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Why Do Survivors 'Waggle' On The Ground?

StarLost
StarLost Member Posts: 8,077

Always wondered about this.

You knock someone down, and they waggle from side to side.

Is it BM?

Are they saying 'don't pick me up?'

Did they poop themselves?

Comments

  • FixtionuL
    FixtionuL Member Posts: 54

    I don't play survivor much but only time I'll sometimes do it is on death hook saying please no killer leave me, or most recently I remember was getting tunneled after looping the killer for 3 gens and as he was staring at me waiting out the DS I didn't have I was menacingly wiggling on the ground towards him making him back away from me.

  • Hannacia
    Hannacia Member Posts: 1,286

    When i do it im only making the killer notice me and hook me. Unless its ghostface then im just announcing my forever love towards him and hoping he wont kill me šŸ’œšŸ’œ

  • Satelit
    Satelit Member Posts: 1,377

    I'm just keeping my hands occupied

  • If they aren't going to heal they might as well crawl or wiggle side to side just to keep busy. Much like being on a hook. I'd hate to play spectator simulator where I cant do anything at all. It would bore me to death

  • Heartbound
    Heartbound Member Posts: 3,255

    I do it as preparation for wiggling, but I like to imagine it as protesting being picked up.

  • AetherBytes
    AetherBytes Member, Alpha Surveyor Posts: 3,033
  • Dino7281
    Dino7281 Member Posts: 3,294

    It's same as why I dance on hook, I am just bored...

  • Shroompy
    Shroompy Member Posts: 6,498

    I do it to mooncrawl šŸ˜Ž

  • GoodBoyKaru
    GoodBoyKaru Member Posts: 22,777

    Because being slugged is boring but necessary so I might as well make it more fun for me.

  • Grandpa_Crack_Pipe
    Grandpa_Crack_Pipe Member Posts: 3,306

    Because it looks funny, and I don't have a whole lot of other things to be doing on the ground.

  • Thusly_Boned
    Thusly_Boned Member Posts: 2,915

    I do almost every time; a breakdown of why:

    1. I am just pre-emptively getting into wiggle mode (like 95% of the time)
    2. I just got downed off hook and I am telling the killer off in the only way available to me at the time (like 5% of the time)
  • fogdonkey
    fogdonkey Member Posts: 1,567

    They are bored to death.

  • NOEDENJOYER
    NOEDENJOYER Member Posts: 237

    Clearly its "No UwU big daddy killer please don't hook me I beg please :3"

  • Marc_go_solo
    Marc_go_solo Member Posts: 5,213

    I'll do it to try to tell other survivors the killer is still near. Most times it is a waste of wiggle, but on the odd occassion the killer buggers off and I'm revived safely. Probably more by luck than judgement, but I like to feel I'm doing my bit.

  • IamFran
    IamFran Member Posts: 1,616
    edited January 2022

    Because they're starting to mash AD AD before being grabbed by the killer for not losing any second of wiggle, It's pretty obvious, haha.

  • SMitchell8
    SMitchell8 Member Posts: 3,302

    Probably to pre warn you that you will soon be entering a struggle contest or perhaps signalling to a nearby player to try and bait a hit or pallet save. Maybe it wastes a fraction of time for the killer to get the pick up command??

  • ShinobuSK
    ShinobuSK Member Posts: 5,279

    To say "Oh no, dont hook me Mr Killer"

  • Kira4Evr
    Kira4Evr Member Posts: 2,025

    I just do it because I look like a worm

  • Milo
    Milo Member Posts: 7,383

    It funi

  • oxygen
    oxygen Member Posts: 3,315

    I do it because it looks silly, and I doubt there's a lot of people that do it for any reason more complicated than that. Same reason I crawl backwards/"mooncrawl" or swish my survivor's body back and forth like a broom, it just looks goofy.

  • Zozzy
    Zozzy Member Posts: 4,759

    wiggle macro.

  • Mat_Sella
    Mat_Sella Member Posts: 3,555

    its fun to do

  • ThanksForDaily
    ThanksForDaily Member Posts: 1,304

    Omg what is this thread. This is a preparation for wiggling and because they're bored. Nothing else.

  • Firellius
    Firellius Member Posts: 4,296

    Because they can do literally nothing else.

  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Member, Administrator, Mod Posts: 17,732

    The same reason why people spam A-D while running, the answer is "Why not?", it looks funny, it's a way to kill time while slugged and some people start wiggling the moment they get downed out of habit and muscle memory.

  • Wulfasger
    Wulfasger Member Posts: 67

    The animation of waggling is hilarious if you spam A D. It always reminds me spiderman crawls on the wall. And it looks cute on female characters, i do that mostly because of this.

  • Juicyman
    Juicyman Member Posts: 136

    I do it when I massively misplay as a way to show I'm laughing such as a really dumb vault or a very questionable reverse pallet drop.

  • Aurelle
    Aurelle Member Posts: 3,611

    I do it out of boredom or just to make it more fun.

  • Huge_Bush
    Huge_Bush Member Posts: 5,340

    For me, I'm saying "Please Good Sir, don't hook me. That meat hook is mighty painful and I'd prefer to remain here on this comfortable soil".

    I also wiggle if there is only one other teammate left, in hopes they realize I'm saying "no, don't rescue me, save yourself".

  • El_Gingero
    El_Gingero Member Posts: 1,147

    I do it to let them know that they only downed me because Iā€™m on console.

  • Hoodied
    Hoodied Member Posts: 13,019

    On console, you can "MoonCrawl" as I call it


    Its like moon walking, but while in the dying state and I love doing it

  • Laluzi
    Laluzi Member Posts: 6,092

    When I spam AD while running, it's because I have my camera trained on a certain point and need to adjust my vector because where I want to run doesn't fall on one of the 90* angles. It does look silly, but that's not the reason.

  • Marigoria
    Marigoria Member Posts: 6,090

    I do it if the killer nods

  • DeadByStreetlight
    DeadByStreetlight Member Posts: 150

    Mostly it's the perperation and "Nooo don't pick me up" or "that not really worked well" when dieing in a pallet or running in a dead end. In that case the killer mostly shakes the head too. šŸ™‚

  • brokedownpalace
    brokedownpalace Member Posts: 8,797

    I do it because we used to be able to spin in circles on the ground and it looked ridiculous so now I try my best to spin as fast as I can lol

  • Idontknowtbh
    Idontknowtbh Member Posts: 467

    I do it if I get downed and the killer doesn't pick me up to let the others know I'm a tap away from getting up

  • SudoK7
    SudoK7 Member Posts: 68

    I'm sure most people including myself do it to prepare to wiggle out of the killer's gasp

  • AnnaEliza365
    AnnaEliza365 Member Posts: 141

    I do it to let the other surv know not to come pick me up -- usually when the killer has an insta down power with insideous, or is slugging for the 4k or something. Just to let them know to hide and try to find hatch when it spawns.

  • Brokenbones
    Brokenbones Member Posts: 5,168

    Funny

  • Orionbash
    Orionbash Member Posts: 765

    In my case it just means don't pick me up.

  • ThiccBudhha
    ThiccBudhha Member Posts: 6,987

    They are trying to tell you that no means no. But without words, who can tell really. I suggest you use yes. Always the best option.

  • RainehDaze
    RainehDaze Member Posts: 2,573

    Sometimes, I just stand and watch and try to understand the interpretive dance...

  • StarLost
    StarLost Member Posts: 8,077

    What's funny is that I always interpreted it as 'hey, I'm over here - pick me up'.