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Some video games like COD or WoW have millions of followers around the world. This form of entertainment It is practiced by people of all ages, but preferably by the youngest. A video game player needs a console or a computer and the desire to have a good time in virtual experiences that allow him to be an active protagonist of fiction.

Video games as an online activity offer the possibility of interacting between several players and for the game to pass through Correct channels, a warning appears at the start of the game indicating a series of rules of behavior that must be respected. Thus, those players who do not comply with the rules will be expelled from the game. However, some gamers discover how to bypass the rules and restrictions, as they are expert programmers and know the ins and outs of video games perfectly. Well, these experts who know how to break the rules are known as kids rats

What does a rat boy do

The rat boy is a player in more than one game, but not just any player, since he tries to "mark his

territory"attracting attention in unsympathetic ways, and at the same time taking advantage of gaps in design or shortcuts.

This character not only wants to win a game, but also makes fun of the opponents and ridicules them, since we must not forget that they all contact each other through microphones.

In this way, you become an uncomfortable player for others and a threat for the normal development of an online video game. He has something of a saboteur, a joker and a provocateur.

Ratchildren are "hated" and admired. They are hated because they play with an advantage, but at the same time they are great specialists who are recognized for their skill Y skill.

A reflection on rat children

The rat boy acts in this way because he is morbid, that is, he feels a certain pleasure in humiliating his rivals. In the context of video games, the figure of the rat child can be valued as a character that gives color to the show, someone who breaks the rules of the game. We could say that he is the "bad guy", a character who does not provoke indifference.

Online video games cannot prevent intervention of the human factor in the game and in this way the rat children are dedicated to annoying others or, in more current terms, to trolling other players (the word trolling is already found in the DRAE and is defined as the action by which someone sarcastically mocks other).

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