A player or team member whose contributions are so counterproductive they are effectively dealing damage to their own side. In gaming, negative DPS is the darkly funny scenario where someone's actions — pulling extra enemies, breaking crowd control, using abilities at wrong times — causes more problems than they solve, making them a net negative on the fight. The term has spread as a general insult for anyone who seems to be working against the group's interests: the coworker who creates more work than they complete, the teammate who actively undermines the strategy, the friend whose help always makes things worse.
He kept breaking my CC and pulling adds — buddy was running actual negative DPS, costing us the whole fight.
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