At this time, it is common to see developers and publishers of online games taking actions to eradicate the behaviors that are usually associated with toxicity within the gamer community.
Take for example the teabagging, name of a real sexual practice that also serves to refer to the action of crouch down and stand up quickly over the body of a dead opponent.
It is a behavior that occurs mainly in first and third person shooters, and although it has been there since playing online was standardized in the two thousand, the truth is that you are linked to online toxicity, even if for some users it is funny.
In that context, a Reddit user discovered that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has an achievement that revolves around teabagging and rewards him with a keychain that hangs on the rifle.
The achievement does not use the term ‘teabagging’, it is called Sweet Tunes and to remove it it is necessary ‘quickly crouch on top of several players after killing them’, according to the official description in the game.
The post on Reddit sparked conversation between users. Of course there are those who observe validation of toxic behaviors and there are also those to whom it is indifferent the recognition of teabagging.
Another user noted that this is not the first time that a Call of Duty validates the behavior, since it had already appeared in Call of Duty: Ghosts through an order that awarded extra experience to whoever did it.
Beyond the discussion about whether it is toxic behavior, it is still striking that Activision and Infinity Ward reward teabagging, especially considering that their policies for ban problem players have been strengthened since Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone went on the market.
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