Fighting game community in a flap over Killer Instinct teabagging ban

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The organisers of a big, upcoming Killer Instinct tournament have banned teabagging - a decision that's sparked a vociferous debate within the fighting game community.
The people behind the Killer Instinct World Cup, set to take place in March in Texas, served notice of the ban on Twitter (thanks, EventHubs).
Teabagging is perhaps most famous in first-person shooters such as Halo, but it's prevalent in fighting games, too. In the likes of Killer Instinct and Street Fighter, repeatedly pressing down so your character crouches in quick succession is considered teabagging - a virtual taunt more annoying than the built-in taunts the characters have at their disposal. In fighting games, you'll sometimes see players teabag their opponents when it looks like they're going to win the round - or their opponent is "dizzied".
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