[Do you consider the act of enjoying ruining someone else's day (ie "collecting tears") normal or even healthy behavior? And I am not talking about PVP'ing for in-game reasons. When you "PVP" to deliberately provoke real negative reactions from a real human being because this brings you joy (note how your enjoyment is also real) then you can stop it right there claiming that the game is "just a game", because at that point to you, it has become more than that. The game itself has become a real-life tool to project your ill-intent. And I maintain that not only are you a sociopath, but a sadistic one at that.

The hate and pleasure for ruining people's days that hulkageddon seems to breed are but a few signs of this ill-intent behavior. And no, I haven't been ganked in hi sec. I don't even mine in hi sec.

I also find the hypocrisy of a couple of posters in this very thread who have in numerous occasions called carebears (among other names) greedy, cowards, and sociopaths in real life, quite ironic.

And, frankly, thinking you're the "cool kid" because you're a ganker` and that people are jealous of you is probably a reflection of who you are in real life.

There is however a small segment of mostly hi-sec PvP'ers/gankers who seem to be driven mostly by schadenfreude, and some hi-sec dwellers get the wrong impression of PvP because of those. I think thats a shame because it drives people away from better communities and the game in general.

There is a distinction between friendly mocking/rivalry and the intent to cause emotional grief.

Interesting article on sociopaths.