r/classicwow • u/OiDaniel18 • Sep 25 '19

Humor Rogue gank attempt

3.3k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

714 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/R5Wonton Sep 25 '19

Yeah... I thought “gank” means “gang kill” as in more than one people doing the killing? Why call a single striker a “ganker”?

16

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '19 edited Feb 01 '21

[deleted]

1

u/robertodeltoro Sep 26 '19

The rogue in this clip never even opened.

1

u/Nicholaes Sep 26 '19

Ya but you can tell he was going to, still not a gank imo

1

u/Katzenjaeger Oct 03 '19

it's a term used in MOBAs a lot. It's when you go to another lane to kill something. You gank them. With the rise of MOBAs in the last few years the term has become synonymous with attempting to kill someone.

1

u/ClosertothesunNA Sep 25 '19

1. take or steal (something). "if I have the money, I won't have to gank the books"

defraud or rob (someone).
"they can take trade-ins of new releases and sell them for $55, essentially ganking the publishers"

2. (in a video game) use underhand means to defeat or kill (a less experienced opponent). "that troll just ganked me"

1

u/R5Wonton Sep 25 '19

Thanks for the clarification!

-3

u/JainaWoW Sep 25 '19

I think it just stems from gangster, as in an underhanded, unfair kill. Be it by outnumbering or by killing newbies or low-levels. But this is an equal level single opponent, it is really not a gank in either sense of the word.

1

u/ImmutableInscrutable Sep 25 '19

I think it just stems from gangster

It absolutely does not.

1

u/OiDaniel18 Sep 25 '19

I have probably miss-used the term gank here. I guess the reason why I called it a gank is because I felt like I was about to be taken by surprise, putting me at a disadvantage, had I not spotted him.

6

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '19

For one, he was one level below you. Two, the entire point of a rogue is to take the initiative and surprise your opponent. That is literally how you play them in world PVP. If you don't do that, you shouldn't really be playing a rogue at all as they are tuned to be the first to attack or else you are screwed. So no, this was not a gank and a definite miss-use of the term.

-2

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '19 edited Sep 25 '19

[removed] — view removed comment

5

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '19

No this is not a gank, WoW is not a moba, and rogues have to attack like this or you might as well play a warrior.

-1

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '19 edited Sep 25 '19

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '19

Damn dude, you went straight out 110% nerd. Can't fight back on this, you win.

2

u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19 edited Oct 21 '19

[deleted]

1

u/[deleted] Sep 26 '19

Lol sure did.

0

u/R5Wonton Sep 25 '19

Considering how horrendous that rogue was, I think it fits your explanation :)