A "Griefer" is a term most commonly used in GTA V referring to someone who repetetly kills/blows up players or cargo for no reason.
by BeachedBoat September 22, 2020
Someone on an Internet Forum Board, who repeatedly harasses another person, intending to drive them off the Forum, and/or ruining the entire Internet experience of the target by following them to other boards to continue the harassment.
Griefers are adept at following Forum rules while violating their spirit...or have managed to ingratiate themselves with Administrators, so that they rarely get punished for their actions.
Griefers are basically cowards who hide behind a screen name and would not have the sack to say to anyone's face, what they say to people online.
Tactics used by griefers:
1. Making "clever" comments - Making carefully crafted nasty comments to or about another member. The comments stay within the rules while violating the spirit of the rules.
2. Gang-banging or dogpiling: Recruiting others (usually their online friends) into joining them in targeting the victim.
3. Flame-baiting: See #1 above - done in order to goad the victim into responding in a manner in violation of the rules, out of anger - causing the victim to then be punished/banned by the Forum Administrator (pets of Forum Admins frequently do this and get away with it.)
4. Stalking: After driving the target off the Forum, following them to other Forums to continue the attacks.
5. Drive-by: Signing up under a different name in order to take a cheap shot at the target. Griefers also frequently use other tactics, including using a fake IP address when griefing, in order to avoid punishment.
Griefers are adept at following Forum rules while violating their spirit...or have managed to ingratiate themselves with Administrators, so that they rarely get punished for their actions.
Griefers are basically cowards who hide behind a screen name and would not have the sack to say to anyone's face, what they say to people online.
Tactics used by griefers:
1. Making "clever" comments - Making carefully crafted nasty comments to or about another member. The comments stay within the rules while violating the spirit of the rules.
2. Gang-banging or dogpiling: Recruiting others (usually their online friends) into joining them in targeting the victim.
3. Flame-baiting: See #1 above - done in order to goad the victim into responding in a manner in violation of the rules, out of anger - causing the victim to then be punished/banned by the Forum Administrator (pets of Forum Admins frequently do this and get away with it.)
4. Stalking: After driving the target off the Forum, following them to other Forums to continue the attacks.
5. Drive-by: Signing up under a different name in order to take a cheap shot at the target. Griefers also frequently use other tactics, including using a fake IP address when griefing, in order to avoid punishment.
by Kalisiin December 28, 2010
1.) An annoying asshole who goes into minecraft servers for the purpose of destroying structures that took hours to build, which usually requires you to rebuild from scratch.
by MimeStalker April 22, 2011
A player in an online multiplayer game whose goal is to be as absolutely obnoxious to other players, typically for teh lulz. This is traditionally actions such as team killing, team wounding, blocking, and spawn camping. Note that it is a misconception among a large part of the internet (particularly care bears, noobs, and nublets) that complaining to or about a griefer will deter them. In fact it is the opposite; this is the ultimate confirmation that they are annoying other players.
See: pwned.nl
"LEAVE! LEAVE BEFORE THE ADMIN BANS YOU!" - Konane
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"OMGGGG ADMIN BAN THE TKER!!!1!!111!!! HES A GRIEFER!1!!" - n00b who thinks there is an admin online
"LEAVE! LEAVE BEFORE THE ADMIN BANS YOU!" - Konane
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"OMGGGG ADMIN BAN THE TKER!!!1!!111!!! HES A GRIEFER!1!!" - n00b who thinks there is an admin online
by Toluene October 28, 2010
The term for someone who destroys other peoples creations in Minecraft. Often piss people off and have been banned multiple times. A famous league of griefers is Team Avolition. Many people are Avo wanna-be's, but they will never truly be as good at griefing as they are.
Example 1:
Steve: "What happened to my castle?"
Griefer: "I griefed you beotch!"
Server: "Griefer has been banned"
Example 2:
Steve: "Why must Avo grief us? Now there are so many wanna-be's"
Player 2: "I know man hours of work wasted by uncreative griefing"
Steve: "What happened to my castle?"
Griefer: "I griefed you beotch!"
Server: "Griefer has been banned"
Example 2:
Steve: "Why must Avo grief us? Now there are so many wanna-be's"
Player 2: "I know man hours of work wasted by uncreative griefing"
by minecrafterlol April 26, 2011
The absolute scum of all online communities.
Griefers are all the sadistic weirdos who can't seem to relax and enjoy life.
They spend most of there time delighting in violence, destruction, and pointless harassment all of which can be repaired by a moderator in under 30 seconds.
The only places where griefing is allowed or encouraged is backwater minecraft servers run by griefers to get there needless sadism out on each other.
The majority of griefers cry themselves to sleep at night knowing they are wasting the time doing nothing to nobody but themselves and that every trace of there rampages is erased in seconds and all memory of them forgotten.
Griefers are all the sadistic weirdos who can't seem to relax and enjoy life.
They spend most of there time delighting in violence, destruction, and pointless harassment all of which can be repaired by a moderator in under 30 seconds.
The only places where griefing is allowed or encouraged is backwater minecraft servers run by griefers to get there needless sadism out on each other.
The majority of griefers cry themselves to sleep at night knowing they are wasting the time doing nothing to nobody but themselves and that every trace of there rampages is erased in seconds and all memory of them forgotten.
Log-in: Griefer
Griefer :TTROOOLLLOLLLOLL XD I am teh hackzz!
Mod: >:(
Griefer: lol stupid mods are stupid Imma break your house :P :P :P :P
Mod: -.- are you really that stupid?
Griefer: Your house is on fire azzhole beter plt it out. Can i haz diamonds plox plox plox?
Mod: /ban Griefer
Log-out: Griefer
Mod: /rollback blocks Griefer 1D
Server: all damage repaired
Griefer: *cuts self and cries*
Griefer :TTROOOLLLOLLLOLL XD I am teh hackzz!
Mod: >:(
Griefer: lol stupid mods are stupid Imma break your house :P :P :P :P
Mod: -.- are you really that stupid?
Griefer: Your house is on fire azzhole beter plt it out. Can i haz diamonds plox plox plox?
Mod: /ban Griefer
Log-out: Griefer
Mod: /rollback blocks Griefer 1D
Server: all damage repaired
Griefer: *cuts self and cries*
by Blarny July 24, 2012
An annoying little twat who thinks he's being funny by purposefully being counter-productive in a game just to piss everyone off. Basically a pseudo-troll. But what this pseudo-troll doesn't realize is everyone in the room has reported him ages ago. But, hey, how else is he going to vent his sexual frustration?
by 69Butts February 22, 2015