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who is right in this argument? who is being the worser part of the community? Is it fun to be voted out of a game for no other reason than being poor at it? Or simply being the odd man out of the social circle.
Griefers aren't ruining this game, the overly competitive nature of the community is making people shy away from this game. Griefers are merely an opposing force to that competitive nature, serving as the balance from making this game truly unapproachable for new comers to the franchise.
A griefer can ruin a good game instantly and without any warning, whether its realism expert TKing, or versus suiciding throws. But, its important to remember that equal to, or greater than that is the grief of being voted out of a game for no reason, and or silly reasons. Having 500+ hours into the L4D universe, i can tell you that i've seen it all, been on the receiving end of and took part in a lot of unnecessary game experience ruining votes against people.
Many new players i'm sure that we absent mindedly voted out because they simply weren't "carrying their own weight". So we told the new player voted out for no reason; "hey don't play here because we don't want to have to help you at all.". That person is definitely less likely to play with any serious effort in the future since they are already planning on being votekicked out, they might as well just grief intentionally really. It might be fun for them to ruin a round or two before they get the boot. All of that, and for what?
Fixing L4D2/3 is as easy as making the vote kick a "Three strikes and your out." system that takes additonal time to be used as a reactionary lets insta-kick this person we dont like tool. If you had to go through a 2 minute period for it to be used as an insta kick, then you'd get far less irrational votes against people, and more positive feed back going towards new players. Since instead of insta-kicking someone, you'd just vote to give them a strike against their performance/behavior. Maybe you might feel encouraged to say something constructive to them so that they play better in the future. That person is going to be a good member of the community.
And for the griefers, well, you'd have to live with having a round completely ruined because of the two minute wait, and maybe everyone in the game rage quits and starts griefing too. Then no one would get kicked, but if everyone could rise above and be patient, after that playr gets voted out, you might get that newbie that isnt a newbie anymore, they are a high performing and positive influence in the community. Lucky for the team that had their round bombed, because this guy might be their trump card that wins them the game.
But after all that, at the end of the day and all is said and done, it's just a game and if there is no fun to be had, try reading a book.