. If you don't like your random teammates in your multiplayer game, create your own team.

I'm talking about using your team for bait.
What's the problem with that? It's not like it's a completely worthless strat? It's also not like it's a ranked lobby/or for rank.

it's literally a random que/fill BR game or watered down Tarkov game. These mods are already casual as hell so who cares if you die or your teammates aren't getting the trade. Just que up for the next one.

Again, it's a MP game. You're going to get bad teammates who either bait, don't cooperate, do bad, or even in the worst cases INTENTIONALLY grief/trash talk you. Best course of action is either solo que'ing for yourself, OR getting a team together you like. You can't fix human behavior. It's silly to complain about randoms in a BR mode being random to me.
Last edited by Valerie; Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:27pm
Zell Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:30pm 
Originally posted by Valerie:
Originally posted by ♡ Celly ♡:

I'm talking about using your team for bait.
What's the problem with that? It's not like it's a completely worthless strat? It's also not like it's a ranked lobby/or for rank.

it's literally a random que/fill BR game or watered down Tarkov game. These mods are already casual as hell so who cares if you die or your teammates aren't getting the trade. Just que up for the next one.

Again, it's a MP game. You're going to get bad teammates who either bait, don't cooperate, do bad, or even in the worst cases INTENTIONALLY grief/trash talk you. Best course of action is either solo que'ing for yourself, OR getting a team together you like. You can't fix human behavior. It's silly to complain about randoms in a BR mode being random to me.

And youre what's wrong with the community. It's called griefing, griefing is bannable.
Valerie Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:32pm 
Originally posted by ♡ Celly ♡:
Originally posted by Valerie:
What's the problem with that? It's not like it's a completely worthless strat? It's also not like it's a ranked lobby/or for rank.

it's literally a random que/fill BR game or watered down Tarkov game. These mods are already casual as hell so who cares if you die or your teammates aren't getting the trade. Just que up for the next one.

Again, it's a MP game. You're going to get bad teammates who either bait, don't cooperate, do bad, or even in the worst cases INTENTIONALLY grief/trash talk you. Best course of action is either solo que'ing for yourself, OR getting a team together you like. You can't fix human behavior. It's silly to complain about randoms in a BR mode being random to me.

And youre what's wrong with the community. It's called griefing, griefing is bannable.
No, it's not. Read the report selections, there is no "griefing" report option. Even if It was, it's not called griefing simply 'cuz they aren't peeking with you or try to trade after you've gone down. Them playing a way you don't like isn't griefing. Besides, you can easily bait them/ignore them and act like they're not even party of your squad if they're doing the same to you.

I think it's time to take a break off this game when you get this heated over a Warzone random/DMZ random. Then again, from your past threads you can't even play. Maybe for the best if this is your mentality.
Last edited by Valerie; Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:48pm
Zell Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:48pm 
Originally posted by Valerie:
Originally posted by ♡ Celly ♡:

And youre what's wrong with the community. It's called griefing, griefing is bannable.
No, it's not. Read the report selections, there is no "griefing" report option. Even if It was, it's not called griefing simply 'cuz they aren't peeking with you or try to trade after you've gone down. Them playing a way you don't like isn't griefing.

I think it's time to take a break off this game when you get this heated over a Warzone random/DMZ random. Then again, from your past threads you can't even play. Maybe for the best if this is your mentality.

Griefing is bannable, it's called abusive play. It's something that needs visual proof to be sent to Activision when reporting it. Clearly you didn't read the welcome prompt.

Now you're resorting to personal attacks because you got backed into a corner. You're a snob on CSGO and you're a snob on CoD. You're just an overall bad player and toxic individual. That clearly shows. When you don't get what you want in a game you start griefing and gaslighting.
Valerie Feb 5, 2023 @ 4:52pm 
Originally posted by ♡ Celly ♡:
Originally posted by Valerie:
No, it's not. Read the report selections, there is no "griefing" report option. Even if It was, it's not called griefing simply 'cuz they aren't peeking with you or try to trade after you've gone down. Them playing a way you don't like isn't griefing.

I think it's time to take a break off this game when you get this heated over a Warzone random/DMZ random. Then again, from your past threads you can't even play. Maybe for the best if this is your mentality.

Griefing is bannable, it's called abusive play. It's something that needs visual proof to be sent to Activision when reporting it. Clearly you didn't read the welcome prompt.

Now you're resorting to personal attacks because you got backed into a corner. You're a snob on CSGO and you're a snob on CoD. You're just an overall bad player and toxic individual. That clearly shows. When you don't get what you want in a game you start griefing and gaslighting.
How am I backed into a corner? All you've done is complain players not playing the way you want them to is griefing while ignoring my valid points.

Besides, you can easily bait them/ignore them and act like they're not even part of your squad if they're doing the same to you. Sorry I get snobby over really dumb takes. It's just childish honestly.

BR/DMZ = casual friendly mode.

Casuals may not have the skills or experience to play the way you want them to. That still isn't a bannable offense. Playing poorly or not with the team isn't necessarily griefing. Especially if the lobbies don't have ranked based matchmaking
Last edited by Valerie; Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:10pm
L.o.D. Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:12pm 
Originally posted by Valerie:
They don't have to be CoD gods every time. Sometimes people are bad and want to play with randoms 'cuz they know they can't solo.

No one said anything about being cod gods. This thread is about randoms that squad up but then take off as if they solo queued. Obviously, those people actually want to solo for whatever reason, but leave squad fill on to piss of others. That is part of what griefing is.

"griefing refers to when a player forgoes any intention to win a game and instead focuses on annoying other players by manipulating aspects of the game in unintended ways. Griefing can vary widely from game to game but always involves someone deriving more pleasure out of irritating other players than winning outright. In every case, it's about sabotaging the core gameplay experience for others."

Griefing is one of the most hated things in multiplayer games.
I would also include those that like to blast music or annoying background music through their open mics. And there's no way to mute them without muting everyone in the lobby.
Have had an instance once before where a player took off on their own then cried when we didn't go help him, on the other side of the map.
Zell Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:15pm 
Originally posted by L.o.D.:
Originally posted by Valerie:
They don't have to be CoD gods every time. Sometimes people are bad and want to play with randoms 'cuz they know they can't solo.

No one said anything about being cod gods. This thread is about randoms that squad up but then take off as if they solo queued. Obviously, those people actually want to solo for whatever reason, but leave squad fill on to piss of others. That is part of what griefing is.

"griefing refers to when a player forgoes any intention to win a game and instead focuses on annoying other players by manipulating aspects of the game in unintended ways. Griefing can vary widely from game to game but always involves someone deriving more pleasure out of irritating other players than winning outright. In every case, it's about sabotaging the core gameplay experience for others."

Griefing is one of the most hated things in multiplayer games.
I would also include those that like to blast music or annoying background music through their open mics. And there's no way to mute them without muting everyone in the lobby.
Have had an instance once before where a player took off on their own then cried when we didn't go help him, on the other side of the map.

This.
L.o.D. Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:19pm 
Originally posted by Valerie:
Originally posted by ♡ Celly ♡:

And youre what's wrong with the community. It's called griefing, griefing is bannable.
No, it's not. Read the report selections,

Might want to do better research as you are wrong. According to Activision, it is a bannable offense.

"Griefing
Any user who purposefully prevents another player from playing the game as intended by exploit or repeated unsportsmanlike behavior, such as intentional friendly fire, is subject to penalty.

First offense: User may be temporarily suspended from playing the game online with teammates, have their stats, emblems, and weapon customizations reset, and have their leaderboard entries deleted.
Extreme or repeat offenses: User may be permanently suspended from playing the game online, have their stats, emblems, and weapon customizations reset, and be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards."

https://support.activision.com/articles/call-of-duty-security-and-enforcement-policy
Valerie Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:19pm 
Originally posted by L.o.D.:

No one said anything about being cod gods. This thread is about randoms that squad up but then take off as if they solo queued. Obviously, those people actually want to solo for whatever reason, but leave squad fill on to piss of others. That is part of what griefing is.
Something tells me you and others wouldn't mind if they did this if they were actual good players and solo'ing whole teams on the other side of the map then bringing you back after you died though. Maybe I'm just reaching though.

Originally posted by L.o.D.:
"griefing refers to when a player forgoes any intention to win a game and instead focuses on annoying other players by manipulating aspects of the game in unintended ways. Griefing can vary widely from game to game but always involves someone deriving more pleasure out of irritating other players than winning outright. In every case, it's about sabotaging the core gameplay experience for others."
There is no report option for griefing in this game though. There is cheating, abusive text/speech, offensive name, offensive tags. That's it.

Originally posted by L.o.D.:
Griefing is one of the most hated things in multiplayer games.
Agreed, but in games like this I don't care. I'm not going to let a random ruin my time in a casual game like this. Guess that's just me. I'm use to my randoms being bad, griefing, etc in CoD. I'm usually the one having to carry.

Originally posted by L.o.D.:
I would also include those that like to blast music or annoying background music through their open mics. And there's no way to mute them without muting everyone in the lobby.
Have had an instance once before where a player took off on their own then cried when we didn't go help him, on the other side of the map.
I agree with you on this fully. This is beyond annoying and hopefully they fix this. Regardless of whether they play bad or good. This is just awful to deal with when the only option is deal with it or mute everyone.
Last edited by Valerie; Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:23pm
Valerie Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:25pm 
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/681371044296130605/1071965374209343538/image.png

These are the report options for griefing btw. Sadly there is no grief option.
Last edited by Valerie; Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:28pm
L.o.D. Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:29pm 
Originally posted by Valerie:
Something tells me you and others wouldn't mind if they did this if they were actual good players and solo'ing whole teams on the other side of the map then bringing you back after you died though. Maybe I'm just reaching though.

You're the only one that keeps saying anything about how good/bad a player is/isn't when nothing was said about it. I don't care if you are or not, if you want to solo, then do so and not squad fill. There's really no reason to do so if you have no intention of being in one.

Originally posted by Valerie:
There is no report option for griefing in this game though. There is cheating, abusive text/speech, offensive name, offensive tags. That's it.

Doesn't matter as it is in fact, as you could see, a bannable offense. There should also be a way to report those that blast music etc on open mic, as that would be part of griefing. It ruing the experience when that is all you hear and not the game.
Valerie Feb 5, 2023 @ 5:38pm 
Originally posted by L.o.D.:
You're the only one that keeps saying anything about how good/bad a player is/isn't when nothing was said about it. I don't care if you are or not, if you want to solo, then do so and not squad fill. There's really no reason to do so if you have no intention of being in one.
There are tons of kids or players who just aren't good so let me explain more about this. People tend to think everyone who's not playing with the team is just griefing. When in reality there could be many reasons as to why they're playing like this: If someone let their gf play a round, little sibling, cousin, etc. You're telling me you've never just been like, "Hey lil bro/babe/etc. Wanna play a round of WZ? Here let me get you in a squad. Don't worry about my stats just have fun." moments?

So ofc they're not always going to play with their team, but I don't see them ever DIRECTLY banning this. Then again shadow ban system is here so enough upset players can legitimately grief and get others banned for no reason so /shrug.

It seems REALLY dumb to get banned simply 'cuz someone is new to the game and hopped onto the F2P mode to try it out and just took a chance to hit fill. Like I said these are very casual game modes so it's going to attract casuals. I don't agree with wanting to ban them simply because they played the way they did. If I want a serious team I'll make one with friends, not lose my marbles over randoms.


Again I fully agree people who spam mic music, trash talk you for their own mistakes, or simply shoot where you are/yelling where you are is not excusable, but someone who just simply broke off from the team/baits 'cuz they're new or just bad? I don't agree.
Originally posted by L.o.D.:

Doesn't matter as it is in fact, as you could see, a bannable offense. There should also be a way to report those that blast music etc on open mic, as that would be part of griefing. It ruing the experience when that is all you hear and not the game.
Reporting people with blasting music I usually just choose abusive verbal + spam. Then again I can also just choose to bait him since the enemy will be trying to follow him.

Regardless though and to the point. If you had feed back I suggest just going to reddit since they legitimately tell you to post on reddit. I never see them respond here.

Good luck I guess, but don't hold your breath on this one. Again, this seems like something you can't fix in BR games permanently. Players will play how they want regardless.
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