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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Griefer%22">"Griefer"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Griefer%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Griefer%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Griefer%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Griefer%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Griefer%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">One who harasses other players in a game.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Griefing" redirects here. For the emotional response to loss, see <a href="/wiki/Grieving" class="mw-redirect" title="Grieving">Grieving</a>.</div> <p> A <b>griefer</b> or <b><a href="/wiki/Bad-faith" class="mw-redirect" title="Bad-faith">bad-faith</a> player</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Player_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Player (game)">player</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer_video_game" title="Multiplayer video game">multiplayer video game</a> who deliberately annoys, disrupts, or <a href="/wiki/Trolling" class="mw-redirect" title="Trolling">trolls</a> others in ways that are not part of the intended gameplay. Griefing is often accomplished by killing players for sheer fun, destroying player-built structures, or stealing items. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A griefer derives pleasure from the act of <a href="/wiki/Annoyance" title="Annoyance">annoying</a> other users, and as such, is a nuisance in <a href="/wiki/Online_game" title="Online game">online gaming</a> communities. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Griefer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "griefing" was applied to online multiplayer video games by the year 2000 or earlier, as illustrated by postings to the rec.games.computer.ultima.online <a href="/wiki/USENET" class="mw-redirect" title="USENET">USENET</a> group.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The player is said to cause "grief" in the sense of "giving someone grief".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The term "griefing" dates to the late 1990s, when it was used to describe the willfully <a href="/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour" title="Anti-social behaviour">antisocial behaviors</a> seen in early <a href="/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_game" title="Massively multiplayer online game">massively multiplayer online games</a> like <i><a href="/wiki/Ultima_Online" title="Ultima Online">Ultima Online</a>,</i> and later, in the 2000s, first-person shooters such as <i><a href="/wiki/Counter-Strike" title="Counter-Strike">Counter-Strike</a></i>. Even before it had a name, griefer-like behavior was familiar in the virtual worlds of text-based <a href="/wiki/Multi-user_dungeon" title="Multi-user dungeon">Multi-User Domains</a> (MUDs), where joyriding invaders inflicted "virtual rape" and similar offenses on the local populace.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_magazine_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired_magazine-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Julian Dibbell's 1993 article "<a href="/wiki/A_Rape_in_Cyberspace" title="A Rape in Cyberspace">A Rape in Cyberspace</a>" analyzed the griefing events in a particular MUD, <a href="/wiki/LambdaMOO" title="LambdaMOO">LambdaMOO</a>, and the staff's response. </p><p>In the culture of <a href="/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game" title="Massively multiplayer online role-playing game">massively multiplayer online role-playing games</a> (MMORPGs) in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Lineage_(video_game)" title="Lineage (video game)">Lineage</a></i>, griefers are known as "white-eyed"—a metaphor meaning that their eyes have no pupils and so they look without seeing. Behaviors other than griefing that can cause players to be stigmatized as "white-eyed" include cursing, cheating, stealing, or unreasonable killing.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Griefer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Methods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Griefer" title="Special:EditPage/Griefer">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Griefer%22">"Griefer"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Griefer%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Griefer%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Griefer%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Griefer%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Griefer%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Methods of griefing differ from game to game. What might be considered griefing in one area of a game, may even be an intended function or <a href="/wiki/Game_mechanics" title="Game mechanics">mechanic</a> in another area. Common methods may include, but are not limited to: </p> <ul><li>Intentional <a href="/wiki/Friendly_fire" title="Friendly fire">friendly fire</a>, or deliberately performing actions detrimental to other <a href="/wiki/Team_kill" class="mw-redirect" title="Team kill">team members</a>' game performance in primarily shooter games. <ul><li>Wasting or destroying key game elements</li> <li>Colluding with opponents</li> <li>Giving false information</li> <li>Giving information about your team's whereabouts to an enemy team</li> <li>Faking extreme incompetence with the intent of hurting teammates, or failing an in-game objective</li> <li>Deliberately blocking shots from a player's own team, or blocking a player's view by standing in front of them, so they cannot damage the enemy<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Trapping teammates in inescapable locations by using physics props, special abilities, or teleportation</li> <li>Intentionally killing oneself</li></ul></li> <li>Actions undertaken to waste other players' time. <ul><li>Playing as slowly as possible</li> <li>Trapping and imprisoning players for extended periods of time to deny their ability to play on a server.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camping_(video_games)" title="Camping (video games)">Hiding from an enemy</a> when there is no tactical benefit in doing so</li> <li>If a game interface element has no time limit, leaving their computer (going "<a href="/wiki/Away_from_keyboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Away from keyboard">AFK</a>"), potentially forcing the other players to leave the game (which may incur a penalty for leaving), like <i><a href="/wiki/Among_Us" title="Among Us">Among Us</a></i>.</li> <li>Constantly pausing the game, or lowering its speed as much as possible, in the hopes that their target <a href="/wiki/Rage_quit" class="mw-redirect" title="Rage quit">quits in frustration</a></li> <li>Standing on top of important <a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">non-player characters</a> (NPCs) to block other players from interacting with them.</li> <li>A powerful player entering an area intended for lower-level or less experienced players and using up or hogging otherwise available limited resources, as can be sometimes seen in MMORPGs or <a href="/wiki/Grinding_(video_games)" title="Grinding (video games)">grinding</a>-based games</li></ul></li> <li>Causing a player disproportionate loss or reversing their progress. <ul><li>Destroying or vandalizing other players' creations without permission in <a href="/wiki/Open_world" title="Open world">sandbox</a> games like <i><a href="/wiki/Minecraft" title="Minecraft">Minecraft</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Terraria" title="Terraria">Terraria</a></i></li> <li>Driving vehicles backward around lapped courses in multiplayer racing games, often done with the intent of crashing head-on into whoever is in first place</li></ul></li> <li>Using <a href="/wiki/Video_game_exploit" title="Video game exploit">exploits</a> (taking advantage of <a href="/wiki/Software_bug" title="Software bug">bugs</a> in a game). <ul><li>Illegally exiting a <a href="/wiki/Level_(video_gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="Level (video gaming)">map</a>'s boundaries to prevent the enemy team from winning</li> <li>In a <a href="/wiki/Cooperative_video_game" title="Cooperative video game">co-op</a> or multiplayer game, destroying or otherwise denying access to items, without which other players cannot finish the game</li></ul></li> <li>Purposeful violation of server rules or guidelines. <ul><li>Impersonation of <a href="/wiki/Server_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Server administrator">administrators</a> or other players through similar screen names</li> <li>Written or verbal insults, including <a href="/wiki/False_accusation" title="False accusation">false accusations</a> of cheating or griefing</li></ul></li> <li>Abusing the in game reporting system with mass reports to trigger a bot to automatically ban another player.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spamming" title="Spamming">Spamming</a> a voice or text chat channel to inconvenience, harass, or annoy other players.</li> <li>Uploading offensive or <a href="/wiki/Explicit_material" class="mw-redirect" title="Explicit material">explicit images</a> to profile pictures, in-game sprays, or game skins.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kill_stealing" title="Kill stealing">Kill stealing</a>, denying another player the satisfaction or gain of killing a target that should have been theirs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camping_(gaming)#Online_role-playing_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Camping (gaming)">Camping</a> at a corpse or spawn area to repeatedly <a href="/wiki/Spawn_Kill" class="mw-redirect" title="Spawn Kill">kill players as they respawn</a> (when players have no method of recourse to prevent getting killed), preventing them from being able to play. Camping can also refer to continuously waiting in a tactically advantageous position for others to come to them; this is sometimes considered griefing because if all players do it, the game stalls, but this is now more commonly considered a game design issue, and in games where defeating a <a href="/wiki/Juggernaut" title="Juggernaut">juggernaut</a> its required, it is more likely that juggernaut which will camp.</li> <li>Acting <a href="/wiki/Breaking_character" title="Breaking character">out-of-character</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Role-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Role-play">role-play</a> setting to disrupt the serious gameplay of others.</li> <li>Luring many monsters or a single larger monster to chase the griefer, before moving to where other players are. The line of monsters in pursuit looks like a train, and hence this is sometimes called "training" or "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aggro" class="extiw" title="wikt:aggro">aggroing</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Blocking other players so they cannot move to or from a particular area, or access an in-game resource (such as a <a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">non-player character</a>); the game <i><a href="/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_The_Division" title="Tom Clancy's The Division">Tom Clancy's The Division</a></i> was found to have a serious problem with this at launch, where griefers could stand in the doorway out of the starting area, trapping players in the spawn room.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Intentionally attempting to crash a server through <a href="/wiki/Lag_(video_games)" title="Lag (video games)">lag</a> or other means (such as spawning large amounts of resource-demanding objects), in order to cause interference among players.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smurfing_(video_games)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smurfing (video games)">Smurfing</a>, the process of creating extra accounts and deliberately losing games to enter a lower skill rank than is appropriate, before playing at full skill against lower-ranked opponents, thus defeating them easily.</li> <li>High-skill players deliberately losing in matches against low-skill players (usually due to shortage of players), causing the low-skill player's skill rating to artificially rise so that they will be routinely pitted against opponents they have no chance of winning against in the future.</li> <li>Impersonating an enemy to trick someone into attacking the griefer, so that a player is flagged as having attacked the griefer. A notable example of this is early on in <i><a href="/wiki/Ultima_Online" title="Ultima Online">Ultima Online</a></i>, where players had a scroll that could change their appearance to that of a monster, with the only way to tell the difference between them and a real monster being to click on them and read their name. Attacking a monster-disguised griefer would flag the player as a murderer, causing the town guard to kill the player.</li> <li>Starting a vote to kick someone in hopes of others blindly agreeing to do so, so that the griefer faces no repercussions while other players have unwittingly gotten rid of an innocent person.</li></ul> <p>The term is sometimes applied more generally<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to refer to a person who uses the internet to cause distress to others as a prank,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or to intentionally inflict harm, as when it was used to describe an incident in March 2008, when malicious users posted <a href="/wiki/Seizure" title="Seizure">seizure</a>-inducing animations on <a href="/wiki/Epilepsy" title="Epilepsy">epilepsy</a> forums.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Industry_response">Industry response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Griefer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Industry response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many <a href="/wiki/Subscription_business_model" title="Subscription business model">subscription-based</a> games actively oppose griefers, since their behavior can drive away business.<sup id="cite_ref-bullies_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bullies-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is common for developers to release server-side upgrades and patches to annul griefing methods. Many online games employ <a href="/wiki/Gamemaster#Gamemasters_in_online_games" title="Gamemaster">gamemasters</a> that reprimand offenders. Some use a <a href="/wiki/Crowdsourcing" title="Crowdsourcing">crowdsourcing</a> approach, where players can report griefing. Malicious players are then red-flagged, and are then dealt with at a gamemaster's discretion. As many as 25% of <a href="/wiki/Customer_support" title="Customer support">customer support</a> calls to companies operating online games deal specifically with griefing.<sup id="cite_ref-davies_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davies-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a> has enacted <a href="/wiki/Warden_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warden (software)">software components</a> to combat griefing.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To prevent non-consensual attacks between players, some games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Ultima_Online" title="Ultima Online">Ultima Online</a></i> have created separate realms for those who wish to be able to attack anyone at any time, and for those who do not. Others implemented separate servers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>When <i><a href="/wiki/EverQuest" title="EverQuest">EverQuest</a></i> was released, Sony included a <a href="/wiki/Player_versus_player" title="Player versus player">PvP</a> switch where people could fight each other only if they had enabled that option. This was done in order to prevent the player-killing that was driving people away from <i>Ultima Online</i>, which at that time had no protection on any of its servers.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Second_Life" title="Second Life">Second Life</a></i> bans players for harassment (defined as being rude or threatening, making <a href="/wiki/Sexual_harassment" title="Sexual harassment">unwelcome sexual advances</a>, or performing activities likely to annoy or alarm somebody) and assault (shooting, pushing, or shoving in a safe area, or creating scripted objects that target another user and hinder their enjoyment of the game) in its community standards.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sanctions include warnings, suspension from <i>Second Life</i>, or being banned altogether.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Eve_Online" title="Eve Online">Eve Online</a></i> has incorporated activities typically considered griefing into the gameplay mechanisms.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Industrial_espionage" title="Industrial espionage">Corporate spying</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theft" title="Theft">theft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Confidence_trick" class="mw-redirect" title="Confidence trick">scams</a>, gate-camping, and PvP on non-PvP players are all part of the gaming experience. This does not mean that the developers are indifferent to the negative effect that these activities may have on players, it is simply their choice with regards to the culture and atmosphere that they intended for the game. Players are advised to approach unfamiliar situations in the game with an appropriate level of caution, develop strategies to deal with the presence of these elements, and take personal responsibility for their in-game actions.<sup id="cite_ref-EveWiki_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EveWiki-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EveUniWiki_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EveUniWiki-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EveSafety_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EveSafety-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EveSurviving_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EveSurviving-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Certain activities are allowed by the developers, but are still considered illegal in the game itself and result in in-game consequences, such as the unavoidable loss of the attacker's ship when engaging in combat with a non-allowed target in high-security space.<sup id="cite_ref-EveGanking_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EveGanking-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Shooter_game" title="Shooter game">Shooters</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive" title="Counter-Strike: Global Offensive">Counter Strike: Global Offensive</a></i> have implemented peer review systems, where if a player is reported too many times, multiple higher ranked players are allowed to review the player and determine if the reports are valid, and apply a temporary ban to the player's account if necessary. The player's name is omitted during the replay, as well as those of the other 9 players in the game. In October 2016, Valve implemented a change that will permanently ban a player if they receive two penalties for griefing.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Many <i><a href="/wiki/Minecraft" title="Minecraft">Minecraft</a></i> servers have rules against griefing. In <i>Minecraft</i> freebuild servers, griefing is often the destruction of another player's build, and in other servers the definition ranges, but almost all servers recognize griefing as harassment. Most servers use temporary bans for minor and/or first-time incidents, and indefinite bans from the server for more serious and/or repeat offences. While many servers try to fight this, other servers, like <a href="/wiki/2b2t" title="2b2t">2b2t</a>, allow griefing as part of the gameplay.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>By the early 2020s, <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_Online" title="Grand Theft Auto Online">Grand Theft Auto Online</a></i> has experienced a drastic increase in griefing, due in part to the emergence of bugs and better money-making opportunities. Common griefing techniques within the game abuse passive mode and trivially accessible weaponized vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Developer <a href="/wiki/Rockstar_North" title="Rockstar North">Rockstar</a> has implemented measures such as a longer cool-down on passive mode, patching invincibility glitches, and removing passive mode from weaponized vehicles in recent updates. In addition, the game also features a reputation system that, in effect, after excessive "bad sport point" accumulation, will mark players as "bad sports", allowing them to only play in lobbies with other "bad sports". Such points are either accumulated over time or gained within a certain time frame and are acquired by actions such as destroying another player's personal vehicle, or quitting jobs early. This is one of the more controversial features of the game, as some point out flaws such as the game not considering if destruction of a vehicle was self-defense.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Bethesda Softworks Games, a division of ZeniMax Media Inc., has a clear code of conduct<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that does not allow griefing, as indicated in section 3.2. Whether this has any effect is debatable, with numerous forum posts about ongoing griefing behaviour. Because the boilerplate response to generating a ticket about such a player, contains the clause "<i>Please note, to protect individual privacy, we do not disclose the outcome of our investigation.</i>", there is unfortunately no transparency to indicate whether violations to the code of conduct (by griefing) are taken seriously by Bethesda/ZeniMax. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Fallout_76" title="Fallout 76">Fallout 76</a></i> attempted to discourage players from griefing by marking them as wanted criminals, which one can get a reward for killing. Wanted players cannot see any other players on the world map, and must rely on their normal player view. However, this has instead become another mechanism to engage in griefing, by luring other players into PvP, in which they largely have no chance to survive because of the perk loadout and weapons used by the griefer. An example of this is by breaking resource locks in a player camp, which will make the griefer wanted, with the hope that the camp owner will find them to retaliate, and thereby initiate PvP with the griefer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWarnerRaiter2005" class="citation journal cs1">Warner, Dorothy; Raiter, Mike (December 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.i-r-i-e.net/inhalt/004/Warner-Raiter.pdf">"Social Context in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs): Ethical Questions in Shared Space"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>International Review of Information Ethics</i>. <b>4</b>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" 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href="https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.computer.ultima.online/browse_thread/thread/3b2d9d518a897eb3/69071ae29e5b7921?lnk=st&q=ultima+griefer&rnum=155&hl=en#69071ae29e5b7921">"Google Groups: August 14, 2000 rec.games.computer.ultima.online"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Google+Groups%3A+August+14%2C+2000+rec.games.computer.ultima.online&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fgroup%2Frec.games.computer.ultima.online%2Fbrowse_thread%2Fthread%2F3b2d9d518a897eb3%2F69071ae29e5b7921%3Flnk%3Dst%26q%3Dultima%2Bgriefer%26rnum%3D155%26hl%3Den%2369071ae29e5b7921&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wired_magazine-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wired_magazine_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDibbell2008" class="citation magazine cs1">Dibbell, Julian (18 January 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-02/mf_goons?currentPage=2">"Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World"</a>. <i>Wired</i>. <a href="/wiki/WIRED" class="mw-redirect" title="WIRED">WIRED</a> magazine. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110508211328/http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-02/mf_goons?currentPage=1">Archived</a> from the original on 8 May 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 May</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Wired&rft.atitle=Mutilated+Furries%2C+Flying+Phalluses%3A+Put+the+Blame+on+Griefers%2C+the+Sociopaths+of+the+Virtual+World&rft.date=2008-01-18&rft.aulast=Dibbell&rft.aufirst=Julian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fgaming%2Fvirtualworlds%2Fmagazine%2F16-02%2Fmf_goons%3FcurrentPage%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHolin_LinChuen-Tsai_Sun2007" class="citation cs2">Holin Lin; Chuen-Tsai Sun (2007), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WykINIyYSb0C&pg=PA106">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"White-Eyed" and "Griefer" Player Culture: Deviance Construction in MMORPGs"</a>, <i>Worlds in Play: International Perspectives on Digital Games Research</i>, Peter Lang, pp. 106 et seq, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780820486437" title="Special:BookSources/9780820486437"><bdi>9780820486437</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=%22White-Eyed%22+and+%22Griefer%22+Player+Culture%3A+Deviance+Construction+in+MMORPGs&rft.btitle=Worlds+in+Play%3A+International+Perspectives+on+Digital+Games+Research&rft.pages=106+et+seq&rft.pub=Peter+Lang&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9780820486437&rft.au=Holin+Lin&rft.au=Chuen-Tsai+Sun&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWykINIyYSb0C%26pg%3DPA106&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-04-meet-the-griefers-article">"Meet the Griefers"</a>. <i>Eurogamer.net</i>. 4 January 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Eurogamer.net&rft.atitle=Meet+the+Griefers&rft.date=2012-01-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurogamer.net%2Farticles%2F2012-01-04-meet-the-griefers-article&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/2491">"The Griefer Future"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Griefer+Future&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fieet.org%2Findex.php%2FIEET%2Fmore%2F2491&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kotaku.com/the-division-trolls-are-blocking-other-players-progress-1763511809">"The Division Trolls Are Blocking Other Players' Progress By Standing In A Doorway"</a>. <i>Kotaku</i>. 8 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 October</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kotaku&rft.atitle=The+Division+Trolls+Are+Blocking+Other+Players%27+Progress+By+Standing+In+A+Doorway&rft.date=2016-03-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fthe-division-trolls-are-blocking-other-players-progress-1763511809&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDibbell2009" class="citation book cs1">Dibbell, Julian (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6r-pcB5WL8wC&q=best+technology+writing+2009+Julian+Dibbell&pg=PA9">"Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World"</a>. In Johnson, Steven (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bestoftechnology0000unse_m3l6/page/9"><i>The Best Technology Writing 2009</i></a>. Grand Rapids, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bestoftechnology0000unse_m3l6/page/9">9–19</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-300-15410-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-300-15410-8"><bdi>978-0-300-15410-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 February</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Mutilated+Furries%2C+Flying+Phalluses%3A+Put+the+Blame+on+Griefers%2C+the+Sociopaths+of+the+Virtual+World&rft.btitle=The+Best+Technology+Writing+2009&rft.place=Grand+Rapids%2C+Michigan&rft.pages=9-19&rft.pub=University+of+Michigan+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-300-15410-8&rft.aulast=Dibbell&rft.aufirst=Julian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6r-pcB5WL8wC%26q%3Dbest%2Btechnology%2Bwriting%2B2009%2BJulian%2BDibbell%26pg%3DPA9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nick Douglas, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gawker.com/231320/internets-most-wanted-a-rogues-gallery">Internet's Most Wanted: A Rogue's Gallery</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090716195738/http://gawker.com/231320/internets-most-wanted-a-rogues-gallery">Archived</a> 2009-07-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Jan 25 2007,</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://techdirt.com/articles/20090418/1728344551.shtml">Craigslist Griefer Ordered To Pay Up Over Both Copyright And Privacy Violations</a> (accessed April 26, 2009)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kevin Poulsen, March 28, 2008, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy">"Hackers Assault Epilepsy Patients via Computer"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" title="Wired (magazine)">Wired</a>.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Cory_Doctorow" title="Cory Doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a>, March 31, 2008, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/31/griefers-deface-epil.html">"Griefers deface epilepsy message-board with seizure-inducing animations"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Boing_Boing" title="Boing Boing">Boing Boing</a>.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See also <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lulz" class="extiw" title="wikt:lulz">"lulz"</a>, for griefer slang referring to enjoyment at others' expense.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bullies-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bullies_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFPham2002" class="citation news cs1">Pham, Alex (2 September 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071009161333/http://www.gamegirladvance.com/mmog/archives/2002/10/21/online_bullies_give_grief_to_games.html">"Online Bullies Give Grief to Gamers"</a>. Main News. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>. p. 1. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Official+forum+changes%2C+real+life+names+to+be+displayed&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwow.joystiq.com%2F2010%2F07%2F06%2Fofficial-forum-changes-real-life-names-to-be-displayed%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGlenn_Barnett2000" class="citation web cs1">Glenn Barnett (1 April 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gamespy.com/articles/492/492325p1.html">"Darktide Rising"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Darktide+Rising&rft.date=2000-04-01&rft.au=Glenn+Barnett&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamespy.com%2Farticles%2F492%2F492325p1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://secondlife.com/corporate/cs.php">"Community Standards"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 15,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Scams+and+exploits&rft.pub=eveonline.com&rft.au=CCP+Games&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.eveonline.com%2Fsupport%2Fknowledge-base%2Farticle.aspx%3FarticleId%3D34&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCCP_Games2010" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/CCP_Games" title="CCP Games">CCP Games</a> (July 20, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150304092931/http://community.eveonline.com/support/knowledge-base/article.aspx?articleId=336">"Grief play"</a>. eveonline.com. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 23,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Grief+play&rft.pub=eveonline.com&rft.date=2010-07-20&rft.au=CCP+Games&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.eveonline.com%2Fsupport%2Fknowledge-base%2Farticle.aspx%3FarticleId%3D336&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EveWiki-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EveWiki_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140527213408/https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Griefing">"Griefing"</a>. <i>Evelopedia</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Griefing">the original</a> on 27 May 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2014</span>. <q>In EVE, 'griefing' refers to various activities, some of which can be argued not to be 'griefing' in the classic sense, but parts of valid gameplay.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Evelopedia&rft.atitle=Griefing&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.eveonline.com%2Fen%2Fwiki%2FGriefing&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EveUniWiki-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EveUniWiki_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Scams_in_EVE_Online">"Scams in EVE Online"</a>. <i>UNIWIKI</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 August</span> 2024</span>. <q>Scammers aim for those who are greedy, hasty, and/or ignorant. 90% of scams can be avoided by double checking a contract inventory, or carefully thinking a situation through.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UNIWIKI&rft.atitle=Scams+in+EVE+Online&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.eveuniversity.org%2FScams_in_EVE_Online&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGriefer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EveSafety-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EveSafety_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Safety_Tips_for_Operating_in_Low_Sec">"Safety Tips for Operating in Low Sec"</a>. <i>UNIWIKI</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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