Guide To CoH Ganking.


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As King of Everything I have a lot of responsibilities. As anyone who’s ever been a King can tell you, concubines don’t just impregnate themselves, nor do heads fall from the shoulders of those who stand against the throne, without a little Kingly involvement. My schedule is chock full of beheadings, grape feeding sessions and hot, steamy harem action, so much so that I now have to do all three at once if I want to get anything done! It was a little weird at first, but after a while you get used to the sight of bloody gore whilst having a hand full of grapes shoved down your throat as a dozen or so naked, well lubricated, goddesses slip and slide around your massive chest.

In any case, thanks to this new multitasking system, I have found the time to once again help the little guy (that would be you) out with some sage like advice on a subject that has been getting quite a bit of press lately.

What is a Gank Group, Oh Mighty King?

I’m glad you asked, peasant. A Gank Group, or Supergroup in some cases, is a collection of digital champions who have a tendency to cause a number of emotions in those around them. These feelings vary greatly among the populace, usually starting at scorn and ending somewhere near abject hatred. The reasons for this are largely unknown, but studies tend towards the idea that Gank Group members are usually, right bastards.

A Gank Group consists of several key elements that when combined allows them to rise above the common odour of the other stinky RP'rs, into the incredible stench that their kind are renowned for. These elements are vital when it comes to being successful as a Gank Group, and missing just one alone will demote your crew of super humans to mere peasantry on the battlefield. Allow me to make things easy for your simple, simian like minds, by describing in detail what these elements are:

The Five Elements of Gank Group Zen

Element 1: Server Selection

Before you can pwn it up on the virtual battlefield, you need to choose which server’s Warburg you’re going to pwn it up on. Choosing an Warburg can be tough, because even though there are many different Warburg's out there, not all of them are going to give you the conditions that you will need to thrive. For example, if you choose an Warburg that is populated by competent players, you are going to find yourself eating more dirt than dishing it. If on the other hand you can find a server where the inhabitants are only just capable of getting to Warbrug, and once there have no idea on how to get back and as a result run around in circles screaming for aid, then brother, you’ve found the Warburg you’re looking for!


Element 2: AT Selection

The next thing you need to sort out is the realm you’re going to play in your new Warburg. Firstly, you need to select the most powerful realm of the time. Not necessarily in numbers mind you, just in classes and abilities. There are two ways to do this:

1) Head to CoH main boards and have a read through the nerf and whine posts. After a few hours of this bittersweet exercise you’ll have a pretty good idea of what classes are most broken, and in all likelihood an inoperable tumour of the eyes to boot! The next step is easy!

Element 3: Group Makeup

This is one of the most vital steps in the Zen of uber gankage. You can’t always rely on skill and cunning to get you the masses of pwn points you’re destined to achieve, and you more than likely don’t have those to begin with! Indeed, you’re going to need the perfect group to carry you to the dizzying heights of Gank Group Mountain! There’s only one sure fire way to make sure you get that right: Fill up on as many broken [censored] AT's as you can find, and lie cheat and steal your way through as many hami raids you can attend.

Element 4: Attitude

The general attitude of your group or guild is of great importance. You must act superior, aloof, and quite frankly as rude as possible, if you want to ensure that those around you know that you’re better than them. You’re not here to chat with the vermin! You’re not here to role-play a superhero who uses two claws and is practically unstoppable due to a haunted past! Hells bells, man, you’re here to get points on the board, and woe to those who have the nerve to speak in your direction! HA!

As a matter of fact there is only one type of person that you should be even more disrespectful to than the scum from other sg's, and that’s your own sg members! You see it’s like the army. If a soldier makes a mistake, you don’t buy the guy flowers! You don’t pat him on the back and congratulate him for being retarded! In all likelihood you’ve got a hole where your face used to be thanks to this moron! The correct response is to haze that worthless son of a [censored] until his eyeballs bleed! You take away his dignity, his self-esteem, and most of all, his claims of heterosexuality! Dumb n00b f4g ain’t messin’ with your ownage! Tell the guy that he’s a screw up and warn him he’ll be out on his [censored] the second he screws up! Repeat this step twice a day for three weeks, and don’t forget to post something about on the Server Forums.

Element 5: A Name to Pwn By

We now come to the final, and without doubt, most important ingredient in the Gank Group Goulash. Naming your sg must be done under the strictest of rules, or you’re never going to fit in down at the Gank Group Gentlemen’s Club, if they let you through the door at all. There are only three rules when you name a Gank Group, and although they are simple, great care should be taken to ensure that they’re followed to the letter:

Rule 1: SG name must contain ONE (1) WORD ONLY.
Rule 2: Said word must sound cool to somebody who is beginning to notice hair in strange places.
Rule 3: Name must have absolutely no reference to anything of relevance, not even as a joke.

Pretty simple, right? You just need to choose one word from the dictionary, and you don’t even need to spell it correctly! As a matter of fact, you can just invent words! So long as it has nothing at all to do with anything and sounds kinda cool, you’re golden. Just in case you’re still not following me, I have provided some examples below:

Bludorz
Gastrointensity
Cognitive
Gravitox
[censored]
Gluemaster
Retardoez

See? Easy as pie.

A Kingly Conclusion
By now you should be well on your way to both stardom and infamy. If you’ve done everything correctly you should have attained 100 rep on your first outing and have your name appear in the ignore lists of at least half the server. I sincerely hope this guide has helped to get you to attain your digital goals, just as I hope you are thrown into a trash can tomorrow at school and then beaten with sticks.

- fin


 

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Noob.

Quack Quack Beyotch


 

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Wooo yeah!

Time to roll up a Claw Stalker named Greifer (means Grip Arm in german, or Claw or any of a number of other translations), not to be confused with Griefer, oh no. And of COURSE the SG has to be named Ganktoberfest.

Woot!

Semper Fi!


 

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LOL @ "Ganktoberfest", well done peasant, you are well on your way!!


 

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*ahem*

Proud player of Greifer Girl, Founder of the VG Ganktoberfest on Pinnacle

Yay me!


 

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Quack, quack...


 

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.Greetings!

.Um... shouldn't 'simian-like' be hyphenated?

.Just a thought.

.Good luck and Good Plotting!


"Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone."
- Mahatma Gandhi

Still CoHzy after all these years...

 

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yawn