Ganking in World of Warcraft: Why does one do it?

 

Ganking in Blizzard's World of Warcraft is as unavoidable as breathing or running from Onyxia. Ganking has been defined as a large or more powerful group attacking a weaker one. It's also been used for players who will kill lower leveled characters or those who are currently engaged in another battle. The term originally meant Gang-kill (thus gank) where a group of players would kill a single individual. While ganking is common, a lot of players have really been complaining about it, with some going to more extreme measures to deal with it.

Now this topic has become a thread on the WoW-Europe forums and a user by the name of Vaneras has posted a list of reasons why people gank. he said that people gank because:

• Some gank because they think that that is what you are supposed to do when you are playing on a PvP realm.
• Some gank because they enjoy causing grief and take pleasure in trying to ruin the game experience for others.
• Some gank when they see red text above a target and doesn't really look at the level of the target.
• Some gank as an act of revenge.
• Some gank for the sport
• Some gank to provoke a response from the opposite faction in order to start some World PvP
• Some gank for no particular reason or because they are bored.

It should also be noted that some gank because they simply can. There are more reasons for ganking such as a certain user who's personal quest is to eliminate those with a silly name or guild name. I have to say that I find myself occasionally ganking for the same reasons as were given. What they didn't mention though is the fact that sometimes we gank because it looks funny. Sometimes, it's just hilarious to see Dwarves and Gnomes running from an enraged Orcish Shaman wielding elemental spells. How about you, what prompts you to gank?

Via WoW Europe Forums

 

Ganking in Blizzard's World of Warcraft is as unavoidable as breathing or running from Onyxia. Ganking has been defined as a large or more powerful group attacking a weaker one. It's also been used for players who will kill lower leveled characters or those who are currently engaged in another battle. The term originally meant Gang-kill (thus gank) where a group of players would kill a single individual. While ganking is common, a lot of players have really been complaining about it, with some going to more extreme measures to deal with it.

Now this topic has become a thread on the WoW-Europe forums and a user by the name of Vaneras has posted a list of reasons why people gank. he said that people gank because:

• Some gank because they think that that is what you are supposed to do when you are playing on a PvP realm.
• Some gank because they enjoy causing grief and take pleasure in trying to ruin the game experience for others.
• Some gank when they see red text above a target and doesn't really look at the level of the target.
• Some gank as an act of revenge.
• Some gank for the sport
• Some gank to provoke a response from the opposite faction in order to start some World PvP
• Some gank for no particular reason or because they are bored.

It should also be noted that some gank because they simply can. There are more reasons for ganking such as a certain user who's personal quest is to eliminate those with a silly name or guild name. I have to say that I find myself occasionally ganking for the same reasons as were given. What they didn't mention though is the fact that sometimes we gank because it looks funny. Sometimes, it's just hilarious to see Dwarves and Gnomes running from an enraged Orcish Shaman wielding elemental spells. How about you, what prompts you to gank?

Via WoW Europe Forums