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[–] 225 points 2 days ago (23 children)

He literally used video game kiting strats to pull him away from the bike so he had enough time to sprint to it and mount it.

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  • [–] 82 points 2 days ago (17 children)

    Hate to break it to you, but kiting was a thing before video games.

    But yes that is also where I learned the concept.

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  • [–] 70 points 2 days ago (7 children)

    So this post got me curious to the etymology of the term. And from what I've been able to discern, the term seems to in fact originate from gaming.

    I mean, obviously the tactic pre-dates recorded history. But 'kiting', in regards to the term itself, doesn't seem to be a thing before video games.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 days ago* (4 children)

    It's funny because we seem to retroactively assign the term to ancient military tactics. I doubt they called it kiting. They'd probably call it ÖRGÛLŸK, and every Mongolian worth their salt would know how to perform flawless ÖRGÛLŸK.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Yeah i wasnt trying to say that word kiting was old, but for sure the action is old. Im there are predator animals that do it with poison or exhausting their prey before going in for the kill.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 days ago (7 children)

    ...lol I'm trying to decide if you're informing me that kites predate video games, but also I find it hard to believe that you didn't know what a kite was until you played video games.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 days ago (6 children)

    Kiting, a verb, not kite a noun. Kiting is the acting of moving away from an enemy while they chase you.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    I looked up the etymology on "kite", and it's quite interesting. Apparently, its original use was to describe a hawk whose call sounds kind of like "kite". Then it was used more generally to describe all birds in that family.

    The kite toy was named after the bird, because the bird tended to try to sit on some wind while hunting, so it was basically hovering like a toy kite.

    The action of leading an enemy around is named after the toy kite, because a kite in flight is always the length of the string away from the person flying the kite. So, like if you tried to run from the kite, it would always be the same distance away chasing you. You're leading the kite around on a string. And so you would kite an enemy in the same sense.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (3 children)

    So wait....I was joking, but you're literally saying that "kiting" before video games is just from actual kites. Lol like no shit, why did I get downvoted?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Because the term is from video games, meaning to lead an enemy around as if they were a kite that you are holding. Nobody is saying kites are older. And yes, you can say "let's go kiting" and mean playing with toy kites in a field, but that is not the definition of the word that is being discussed here. The guy kited the cop in the way that your marine would kite a zergling, not the way a kid would fly a kite at the park.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    Haha still got pepper sprayed twice for it

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Well, he had pepper sprayed in his general direction. Given the lack of reaction, I'd say it missed.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    Or he was able to power through it. Depending on spice tolerance, some might see it as more of an unpleasant condiment than a weapon. He might have biked a couple blocks away and found a place to cry in peace once the adrenaline wore off.

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