
But there’s also the possibiity that the bots simply learned the behavior from the players themselves, a case of AI see, AI do. I mean, there’s always the possibility that 343 Industries programmed these bots to teabag and make sure the AI has internalized the ways and traditions of Halo culture. That Halo Infinite bots have been discovered teabagging is not only hilarious but should give pause to those who fear the onset of an AI apocalypse. In the decades since, teabagging is a gesture that receives continuous use, a playfully disrespectful expression that has made its way to many other shooters.

As one of the first console shooters to introduce a camera that let you see the surroundings of your corpse seconds before respawning, players discovered that a simple crouch and uncrouch was a hilarious way of letting the newly dead know they just got pwned. Teabagging is a iconic, time-worn maneuver that has been a part of the Halo multiplayer experience ever since the series’ first multiplayer seasons in 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved.
