Curse

Shadowspawn X · Dec 06, 2008, 05:52 AM // 05:52

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Originally Posted by Haung Yu

If anyone here does it, just give me an honest answer. Does it make you feel superior or what? Why can't we just keep quiet and be a good sport about it?

The soul purpose of the zrank is to gloat. Its allowed and encouraged by Anet and even the charr gloat. You are the one who is a bad sport by hating on those who gloat. They won so give them their little victory dance. It is better to get ranked or zranked than have local chat full of trash talk. Lighten up, some 12 year old kid kills you in RA he's proud and zranks you, so what? Why deny him that?

Abedeus · Dec 06, 2008, 06:04 AM // 06:04

AFAIK, zranking and ranking is considered bad behaviour. I remember a guild punished because they kept /ranking their opponents.

daraaksii · Dec 06, 2008, 07:28 AM // 07:28

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Originally Posted by Abedeus

AFAIK, zranking and ranking is considered bad behaviour. I remember a guild punished because they kept /ranking their opponents.

Wow, that's new. Even Arenanet stated that it's awesome if you /zrank your enemies.

What's the problem with /ranking your opponents?

maraxusofk · Dec 06, 2008, 08:03 AM // 08:03

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Z RANK means something? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

Abedeus · Dec 06, 2008, 08:15 AM // 08:15

Well, if you like playing a fair football game and then instead of a handshake, opponents mob you after you leave the field. And beat you up and shave a curse word in your head.

Or how should 4th graders feel if 6th graders beat the brains out of them and were haunted by it for the next week? Even if all of the opposing players were 10cm higher and 15kg heavier than your best player.

You do like that? Okay, don't be surprised if some people break your legs if you played bad. And then chop your foot off and shove it up your ass.

tl;dr /ranking is acting like a poor sportsman asshole.

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Even Arenanet stated that it's awesome if you /zrank your enemies.

About that, I remember A.Net saying Resurrection on W/Mo or Healing Breeze + Orison of Healing means he's able to survive without a monk's help. Or that Mini Polar Bear doesn't exist. Or that there never has been anti-farming code.

daraaksii · Dec 06, 2008, 08:27 AM // 08:27

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Originally Posted by Abedeus

About that, I remember A.Net saying Resurrection on W/Mo or Healing Breeze + Orison of Healing means he's able to survive without a monk's help. Or that Mini Polar Bear doesn't exist. Or that there never has been anti-farming code.

I know, but there's actually nothing to discuss about:

/zrank is a title like Treasure Hunter (except for Treasure Hunter you actually have to work a little bit) with an emote.
As people said before, it has nothing to do with PvP, who cares if they are stabbing your corpse with a copper spear.

Eragon Zarroc · Dec 06, 2008, 08:29 AM // 08:29

what is the purpose of having the emote if not to use it to show off? what is the purpose of having titles at all if not to show off? The entire purpose of playing this game for many people is just to become better than others in a certain aspect of the game so that they can enjoy showing off to those that aren't as good. if someone emotes on ur dead corpse, who cares? if it makes u feel better, just call them a noob in ur mind so that u can feel like superior one. would that make u happier? ur going to have to deal with bigots in pvp, deal with it or don't play pvp.

Abedeus · Dec 06, 2008, 08:31 AM // 08:31

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Originally Posted by Eragon Zarroc

what is the purpose of having the emote if not to use it to show off? what is the purpose of having titles at all if not to show off? The entire purpose of playing this game for many people is just to become better than others in a certain aspect of the game so that they can enjoy showing off to those that aren't as good. if someone emotes on ur dead corpse, who cares? if it makes u feel better, just call them a noob in ur mind so that u can feel like superior one. would that make u happier? ur going to have to deal with bigots in pvp, deal with it or don't play pvp.

By this logic, if someone from the opposing soccer team beats you up, you can either deal with it or don't play the game. I really, really hate such 0/1 thinking.

xDusT II · Dec 06, 2008, 09:08 AM // 09:08

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Originally Posted by Abedeus

By this logic, if someone from the opposing soccer team beats you up, you can either deal with it or don't play the game. I really, really hate such 0/1 thinking.

Ummm what. There's a difference between ranking someone in Guild Wars and physically harming someone (Your other examples were pretty over the top as well). There is no harm done to the recipient from ranking. It's usually either harmless fun or some scrub thinking he's good and none of it is going to haunt you for life. This isn't going to have any real effect hence your comparison makes no sense.

This is even worse than when people complained about golems blocking mad king...

Reverend Dr · Dec 06, 2008, 09:25 AM // 09:25

Personally I'm upset that when my team surrounds and completely bodyblocks the last remaining player and we Zrank them they don't die from the spear damage.

Seriously, if /rank and /zrank are not intended to be used as some sort of victory pose, then why have them in the game at all? If someone is complaining about their current use, please answer me this: What are they supposed to be used for?

Also, this is the internet, if you cannot getover someone gloating over a win or being upset over a loss, well then you are not suited for any type of sport to begin with.

upier · Dec 06, 2008, 09:28 AM // 09:28

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Originally Posted by Abedeus

tl;dr /ranking is acting like a poor sportsman asshole.

I have a sneaky suspicion somebody just had their ass handed on a platter ...

Don't get mad, get even.
(And as I have stated before - with the /bow emote followed by the explanation that you don't have any flashy emote because you are bad. And that they just got trashed by you ...)

Kyp Jade · Dec 06, 2008, 09:39 AM // 09:39

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Originally Posted by upier

I have a sneaky suspicion somebody just had their ass handed on a platter ...

END THREAD NOW!!!

someone find some lolcats

Solas · Dec 06, 2008, 09:42 AM // 09:42

Aye know what you mean,
bottom line is people are asshats

It's kinda like griefing in a way. It's the fact that they think there better is what gets me about it, most of the time its z-rank or bambi spam, I ignore it for the most part as those titles don't really, but its how they think it does, only a small thing for me in the end though

Tamuril elansar · Dec 06, 2008, 11:02 AM // 11:02

why zrank?
cuz i can.

Avarre · Dec 06, 2008, 11:34 AM // 11:34

It's something done for kicks. Grow up and get over it. It's not griefing. It does not hurt your play in any way. Bad mannered players exist. Welcome to competition.

RTSFirebat · Dec 06, 2008, 11:39 AM // 11:39

/zranking was added as a means to Taunt ones dead target. Therefore the players are using it as it was intended to be.

This thread is epic fail

Dr.Jones · Dec 06, 2008, 11:41 AM // 11:41

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Originally Posted by Reverend Dr

Personally I'm upset that when my team surrounds and completely bodyblocks the last remaining player and we Zrank them they don't die from the spear damage.

Seriously, if /rank and /zrank are not intended to be used as some sort of victory pose, then why have them in the game at all? If someone is complaining about their current use, please answer me this: What are they supposed to be used for?

Also, this is the internet, if you cannot getover someone gloating over a win or being upset over a loss, well then you are not suited for any type of sport to begin with.

over 90000 in agreement. rev you win this thread can now be closed.

RotteN · Dec 06, 2008, 11:44 AM // 11:44

I hope we get to crouch in GW2, so i can teabag corpses instead of ranking them xD

Ben-A-BoO · Dec 06, 2008, 11:53 AM // 11:53

Trash talking, taunting, ranking ... it's part of pvp ... and you know what?
I even enjoy 99% of the times. It's part of the game for me.
And yeah I can get mad about someone zranking me while I am lying on the ground, just wanting to flash my tiger in his/her face. It gets me mad in a good way though, gets me in the fighting mood. We are laughing a lot about the shit talking going with my guildies. Most of the time not actively joining in but it is a lot of fun to see and hear all that raging.

I think more of it like the haka of the NZ Rugby team then the misplaced examples of Abedeus. Don't forget that the zrank emote doesn't do any damage ...

thor hammerbane · Dec 06, 2008, 12:19 PM // 12:19

I love when people zrank/rank me in RA or something, makes me laugh every time. Enjoy it

Morons think that a sway title or a pve farming title applies to RA? mmkay