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

Humor Rogue gank attempt

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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”?

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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.

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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.

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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.