I like the wikipedia versionA griefer is a player in a multiplayer video game who deliberately irritates and harasses other players.
Exact griefing methods differ from game to game. Common methods include:
- Player killing in games that do not have separate areas, or an option, to keep those who want this type of gameplay from attacking those who do not. This does not include games that are designed with constant player combat in mind.
- Intentional friendly fire or deliberately performing actions detrimental to team members' game performance, including wasting key game elements and colluding with the opposition (referred to as "ghosting")
- Any methods of reversing another player's progress (such as randomly destroying other player's creations in Minecraft or Terraria)
- Written and/or verbal insults, false accusations of cheating/griefing
- Stealing other players' items and/or experience (when done for the purpose of harassment, not self-gain)
Spamming - Camping at a corpse or area to kill someone as soon as they resurrect
- Acting out-of-character in a role-play setting
- Luring many monsters or one big one to chase the griefer and then rushing to where others are (kiting), for the purpose of getting other people killed by this surprise mass of monsters. The line of monsters in pursuit looks like a train, and hence this is sometimes called "training".
- Blocking another player's way so they cannot move or get out of a particular area, or access an in-game resource (such as a non-player character)
- Use the common sense rule