Why does one gank??

Q u o t e:
What is the reason for you (in my case) Horde to get of your mount, gank a opposing player and then go on?...

For me its simple...i get off my mount and gank a lower player for one simple reason...PAYBACK! For the times it has happened to me...its a vicious circle isnt it??

So please...What is going through your heads when you see a member of the opposing faction just waiting for that nuke/Charge/stun-lock or whatever it is you do??

If it is red, it is dead :-)

Q u o t e:


Oh no! Vaneras made a spell error! (or was "read" intended?)

It wasn't intended... I guess I was too focused on rhyming when I wrote that ;-)

Q u o t e:

btw, people gank because they can.

I am sure this is a very common reason for why some people gank, but I am sure there are plenty of other motives involved as well like the reasons below:
- Some gank because they are following the lore of the game, and as such must attack members of the opposite faction whenever possible despite group size or level of the enemy.
- Some gank because they think that that is what you are supposed to do when you are playing on a PvP realm.
- Some gank because they enjoy causing grief and take pleasure in trying to ruin the game experience for others.
- Some gank when they see red text above a target and doesn't really look at the level of the target.
- Some gank as an act of revenge.
- Some gank for the sport
- Some gank to provoke a response from the opposite faction in order to start some World PvP
- Some gank for no particular reason or because they are bored.

I am sure that there are many more reasons than the ones I just mentioned :-)

Q u o t e:
none of those reasons apply for me!

for i am on the holy quest to eliminate any horde with a silly name or guildname!

will you join me?!?

I would, but it would not seem like a righteous quest, for I have seen many Alliance players with equally silly names or guildnames :-)