Poll: That was a punk move, dude.

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Space Spoons

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When one plays co-op games, one generally plays in a way that's beneficial to both oneself and one's partner. You watch his back when he's reloading, he revives you when you're down... You look out for eachother. A true sense of camaraderie, and perhaps even brotherhood, can emerge from this style of gaming. Anyone who has experienced it can tell you it's very rewarding.

But what about when you're feeling mean?

We've all done it at some point; don't try to deny it. Maybe your partner was low on health, and you snatched the last health pickup despite having full health yourself. Maybe you decided to take advantage of the fact that all the enemies seemed to be focusing on your partner by hanging back and letting him take the fall. Or maybe you just wanted to see what would happen if you stuck a sticky grenade to the back of your partner's head while he was in the midst of a sniper spree.

This maneuver, my friends, is known as the "punk move." It's unforgivable, it's detrimental to the game, and it makes you look like a douche... But you have to admit, it's fun.

Escapists, let's hear your stories. I know you've got 'em, you're an eclectic bunch.
 

Death Magnetic

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If I play with friends, I teamkill every chance I get because I'm an ass. And it's fun to do so, especially if there trying very hard.

-Ricky
 

Supernovajake

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Playing MGO, me and one team mate ended up trying to "Punk Move" eachother. A narrow alley, possible ambush at the end, and we ended up running in circles around eachother (trying to let the other go first) before being blown up by a grenade.
Apparently there was an ambush waiting for us.
 

Bagaloo

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I enjoy it sometimes, and I don't mind if it happens to me.
However, on far to many occasions its gone waaaaay to far, resulting in team kills/general bastardly behaviour far longer than it was funny :(
 

LewsTherin

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Toss a grenade into the base as I'm leaving. Hey, I'm laughing.

EDIT: It was filled with fusion coils. And only had one room. ^^
 

NeedAUserName

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One does enjoy a bit of camaraderie, does one. After which one likes to go out for a spot of hunting, followed up with some tea and crumpets, one does enjoy that greatly.

But seriously until know I had never heard of this phenomenon. Although I don't know if it counts, but if you're under heavy fire and trying to get through a doorway and some idiot is standing/crouching/lying in the middle of it making it impossible to get through. Generally resulting in your death. Now thats just plain annoying.
 

sheic99

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I did that to my friend while playing a Zombie game on css. We were using team speak to formulate plans. Well I became alpha zombie and he did not realize, so he told me where he was so we could barricade.
 

qbert4ever

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Yes, but not since the days of Halo 1, back when the shotgun was actually good and ammo for it was worth its weight in gold. Even then, though, only when it is very funny. After all, games are about having fun, and being a team-killing dick or a "must win at all times" tool sucks the fun right out of it.
 

Graustein

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Nope, I don't do that.

Although my friend did it once in Diablo2 to our other friend. He was a holy shock paladin and the victim was a skeleton necromancer. He stood right next to our friend and went hostile with Holy Shock on. The skeletons all died simultaneously. Was hilarious.
 

Fire Daemon

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If I'm playing on a high dificulty such as Legendary in Halo 3, Insane on Gears of War or Realistin in Rainbow Six Vegas I will not stuff around and will do my best to help out my friends.

If we are playing on a lower difficulty which usually means were trying to find all the hidden stuff then I do stuff around, pretty much as you described.
 

OverlordSteve

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Only when playing multiplayer against each other. I'll switch to guns during knife fights and the like. Hey, it's all in good fun.

They let me do it because I suck at multiplayer.
 
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I love a good punk move as much as the next man. I used to play Crackdown co-op with a friend. We were looking for orbs at the top of a huge cliff. I told him there was one just over the side of the cliff so he runs to the edge to peer over...I kicked him in the ass and laughed my tits off as he bounced off the rocks on the way down, cursing me out over the headset as he fell. If I play counter-strike with my little brother it brings out the asshole in me as well, mostly because he is better than me...often this will manifest itself in me dropping a flashbang in front of him and running away giggling...or hiding most of the round away, passing up perfectly good kills just to get the chance at stabbing him in the back.