{"id":3297,"date":"2021-03-19T19:17:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T19:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.getkidas.com\/kidas-website\/dev\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2022-09-22T02:23:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T02:23:45","slug":"toxic-gaming-behavior-sabotaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.getkidas.com\/kidas-website\/dev\/toxic-gaming-behavior-sabotaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic Gaming Behavior: Sabotaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sabotaging in video games, also known as inhibiting teammates, is when you intentionally inhibit the performance of one\u2019s own team. It is when a player plays poorly with the intent to lose the game. There are different forms of sabotaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.getkidas.com\/kidas-website\/dev\/what-is-a-toxic-gamer\">Read more about toxic gamers. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.getkidas.com\/kidas-website\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/content\/c2249b_b72a4b8e625449cc8949d4e86ebe03f3~mv2.jpg\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Blatant sabotaging<\/strong> denotes conspicuous, conscious ways of decreasing or eliminating a team\u2019s chance to win<\/li><li><strong>Purposeful inaction<\/strong> is to take no action when the player is expected to. These are purposeful inaction behaviors that include AFK, and quitting the game early<\/li><li><strong>Leaking information<\/strong> is to undermine teamwork that is otherwise unknown to the opposing team<\/li><li><strong>Intentional feeding<\/strong> is a major type of blatant sabotaging, meaning they intentionally get killed by the opponent team<\/li><li><strong>Surreptitious sabotaging<\/strong> denotes situations where players intentionally carry out poor performance but pretend to be trying so that they are not perceived as toxic<\/li><li><strong>Soft inting<\/strong> (intentionally feeding) is to intentionally throw by getting ranked, ignoring team fights, or deliberately missing abilities<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do players sabotage their team?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Players go out of their way to sabotage their teams to make a name for themselves. Others do it just to upset other players and they get a kick out of ruining other players experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to deal with a player who is sabotaging is to <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.getkidas.com\/kidas-website\/dev\/how-to-report-players\">report them.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples of Sabotaging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"THOUSANDS of Eve Online players just got SCREWED OVER by ONE GUY!\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gEO-Gc-VKV4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"TSM WARDELL DEALS WITH TOXIC TEAM MATES IN VALORANT!\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XY8CPxrV5J0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sabotaging in video games, also known as inhibiting teammates, is when you intentionally inhibit the performance of one\u2019s own team. 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