Defense of the Ancients 2 (DotA 2), the popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), is notorious for toxic players who grief. DotA 2 has tried to eliminate toxicity and combat grief by implementing features to combat them, but the toxicity has survived. There is a player reporting system with punishments ranging from a timeout to sending players to low priority matchmaking. If DotA 2 sends you to low priority matchmaking, you have to win a set number of games working with and against other players who were punished by the reporting system. I have been placed in low priority once, and you will just have to take my word for how horrible it was.

Griefing can be subtle, or it can be incredibly dramatic. Just as every player has it within their power to be positive, every player also has the power to grief their team whenever they choose.

-Sam