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- verb Present participle of
gank . - noun Action of the verb to
gank .
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Examples
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But repeated "ganking", as the act of unfairly attacking and killing of low level characters has come to be known, may ruin the game by the sheer brutality involved when attacking players who are at a significant disadvantage, or without warning.
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There's also a more prurient question about lowbie ganking which is most certainly pertinent.
Kill Ten Rats Dragon 2008
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"ganking," a process where the Killer takes their strong character to a place where inexperienced or weaker characters reside, and proceeds to kill them repeatedly.
Deeplinking 2010
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I recognize that any such social contract will not generally ban RMT, ganking, or talking about the Yankees which really ought to be banned in RL, but, hey, one windmill at a time.
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I recognize that any such social contract will not generally ban RMT, ganking, or talking about the Yankees which really ought to be banned in RL, but, hey, one windmill at a time.
February 2010 2010
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And how to shoot through walls at all the normal ganking spots...
L4D: how to one-shot the Witch Alice 2009
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 Plus it didn’t help their cause that I played on a PvP server and the Horde was always ganking my ass.
Review: Star Trek Alien Spotlight: Klingons | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The first crucifixion is being doled out to "Cynewulf," played by a 27 year-old electrical engineer from Flint, Michigan, whose crime is "ganking" (ripping off) new players as they first appear in game.
- Boing Boing 2006
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I was drinking Guiness and was ganking helpless noobs in Arathi Basin myself.
The Republican debate. Ann Althouse 2008
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I was drinking Guiness and was ganking helpless noobs in Arathi Basin myself.
The Republican debate. Ann Althouse 2008
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One such example is "ganking" or "owning", a process where the Killer takes their strong character to a place where inexperienced or weaker characters reside, and proceeds to kill them repeatedly.
Bartle taxonomy of player types - Wikipedia Contributors to Wikimedia projects 2023
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