A character who commits acts for no reason other than to upset the game. Such actions usually include a blatant disregard for the rules. Griefers will not be tolerated, and may not receive a warning before being removed from the game. HP – Hit points. The amount of physical punishment a character or monster can take.

A player who tries to spoil the fun of other players by harassing them. This behaviour is disapproved of by on-line gamers, and consequently griefer is a term of abuse.

a player bent on purposely frustrating others during a multiplayer game

a player that spends their time making everyone else miserable

Title for a player who enjoys inflicting pain upon other players needlessly. If you kill newbies in a PvP game when you are level 50, you will gain no experience or benefit from the victimization beyond the pure joy of knowing you have given the player "grief" . Though griefers are almost always PKers, PKers are not necessarily griefers.

A player that becomes socially distraught because of in-game aspects that they belive causes them to either lose or be set back, such as spawn camping or stealing.

An online game role player who sabotages the game by harassing, deceiving, cheating, robbing or killing newer players.

A person who purposely tries to annoy or anger other players.

A person who plays with the intention of annoying other players and disrupting gameplay. Griefers engage in abusive behaviour such as spamming chat channels, random player-killing, door blocking and just generally being an idiot.

Someone intent on ruining other peoples good time just to be a jerk

Griefer is a slang term for a player in an online, multiplayer computer game who deliberately sets out to harass other players by using or abusing unintended game mechanics with the intent of having a negative impact on a victim. Griefer is a term that is often used as an insult towards PvP gamers in general.