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{{see also|Griefing}}
 
While players most often use video game exploits to gain a gameplay relevant advantage for themselves, sometimes they instead use them to irritate other players, also known as [[griefer|griefing]].<ref name="Tavinor 09" /> One team of gamers in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' produced popular online videos demonstrating their griefing with several exploits present in the game, most of them being of little intended gameplay use.<ref name="Gillen 08">{{cite web |url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_147/4856-Team-Roomba |title=Team Roomba |author=Gillen, Kieron |work=The Escapist |date=29 April 2008 |access-date=11 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501083121/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_147/4856-Team-Roomba |archive-date=1 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Another famous incident during the ''[[Ultima Online]]'' [[beta test]] saw a player kill [[Lord British]] when that character was supposed to be invincible; the tester was later banned for exploiting because he did not report the bugs he found.<ref name="Lee 97">{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/1997-09-23/news/ultimate-ultima/ |title=Ultimate Ultima |date=23 September 1997 |author=Lee, Edmund |work=The Village Voice |access-date=11 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914060506/http://www.villagevoice.com/1997-09-23/news/ultimate-ultima/ |archive-date=14 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==Common types==