Teabagging is in danger

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Well maybe you will get in trouble with teabagging in the future…..

A debate sparks among gamers about whether the act of 'teabagging' can be considered sexual assault given its context in online gaming.

In online gaming, there are more than a few ways in which players can mess with their opponent. One of the most common ways a player can jokingly troll their opponent is through "teabagging." For the uninitiated "teabagging" is a gaming term that involves one player, usually in an FPS or fighting game, rapidly crouching over their defeated opponent. It is assumed that the practice began somewhere around the era of Quake or Counter-Strike in 1999, but "teabagging" truly spread across the gaming community with the release of Halo: Combat Evolved.

Now, over 20 years since "teabagging" began as a practice, some gamers are debating whether it should be considered a controversial action. Specifically, some believe that "teabagging" counts as sexual assault. To some, "teabagging" has been seen as a controversial act, and it was banned from a Killer Instinct tournament in 2017.

The conversation was sparked on Discord, when one user joked about being a "serial offender" when it came to "teabagging." Some found this joke to be unfunny and to be making light of a serious issue like sexual assault. Since screenshots of the Discord conversation broke out online, gamers all over social media have been weighing in with their thoughts. Some big names, like popular streamer MoistCr1TiKaL, have decided that "teabagging" does not count as sexual assault.

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Others are firmly in the belief that the act should not be used in games and at the very least counts as sexual harassment, if not full assault. Still, "teabagging" is a practice that will likely remain prevalent in gaming. Even outside of video games, it seems that "teabagging" is considered more of a celebratory move than it is a controversial one. In late 2021, an NFL player was seen celebrating after a sack with a "teabag." So, unless the internet was to unilaterally decide against the act of pressing the crouch button repeatedly after killing an opponent, it seems that "teabagging" will stick around.

In the world of gaming, developers have even promoted "teabagging." Call of Duty: Warzone revealed a "teabag" finisher move back in 2021, and following a nerf to the act in Overwatch, that saw players unable to stand over their opponent after they were hit with Ana's Sleep Dart, the developers at Blizzard quickly changed the ability so that players could once again "teabag" at their own discretion.

https://gamerant.com/video-game-teabagging-sexual-assault/amp/

[crunchyfrog]

Messaggio originale di T h e B o s s:

Messaggio originale di crunchyfrog:

Excatly, and it's more than that too.

Not so much you don't know who you're messing with, but you don't know who you're pissing off that could have been your next best friend.

If you're playing an online game there's more to it than that too, which is almost never spoken of.

Online games rely on players. If there aren't any, they're dead. What sort of thing happens if you go around doing this - is it more likely to welcome players of get rid of them?

If nothing else people ought to have that basic bit of empathy. You could be pissing in your own pool.

Someone teabagged me once in Halo.

I was so scarred from the experience i ended up hospitalized for 2 weeks for severe psychiatric distress. I took the disc and burned it in my toaster and now every time i hear the word "Halo" i have severe flashbacks to that moment.

That was 40 years ago. And it lives with me to this very day. :Miller:

Nice joke, but that doesn't change the point does it?

Hyperbole's funny, but that ain't what we're talking about.

The fact is if you go around pissing EVERYONE off potentially, then should you be so pissed off at anyone except yourself when the game starts dying?

[Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

Messaggio originale di crunchyfrog:

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The bottom line though is that if it's a dev saying they're tightening up on this largely for this sort of reason, then I'm all for it. ...

Unless they're making a joke out of it like The Jump Circle did with jumps being restricted, then I don't think that this adds any quality to the game.

However, that's just my opinion and I think the developers should be able to go ahead with the restriction if they want to anyways.

See, I'd make a joke out of it. After all the assuming and toxic responses from people in here who are in favor of tea-bagging and against any sort of ban at all, for any reason, I am convinced that I need to make a game that has competitive fighting and prevents you from tea-bagging in the code someday, but I'll still make a joke out of it.

It will require adding a whole extra animation where the character bows instead (that way they can still duck), and if they do this several times over the defeated player body then I'll get something like some narration lines to say something like :
"Oh noooo! You can't teabag! BOOOOOHOOO! What are you going to do now? hahaha"

[Netaris]

Messaggio originale di crunchyfrog:

Not so much you don't know who you're messing with, but you don't know who you're pissing off that could have been your next best friend.

I don't want a best friend like that. No thanks.

[crunchyfrog]

Messaggio originale di Ad Victoriam !:

Messaggio originale di crunchyfrog:

Not so much you don't know who you're messing with, but you don't know who you're pissing off that could have been your next best friend.

I don't want a best friend like that. No thanks.

Again doesn't change anything does it?

[crunchyfrog]

Messaggio originale di Nothing Special:

Messaggio originale di Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at:

Unless they're making a joke out of it like The Jump Circle did with jumps being restricted, then I don't think that this adds any quality to the game.

However, that's just my opinion and I think the developers should be able to go ahead with the restriction if they want to anyways.

See, I'd make a joke out of it. After all the assuming and toxic responses from people in here who are in favor of tea-bagging and against any sort of ban at all, for any reason, I am convinced that I need to make a game that has competitive fighting and prevents you from tea-bagging in the code someday, but I'll still make a joke out of it.

It will require adding a whole extra animation where the character bows instead (that way they can still duck), and if they do this several times over the defeated player body then I'll get something like some narration lines to say something like :
"Oh noooo! You can't teabag! BOOOOOHOOO! What are you going to do now? hahaha"

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That's easy to say now, yet when tea bagging first happened whenever the heck it did happen, it was a bit surprising sometimes since you know, it wouldn't expect. You could find it humorous sure, I understand that.

I just don't see how it in itself has any value or would be worth putting any value in preserving, or beholding.

We've got a whole generation of meme lords raising up now, I see little reason to confuse them any more. It's not a matter of "it doesn't matter" but why does it "matter" in the first place, see?

Because gaming is etnertainment.

ANY actions that people can get annoyed or irritated at can be seen as a reason to leave the game. It states as much in the terms and has done since time immemorial.

[[ T h e B o s s ]]

Messaggio originale di Nothing Special:

I guess that rainbow heaven must be pretty nice you're living in.

https://youtu.be/KcBajVXvxgM
Rainbow Road actually!

[Dracoco OwO]

Messaggio originale di crunchyfrog:

Messaggio originale di Nothing Special:

That's easy to say now, yet when tea bagging first happened whenever the heck it did happen, it was a bit surprising sometimes since you know, it wouldn't expect. You could find it humorous sure, I understand that.

I just don't see how it in itself has any value or would be worth putting any value in preserving, or beholding.

We've got a whole generation of meme lords raising up now, I see little reason to confuse them any more. It's not a matter of "it doesn't matter" but why does it "matter" in the first place, see?

Because gaming is etnertainment.

ANY actions that people can get annoyed or irritated at can be seen as a reason to leave the game. It states as much in the terms and has done since time immemorial.

I mean competitive games can be pretty unfun and peoples get out of their way to effectlively annoy the ♥♥♥♥ out of you if that makes them win.

[crunchyfrog]

Messaggio originale di Dracoco OwO:

Messaggio originale di crunchyfrog:

Because gaming is etnertainment.

ANY actions that people can get annoyed or irritated at can be seen as a reason to leave the game. It states as much in the terms and has done since time immemorial.

I mean competitive games can be pretty unfun and peoples get out of their way to effectlively annoy the ♥♥♥♥ out of you if that makes them win.

Yeah but the thing is, that's not ALL games is it?

Whether competitive has their own setup or whatever is moot. The fact is for the vast majority gaming IS entertainment so you can't apply that cop out.

[Moogal™]

It's not even common nowadays.

[Tony Twist's Thunderous Right]

I kinda wish there was a teabagging emoji that we could use in the forums.

[permanent name]

Waiting for the inevitable freedombagger movement and the news thinking it’s a tea party thing.

[The Fonze]

Messaggio originale di Tony Twist's Thunderous Right:

I kinda wish there was a teabagging emoji that we could use in the forums.

same.

teabagging became a thing outside of gaming first off. Look up John Watters comedy called pecker. He coined the term tea bagging as a sexual act.

It wasnt until 1998s Quake when teabagging would be a thing. Sorry to say that those saying Halo are showing they are too young to remember Quake or the first arena shooters Halo came from.

https://www.inverse.com/gaming/how-a-simple-video-game-mechanic-became-esports-most-controversial-insult

this actually highlights everything i said, which is convenient lol

[Thermal Lance]

Messaggio originale di Tony Twist's Thunderous Right:

I kinda wish there was a teabagging emoji that we could use in the forums.

Could always get one for tea and one for bag and post them together. Everybody with more than 6 brain cells should get it. I think…

[Violeta]

It just comes off as being rude to me.

[Thermal Lance]

Messaggio originale di ⛧Coeur du diable⛧:

It just comes off as being rude to me.

Its juvenile humor. It's dumb and is supposed to be dumb. Very few actually use that to be rude. Most people just use the chat.

Think of it when couch gaming was a thing. Man, playing Goldeneye 007 all night with the pals and being absolute ♥♥♥♥♥ to eachother the whole time was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome! Keep in mind that this is the mindset from where teabagging was born. It wasn't considered rude back then by the vast majority of players. We were all in there for good fun. Bad apples always existed but for the most part nobody gave a ♥♥♥♥. Like, everybody I know picked Oddjob just to mess with us. Ah sweet memories.

The point is... I don't know what happened between 2001 and 2006, but there was a huge change in how people started seeing things. I legit never saw that much complaining over stuff we considered so mundane up to that point. It's like the action, which is entirely virtual, became more important than the intended meaning. Trolls didn't helped either and again are ruining it for everybody.