Community & LFG

Griefing

verbgeneral gaming term

Disrupting a game on purpose to frustrate teammates or opponents.

In NBA 2K, griefing can include repeated violations, refusing to defend, wasting timeouts, standing out of bounds, or intentionally feeding the other team. It is conduct, not a measure of skill.

Used in a sentence

“Report repeated intentional violations as griefing.”

Also written trolling

Usually an insult. Listed because players use it, not as a judgement of anyone.

Community slang changes over time and can mean different things in different game editions, modes and groups.

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