Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Kombat 11 has effectively eliminated teabagging by introducing a taunt button for every character. However, players have already discovered a workaround that allows them to teabag their opponent while moving, potentially opening up new methods of spamming. While utilizing this method, players continue to debate the reasons why some players see teabagging as problematic.
NetherRealm Studio introduced a taunt button for every character in its latest fighting game. Activated by crouching four times in a row, the button causes a move labeled “taunt” to occur, typically resulting in a change in the character’s hurt box and subsequent visual animation.
It was expected that this change would entirely remove teabagging from the combat system. However, during the game’s online stress test, Twitter user TQT1995 showcases a method that evades this change, appearing to teabag their opponent while moving.
This workaround involves quickly swapping between crouching and moving forward to shuffle forward while teabagging. It resembles the wavedashing technique used in Super Smash Bros. much more than it resembles traditional teabagging, but it nevertheless demonstrates players’ ingenuity in finding alternative methods to the teabagging technique now that it cannot be utilized by holding forward and downwards.
NetherRealm’s efforts to remove teabagging have inadvertently turned it into a skill check. This may encourage more players to do it, whether intentionally or accidentally, which may not necessarily be viewed as a negative from the studio’s perspective.
The popularity of teabagging in Mortal Kombat 11 suggests that the community still desires the feature, or at least a similar high-frequency strategy. However, the game’s developers appear to be cognizant of this, and players have already found several possibilities for teabagging.
There is also a method that can be used by pressing the taunt button three times, moving slightly, and repeating. It’s slightly less elegant than the dashing approach but just as effective.
Alternatively, players could choose to respect each other online, even if the appeal of teabagging may be difficult to deny. However, the teabagging debate in Mortal Kombat 11 adds an unexpected and humorous twist to the game’s community discussions.
