Halo developers shut down one of the dumbest myths surrounding the game

Halo Infinitewill reportedly ban you if you tea-bag someone, which one of the devs has called out as “not a thing.”

If you’re unfamiliar with tea-bagging in video games you’re either too young to know or you’ve only recently gotten into gaming, but in short it’s when you crouch up and down on top of a player you’ve killed in-game.

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It’s been a staple ofHalogames ever since the early days of online multiplayer, though in 2024 some consider it to be a bannable offence, a silly reality but it’s the one we live in.

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The discourse went a step further the other day when someone posted on X that they’d “just got banned onHalo Infinitefor bagging? WTF?!?”

Fans immediately turned to the developers for answers, to which one of the lead devs John Junyszeksaid: “Yeah, that’s not a thing. A 30 min timeout is automated and only happens after quitting multiple games in a short amount of time.

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Halo: Infiniteis actually well-worth playing right now if you haven’t logged in a while, it’s been updated extensively since launch with new content, cosmetics and general bug fixes.

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