The Escapist is always known for well-written commentary, and this
article is no exception. Entitled "dood, it's part of the game," author Greg Tito tries to understand the inner psyche
of vindictive World of Warcraft players. It is the case study of a certain level 60 Tauren who maliciously
killed the author's level 29 Night Elf priest over and over again for the span of an hour. The Tauren, who is referred
to as "Hellacow" (not his real name), did not receive any bonus, gold, or experience for attacking a lower-level, so
what would compel a player to spend 90 minutes over 19 rounds of corpse-camping and "ganking" (where one spits on the
body of his fallen adversary).
Fortunately, the author had a chance to speak with his assaulter, and his responses were varied and interesting, and
the author does his best to explain each reason. The most poignant reason was that the same thing happened to him when
he was lower level, thus justifying a cyclical phenomenon. Have you ever had to deal with a similar situation, be it as
the victim or the attacker?
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