Since the dawn of online gaming and internet forums, the world has been plagued by an infestation of dark, dark creatures. Malevolent in their hearts and evil in their deeds, they are as ruthless as they are cunning, arrogant and ignorant. At their very core, they are the salt of the earth. Correction. They are saltier than anything else on this good earth. You can find them 💟starting pointless, unending arguments in the YouTube comments section. You will see them over recently ended bodies in every first-persꦯon shooter game ever released. They will be booted for deliberate friendly fire in every game that allows it.
Yes, you guessed right. We’re talking about trolls! The average online gamer, scratch that, the average internet user or basic YouTube watcher has inevitably encountered an online troll. They gather and wreak havoc everywhere from the fairy tale and steampunk worlds of Final Fantasy and the open worlds of Grand Theft Auto to the kid-friendly severs of Minecraft and the fast-paced action packed lobbies of Call of Duty. Unfortunately, there is no escaping them.
Although they can be more annoying than pop-up ads, some game developers are more than aware and are tired of people trolling others on their games. To combat this plague, some games implement punishments to counteract 🌱and even remove trolling completely. Here are twenty games that try their best to do just that.
20 ꧂ Overwatching The Trolls
Created by Blizzard, one of the most successful game developers of all time, Overwatch quickly soared as one of the most widely played and watched tactical first-person shooters of both PC and console gaming. In Overwatch, players assume a specific character, each of which has their own unique weapons, powers, and abilities. Because of that, each player has a role. These include shielding their teammates, sniping from afar, and much more. However, in such a competitive gaming environment, some players chose to be a nuisance to their team rather than an asset. Overwatch developers soon decided to lay harsher penalties f🙈or players who receive . Such penal🌠ties included temporary silences to blocks from competitive play and even permanent bans.
19 Only Fa�ꦅ�ntasy Trolls Allowed
If there had to be a poster-boy for the geeky side of gaming, there would be no better choice than World of Warcraft. Also created by the world-renowned Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft is perhaps one of, if not the most played massively-multiplayer-online-role-playing games of all time. The game is set in a fantasy world in which characters complete quest and battle other players. The game was well praised, and as a result WoW has had its servers running for over 14 years. Of course, with such success and popularity there are bound to be an influx of trolls roaming the WoW online community. To combat this, Blizzard implemented . Players who are repeatedly reported for spamming or bad chat will still be allo💞wed to play, but will have their chat functions temporarily silenced.
18 Min꧃ing Away The Riffraff
If adults wanted to relive their childhood days and play with lego blocks, while at the same time retaining their dignity and reputation, playing Minecraft would be the best option. Minecraft, in a sense, is just that: a virtual sandbox game in which players can mine for resources and build to their heart’s content. The only limit is one’s imagination. Minecraft has become extremely popular amongst💝 both adults and children.
With its online capability, of course some servers are subject to hac🌳kers, cheaters, and trolls. For those who moderate their own servers, a plugin was created for mods to . 🤪Using the plugin, mods can do such punishments as: making all other players invisible, messing with the player's chat, creating a firestorm around the player, and much more.
17 ꦑ 🔴 LoLing Into Suspension
League of Legends, or LoL for short, is a top-down multiplayer battle arena developed and published by Riot Games. The player controls a champion each with its own unique strengths and abilities in order to fight against other online players' champions. The game is played in teams with multiple online players making up opposing sides. League of Legends was incredibly well-received during its releasℱe in 2009 and has exponentially grown in popularity internationally. To keep the online community a safe place to play, for things like excessive taunting, verbal꧑ abuse, and so on. Guilty parties face chat restrictions, two week suspensions, and finally permanent bans.
16 🃏 The Best ♚FPS Ever Made?
Before games like Call Of Duty, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), and Overwatch were even born, Counter-Strike was the only haven for FPS enthusiasts looking to release their pent🌳 up rage. Before even console gaming became as wide and mainstream as it is now, gamers took to the mouse and keyboard to engage in what might be the best first-person shooter ever made. With its popularity came an incredible invasion of trolls. To combat this, many servers had money penalties for players who deliberately or accidentally engaged in friendly fire. Furthermore, there was vote-to-kick system in which players could vote to kick a certain player from the game.
15 ♋ Before The Sims, We Had... ꦇ
If you were a 90s kid, than you probably remember fads or trends like Tamogatchi or Neopets making their way through your school. However, a less known yet still incredibly popular online game during the late 90s and early 2000s was Habbo Hotel. The name must ring all sorts of nostalgia bells for millennials everywhere. The game was an online simulator of sorts! However, this would require other players to play along! Furthermore, the game revolved around the accumulation of furniture or “furni” with which players could decorate their rooms, trade, and even gamble with. In the game, swear words were strongly censored and if you attempted to swear it would be replaced with “bobba.” Furthermore, if pl🌌ayers harassed or trolled others too far they could be reported to a moderator and it would result in a ban.
14 🐈 Xbox's Poster Boy 🔥
The success of Microsoft’s voyage into the gaming industry with the Xbox, might largely be thanks to the incredible internationally renowned Halo. Halo started on the original Xbox and with numerous sequels made its way to the Xbox 360 and Xbox ONE. Halo is a first-person shooter about soldiers called “spartans” who have been biologically modified into super-soldiers in order to fight off the extra-terrestrial threat to mankind. While the game had an invigorating story and single player campaign, the growing popularity of online console gaming gave the Halo ꧋fans a new outlet. Online, players could face off in teams of varying sizes in a winner-take-all style deathmatch or other goal-based games like capture the flag. However, the game didn’t take too kindly to trolling friendly-fire🐷. If a player attacked their teammates too many times, a vote-to-kick option was given to the victim.
13 🎀 Defense Of The Servers 𒈔
Defense of the Ancients, or DotA for short, is a top-down online multiplayer battle arena expansion for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The gameplay is team-based with action-RPG battle mechanics being implemented. Players assume the control of one hero which they can level up and use to attack the opposing team’s base destroying the “Ancient” building in the center in order to win the game. DotA had incredible success and was world-renowned spawning sequels and inspired titles like Heroes of the Storm. Like many MMOs, the game had a typical punishment system to keep online communities safe and troll-free. Communication bans were enforced after enough reports from ⛎other players lasting 1-2 days and up to a week. P💟ermanent bans were enforced if hacking or server flooding was confirmed.
12 ꦓ License And Insurance๊, Please
While of course GTA developer Rockstar Games must have had their own punishment systems in place to deal with trolls, this entry is about a creative gamer who took justice into his own hands exploiting the game’s insurance system. Interestingly, when players create and modify their own cars in the online game, they can purchase insurance to reclaim the cars if they’re impounded by police, stolen, or destroyed. GTA trolls often loitered around body shops in the game waiting for players to come in and get their cars fixed, and would instead destroy them. However, if insured, the attacking player must pay 1.25 percent the cost of the car. This gamer souped-up a car to be worth around $1 million, which in turn would 💙, giving trolls the just desserts they deserve.
11 PlayerUnkown's Banning Grounds 🍎
When it comes to online shooters, undoubtedly nothing is hotter at the moment than PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds or PUBG. In a Battle Royale or Hunger Games-esque scenario, players parachute down from an airplane onto a large island in which there are numerous small towns, buildings, and settlements filled with equipment, weapons, and ammo. Players must find a location, gather enough꧋ supplies, and try to be the last one standing in this no-respawn deathmatch. The game can be played solo or in parties. The game has garnered incredible success🌳 in a relatively short amount of time and has accumulated a large following. Since there are no-respawns and the game has become highly competitive, developer, PUBG Corporation takes a strong stance against deliberate friendly-fire.