Griefing is an ancient practice that has been present in Minecraft from the moment multiplayer was enabled. In its simplest form, griefing is the purposeful destruction, trolling, and corruption of a Minecraft server. Griefing is not allowed in most servers. However, some servers (anarchy or faction servers) do not have penalties against it.
As seen in the image above, players have intentionally griefed the spawn of the 2b2t anarchy server, which is allowed due to its “no rules” policy. Many players find this type of gameplay attractive, as seen by the popularity of the 2b2t server.
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Trolling techniques
This video above discusses the first “war” that took place on the 2b2t server in which the first large faction attempted to prevent newer players from gaining power.
The video also explains another offensive griefing technique known as “alternate profiles.” Members of a faction will commonly create alternate profiles and attempt to join their enemy’s faction. This allows them to be aware of base locations and share that information with their actual faction.
Players who are into the idea of griefing and free-for-all gameplay are highly recommended to try out the 2b2t server. As it is the second oldest Minecraft server in existence, a complete ten-year timeline of the 2b2t server can be seen here.