The result? The real students can’t join. The server lags. The game becomes unplayable. And the teacher is left staring at a screen full of zombies. Why do students do it?

Using tools like "Blooket Joiner" or "Blooket Flooder," a student (or anonymous troll) can paste a Game ID into a terminal or website, select a number like 500, and hit "Join." Within moments, the teacher’s pristine review game is overrun by usernames like "Bot_492," "YourClassIsOver," or the dreaded "Mr.SmithSucks."

After all, the first step toward building a firewall is learning how to break one.

“It’s not about hating Blooket,” explains Leo, a 14-year-old from Texas who admits to flooding games “a few times” in 2023. “It’s about seeing if you can break something. The teacher freaking out? That’s just a bonus.”

For some, it’s simple mischief—the digital equivalent of flicking a spitball. For others, it’s revenge: a way to derail a pop quiz they didn’t study for. But a surprising number of perpetrators are not trying to escape learning. They are, in a twisted way, fascinated by the power .