Halo devs answer back to claims of Teabagging being banned
Senior Community Manager at Halo has responded to claims that teabagging earns players bans.
26th Aug 2024 17:37
Images via 343 Industries | PG Tips
Halo devs answer back to claims of Teabagging being banned
Senior Community Manager at Halo has responded to claims that teabagging earns players bans.
26th Aug 2024 17:37
Images via 343 Industries | PG Tips
Bad manners - teabagging especially - is a questionable art form in gaming nowadays. Previously, some gamers claimed that unwanted teabagging should be made a matter for the police, while
Halo specifically has been front and centre of teabagging debated over the ages, first being the focal point of a literal tea bag company, and secondly having in-game bots appear to jirate over enemies.
But now players are reporting that Halo is banning players for a bit of a-b crouching spam, leaving devs to answer back.
Halo accused of banning players for teabagging
Taking to Twitter, one Halo player has claimed that his squad of four split-screen users were banned for "unsportsmanlike conduct". The team claim that they were suspended from Infinite on two occasions straight after matches that involved teabagging, spurred on by both teams.
The first ban came in for ten minutes while the second was a much lengthier 30 minutes. "It was 4 of us on split-screen and we didn’t get a ban until after one of the games someone bagged and we bagged back. I bagged again in the second game to test and got an even longer timeout" the player said.
After the post went viral, it soon prompted an answer from Senior Community Manager John Junyszek.
Halo devs deny that teabagging is 'banned'
Taking to the replies, Junyszek claimed that being banned for teabagging is "not a thing", but rather these timeouts come as a result of either leaving games, being AFK, lagging out, or "betrayals".
The Community Manager added, "We try to keep these timeouts reasonable, but still firm enough to discourage any potential unsporting behaviour," which does infer that repeated teabagging might land you in hot water, but only if the other team reports it as unsporting.
Bad manners are slowly being phased out of gaming and esports, with some developers making it a fine-worthy offence to do so during competitions. But the old-school gamers like Paddy the Baddy are not so easily deterred.
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Jack Marsh
Jack is an Esports Journalist at GGRecon. Graduating from the University of Chester, with a BA Honours degree in Journalism, Jack is an avid esports enthusiast and specialises in Rocket League, Call of Duty, VALORANT, and trending gaming news.
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