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Rubberbanding

Gaming slang

Being pulled back to where the server thinks you are after lag.

“Rubberbanded off the bridge into the enemy team.”

See also: Lag, Desync

How to use it

  • “Rubberbanded off the bridge into the enemy team.”

Related words

  1. LagWhen the game responds late because of your connection or the server. The universal excuse.
  2. DesyncWhen what you see and what the server sees disagree.

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