Most gamers today don't even understand what the T-bag actually means, its synonmous with -blam!- You, and Go -blam!- yourself. Originally thats what it meant, over time however its lost the impact it once had it still means that to some people but most kids/teenagers today equate it to "I'm better than you" or "you're very bad at this game and I'm here to rub it in your face", so to what I call "Old Core Gamers" it still means -blam!- you or Go -blam!- yourself but to what I call "New Core Gamers" it's a simple rub it in your face statement. To some it really pisses them off and messes with their ability to concentrate on performing their best enabling you to gain an advantage over them, to others it drives them to do better than you which actually puts you at a slight disadvantage since you will most likely be frustrated by them returning the T-bag and driving you into the ground time after time. However after giving many people the Nuts of Glory I can confirm that eventually no matter how bad you are at games, no matter how good you are at games, if you are a good sport or a bad one, T-bagging will enrage you or your victims at least once during a game that will cause them to miss shots or make bad moves. TL;DR: T-bagging makes everyone mad regardless of whether they are good sports, good at the game or w/e eventually it will cause them enough strife they will mess up and get even more frustrated. For proof, go play rumble wait for the guy in first to die find his corpse and T-bag, repeat as many times as necessary, continue to do nothing but tbag other peoples kills and they will rage. even if your in dead last they will be determined to get retribution. For the record by many people I'm talking in the probably 1 million+ range, this is across 15 years of playing video games I usually bag for 3 or 4 seconds, a full minute if you are just a complete asshat tryhard in non tryhard(unranked/non-high-competitive) activities so we're talking around 3-6 Tbags a person per kill across 14 years and millions of kills (maybe even 10 million or more) so around 30-60 million Tbags I've given in 14 years. Thats alot of wear on the thumbs. Before anyone goes "your the saltiest damn person I've ever met", you need to know I play games an average of 4 hours a day at a minimum I've lost 20,000 or more hours of sleep in the course of 15 years playing games, the dark purple under my eyes is most likely permanent to be honest I'm surprised I can still see clear enough to read and walk. here lately and during times of unemployment it goes up to about 8-12 hours a day, [b]A DAY[/b], yes I still actually look for work but when you live in an overpopulated city callbacks are rare, especially when you look like you might be a serial killer/stalker or extreme deviant. continuing on as you know the typical match time for most Fps's is 15 minutes, so if 4 hours I can play 12 matches I normally average 10 to 26 kills a match and around 10 to 26 deaths (this is not an indication that I"m a ultra-shitty player rather its the range of kills and deaths I typically hit in a match, recently I've been averaging at least 1.4-1.5 a match, on my best matches I've hit 6.0, on my normal good matches I usually hit 2.0+ without breaking a sweat.)

It's a sportsmanship issue, plain and simple. This would be the equivalent of an athlete refusing to shake hands with the other team after a game.

I don't care if people tbag me, I chuckle to myself and envisage in my head a sad, little teenager in middle America who acts out in Crucible because his parents are getting a divorce and taking out his anger on a video game kill, usually more by luck than skill, is all the outlet they have for their anger. It's childish so I assume the people doing it are children and gloat that I live in my own house, run my own business, drive my own car and am beholden to no man. By all means carry on, you brighten my day.

Got kicked from skolas for tea bagging my teammate when he died: he said he was teaching me a lesson. I told him he did me a favor :)

I play a bit of crucible and I'm ok not great... I dislike tea bagging only because most times the person who does it has "cherry picked" you during a fair firefight and poached that persons work! (or my own) However if it's a one on one fight and my opponent comes out on top its not so bad... Only irritation while you watch your highlighted killer desecrate you they don't get killed while messing around! =P I don't tea bag as it also seems undermining to a person having a crack but I do crack a dance or a wave or even unload another clip into their carcass which is more for rubbing salt into the wound than putting a player down... So I'm also not innocent =D keep it up for the fun factor but remember to respect your opponent especially if you are way more skilled because even they have the guts to step into YOUR playlist and enjoy it's entirety =)

I T-bag when I defeat an opponent who could so easily beat me (ex: 1 vs 3, I have no health left, I get stuck reloading, he misses his super, etc.) but made "x" mistake and I end winning.

Teabagging is a legitimate but risky strategy!! I've been in games were we were losing big, I start teabagging, they get mad and start missing shots and making dumb plays. However I've also seen it backfire and motivate the opponent to play better and eventually win the match.

Teabagging is very childish and annoying. Only a very very immature person finds that shit amusing.

I love when people tbag at the end of a game after they've lost. "yess! I got you when it didn't matter, but couldn't all game long!"

Only happened to me once and actually found it quite amusing! Adds a little bit of interaction and banter to the game to remind you you're playing other people and not AI

It's the meaning behind it not the animation itself. It just shows you have no respect for your opponent.

To counter your argument, if it's just a game why are you compelled to tea bag? I suspect it's due to your own feelings of insecurity and that moment in a video game is the only time you have ever felt powerful or in control at any point in your life. I find it disrespectful exactly for the reason it's done to intimidate or get in the head of the other player. With so many variables in a FPS and especially this one, gun fights more often come down to connection and lag and less likely your "skill"! But tea bag away if that is your crowning achievement in life, I feel sorry for you.