verb, noun Gaming Slang

Sandbagging

· verb, noun · gaming

Deliberately playing below your level — hiding your real skill or holding back in a match.

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Intentionally underperforming. Could be a pro messing about in casuals, a smurf hiding their rank, or someone tanking a match for seeding reasons. Either way they're not playing their A-game on purpose.

“That guy was clearly sandbagging in pools then turned on the jets in top 8.”
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Sandbagging In A Sentence

That guy was clearly sandbagging in pools then turned on the jets in top 8.

Origin & Usage

General competition slang adopted across fighting games and gaming broadly.

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