Every time you encounter one of these people, imagine what kind of strange and pathetic situation they must be suffering through in their real lives in order for them to gain satisfaction from engaging in this sort of griefing activity. The reason they do it is because they feel utterly powerless in their real lives (fat, bad, mad, sad) and thus seek to compensate by engaging in gross and superfluous displays of dominance in a 15 year old elf simulator. So the next time you see a de-leveled Epic Rogue with a Fungi and 200k in gear griefing your group, look past the character to the man behind the keyboard, the 350 lb. unemployed man living off his grandmother's Social Security check, seeking solace for a lifetime of failure by finally feeling like a big man in the only way he knows how: griefing newbies with a tremendously overgeared PK character. You will then find that your anger turns into a mix of confusion and pity. The correct response is therefore not to rage at them, but to pray for them, and to thank God that you were spared the circumstances that led them into such a pathetic existence.
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