as opposed to griefing the monster to death

English translation: instead of repeatedly harassing the monster (until it dies)

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English term or phrase:as opposed to griefing the monster to death
Selected answer:instead of repeatedly harassing the monster (until it dies)
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

12:34 Jul 30, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
English term or phrase: as opposed to griefing the monster to death
"What?! We need to blow that thing up, not build some fancy machine."
"A functional machine. Something that works. As opposed to griefing the monster to death."

Please somebody help me understand what is supposed to mean here. I don't really get what this "griefing to death" stands for.

It's from a game script.
There are some guys who want to kill a monster. That's why one of them offers to build a special machine to help them kill it. That's all I can say about the context...
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 05:30
rather than continually/endlessly causing grief/distress or sabotaging
Explanation:
"griefing" is usually causing grief to other players online or sabotaging them so not at all sure it's the "monster" here

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=griefing
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/grief...


"to death"=endlessly rather than killing I think

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if "to death" does mean "killing the monster" then "griefing" could mean causing it grief by repeatedly harassing it.

So blow it up=get rid of it permanently

Medium confidence because of lack of full context

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Note added at 28 mins (2015-07-30 13:02:54 GMT)
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yes, if

"Instead of annoying the monster endlessly"

then that would fit

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Note added at 29 mins (2015-07-30 13:04:01 GMT)
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oops, meant to say above

if

"Instead of annoying the monster endlessly"

fits context, then that makes sense

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Note added at 37 mins (2015-07-30 13:11:45 GMT)
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Good! Glad it makes sense!

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Note added at 38 mins (2015-07-30 13:13:17 GMT)
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So "repeatedly/endlessly harassing the monster" is probably best then

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Note added at 2 days22 hrs (2015-08-02 10:48:08 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4as going againts the suffering for the monstrosity/atrocity of death
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
4 -1Что-то, что действительно сработает, а не просто доведет монстра до истерики:)
Irina Kozyreva
3rather than continually/endlessly causing grief/distress or sabotaging
Yvonne Gallagher
Summary of reference entries provided
Griefer
Kay Barbara

Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


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Что-то, что действительно сработает, а не просто доведет монстра до истерики:)


Explanation:
кажется, неплохой вариант:)

Griefing:

1. Purposefully shooting or otherwise sabotaging your teammates in an online game.

2. In online gaming where one repeatedly killing the same individual or individuals over and over again, or camping their corpse to prevent them from retrieving it, or otherwise performing actions in a game to prevent the player from enjoying the game.

3. In online gaming, someone who takes pleasure in creating grief for an opponent via various "cheap" tactics.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=griefing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griefer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griefer


Irina Kozyreva
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Yvonne Gallagher: it's En> EN pair//Refs were already given and this was not the meaning here. You should put Ru comments in Disc. not as an answer.
44 mins
  -> I submitted the explanation in English as well. The asker is a Russian speaking person, so he can understand my example
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
as going againts the suffering for the monstrosity/atrocity of death


Explanation:
My sentence.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: The "English" on your profile is very entertaining. Thanks for that.
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rather than continually/endlessly causing grief/distress or sabotaging


Explanation:
"griefing" is usually causing grief to other players online or sabotaging them so not at all sure it's the "monster" here

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=griefing
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/grief...


"to death"=endlessly rather than killing I think

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Note added at 16 mins (2015-07-30 12:50:44 GMT)
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if "to death" does mean "killing the monster" then "griefing" could mean causing it grief by repeatedly harassing it.

So blow it up=get rid of it permanently

Medium confidence because of lack of full context

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Note added at 28 mins (2015-07-30 13:02:54 GMT)
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yes, if

"Instead of annoying the monster endlessly"

then that would fit

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Note added at 29 mins (2015-07-30 13:04:01 GMT)
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oops, meant to say above

if

"Instead of annoying the monster endlessly"

fits context, then that makes sense

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Note added at 37 mins (2015-07-30 13:11:45 GMT)
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Good! Glad it makes sense!

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Note added at 38 mins (2015-07-30 13:13:17 GMT)
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So "repeatedly/endlessly harassing the monster" is probably best then

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Note added at 2 days22 hrs (2015-08-02 10:48:08 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks everybody for your help!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, I believe "repeatedly" is the key point here. Instead of pissing the monster off on and on and on... until it probably dies. :)

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Reference comments


3 mins
Reference: Griefer

Reference information:
A good overview of what griefing is ... nasty stuff :(


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griefer
Kay Barbara
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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