General / Off-Topic The Psychology of Ganking

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Why do gankers do what they do? Is it out of joy for the game, disdain for other players, psychopathy, sociopathy? Spoiled as a child? Mistreated as a child?

A lot of these could apply, I guess. Who knows? A gankers actions could be rooted in a plethora of reasons.

I imagine that a ganker's actions could even be the result of mistaking that CMDR he is ganking for the same inconsiderate person who saunters over to start asking questions and dig deep into work related issues every time he sits down at his desk with some food. Questions that could have otherwise been covered at ANY OTHER PART OF THE DAY when Idon't have hot, steaming food at my desk that's getting cold (and breathed on, I might add) right in front of you and I know you can see that and YOU. DON'T. CARE... you just don't.... care! Can you just wait ten or fifteen minutes for me to eat my food for Christ's sake!?!

I might gank someone over that.... I mean, if I knew what that was like.
 
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I prefer to not over-complicate it and just say they're doing it for fun.

And then I run away. Catch me if you can!
 

StiTch

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Nail hit on head. When I gank, I do it to appease the mental horrors of steaming food taunting me.

And you're trying to analyse the psyche of others?!


Un1k0rn said:
I prefer to not over-complicate it and just say they're doing it for fun.
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Oh wait, my mistake, I nearly forgot we're playing a game :)

Yeah. They do it for fun. And possibly to generate these kind of posts.

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StiTch said:
Nail hit on head. When I gank, I do it to appease the mental horrors of steaming food taunting me.

And you're trying to analyse the psyche of others?!

Oh wait, my mistake, I nearly forgot we're playing a game :)

Yeah. They do it for fun. And possibly to generate these kind of posts.

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The point is not ganking or gankers. The point is the inconsiderate people who choose to engage with me while I have a plate of food waiting to be eaten, and my rant about them.

Light-hearted humor :)

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znôrt said:
workaround: get out and gift yourself a proper meal. yes, every day. with appetizers. and a ristretto. and conversation. never forget that's the very reason you work for.
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I learned today what a "ristretto" is. Thread of no value suddenly has value :)

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Lianachan said:
I think there have actually been published studies into that.
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You mean the food thing? I'll bet there have been - like it's some kind of subconscious thing on the part of the interloper?

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Un1k0rn said:
I prefer to not over-complicate it and just say they're doing it for fun.

And then I run away. Catch me if you can!
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If people are interrupting my lunch for fun, then they are the dankest, gankiest gankers of all.
 
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StiTch

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vindelanos said:
The point is not ganking or gankers. The point is the inconsiderate people who choose to engage with me while I have a plate of food waiting to be eaten, and my rant about them.
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If this was satire you have my full apologies, but I couldn't follow your big paragraph properly.
 

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StiTch said:
If this was satire you have my full apologies, but I couldn't follow your big paragraph properly.
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Nah, no worries. I left it chaotic on purpose... like rant stream of consciousness stuff.

Besides, considering other threads on the faux subject I can understand why it would have been skimmed through.

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znôrt said:
workaround: get out and gift yourself a proper meal. yes, every day. with appetizers. and a ristretto. and conversation. never forget that's the very reason you work for: eating well.
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vindelanos said:
I learned today what a "ristretto" is. Thread of no value suddenly has value :)
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And on that note, I only drink black coffee (unless I'm having an Irish coffee), but you know I'm just not an espresso guy. Never have been. I don't find them enjoyable.
 
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Lianachan said:
There may well have been, but no - I was referring to the psychology of griefing in online games.
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Oh. I'm sure that one could find a wealth of reasons for that - everything from skill to fun to schadenfreud to roleplay.

What someone really needs to do a study on is the food thing. Here's my hypothesis on the matter...

Every one of us is a reaver and a raider at heart, wants to win the evolution game, and is willing to sacrifice the well-being of others around them to do so..

So, when I sit down with my plate of delicious food, tuck my napkin into my collar and sit with fork and knife posed ready to eat, something in the lower brain of the other person clicks. They think to themselves "Not only do I NOT want that person to be as happy as they are, I want to directly shift their happiness to me! I also am lacking the resources that they have amassed, and so must rampage and carry off their precious resources lest I lose the evolution game."

See, then the lower brain shoots that message to the higher brain, who filters it for context and the person thinks consciously "Ooh, now would be a good time to go talk to Vin about whether or not he submitted that change request for blah blah blah..."

What do you think?
 
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Lianachan

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vindelanos said:
Oh. I'm sure that one could find a wealth of reasons for that - everything from skill to fun to schadenfreud to roleplay.

What someone really needs to do a study on is the food thing. Here's my hypothesis on the matter...

Every one of us is a reaver and a raider at heart, wants to win the evolution game, and is willing to sacrifice the well-being of others around them to do so..

So, when I sit down with my plate of delicious food, tuck my napkin into my collar and sit with fork and knife posed ready to eat, something in the lower brain of the other person clicks. They think to themselves "Not only do I NOT want that person to be as happy as they are, I want to directly shift their happiness to me! I also am lacking the resources that they have amassed, and so must rampage and carry off their precious resources lest I lose the evolution game."

See, then the lower brain shoots that message to the higher brain, who filters it for context and the person thinks consciously "Ooh, now would be a good time to go talk to Vin about whether or not he submitted that change request for blah blah blah..."

What do you think?
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Hmm, I dunno. I'm not a psychologist, but as an archaeologist who's studied it, there's much to be learned about the function and structure of pre-historic societies from studying the evidence of feasting and conspicuous consumption. When the scenario you describe happens to me, which it does with monotonous regularity, I just put it down to the interloper being either extremely boring, or an inconsiderate jerk. Often, it's both.
 
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Arry

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Sacrifices have to be made, to the god of boredom. You're just in the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the wrong thing.
 

Minonian

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Boredom + stress, accompanied with the lack of compassion toward others, and the idea they are in the center of the universe, and whatever will be, their wishes must be fulfilled. Sometimes i see em as spoiled high handed brats whom pester their parents and friends.
 
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Arry said:
Sacrifices have to be made, to the god of boredom. You're just in the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the wrong thing.
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Minonian said:
Boredom + stress, accompanied with the lack of compassion toward others, and the idea they are in the center of the universe, and whatever will be, their wishes must be fulfilled. Sometimes i see em as spoiled high handed brats whom pester their parents and friends.
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Wait.... are we still talking about people who interrupt my lunch? Or are we talking about gankers?

BTW, znort, went out and had Mexican for lunch today. Had to settle for a root beer, but nobody bothered me :)
 

Arry

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vindelanos said:
Wait.... are we still talking about people who interrupt my lunch? Or are we talking about gankers?

BTW, znort, went out and had Mexican for lunch today. Had to settle for a root beer, but nobody bothered me :)
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Both I wrote two sentences, your questions are the wrong way around.
 

Strangepork

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I'd guess mistreated, maybe currently even as much as in the past, but also I suppose there are as many reasons for ganking as there are gankers.
 
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Minonian

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vindelanos said:
Wait.... are we still talking about people who interrupt my lunch? Or are we talking about gankers?
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What's the difference? Coitus interruptus is a killer! A say ya! :D

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Arry said:
Sacrifices have to be made, to the god of boredom. You're just in the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the wrong thing.
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The wrong thing what you doing is whatever you doing as far that idiot is bored...
 
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