Understanding and Dealing with Ganks and Gankers

[Ridley_Rohan]

Here is a ganker who openly admits to loving the grief of other players:

Ganking makes Eve a better place

First, I love seeing the teary eyed posts of those bent on quitting because they were ganked. Every time you do that, you feed the need. I gank a lot these days and tears are the best part. I have been playing more than a decade and I still get ganked from time to time. Every time it happens, I realize once again that I was stupid. Gankers remind us that everything has limits and to learn those limits. Subtleties of what you can do and can’t do are things people must learn. A 0.6 system i…

And another that openly admits to actively griefing

I WAS A CODE. SPACE BULLY

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with ganking in Highsec. It’s allowed by the rules. I don’t think there is anything wrong with the permit / extortion racket either, as that’s allowed. Going above and beyond these activities to then attempt to induce anger on the part of the person behind the computer for the purpose of making fun of them on the blog, though? Playing people’s emotions to make them quit the game? Are these things good sportsmanship, metagaming and okay behavior? I’ll introdu…

To say they are all like that is as laughable as saying none are like that. Its just obviously and patently false, with the latter being just plain absurd.

To many this attitude is simply incomprehensible. But those people exist and they cannot be fixed, or at least not easily, with text messages. Don’t waste your time or emotions trying. Just talk to people who actually and only want to help you.