what is gibbing

[THE HOUND FROM SWAMPS]

as silly as this is to ask, everyone seems to know what it is. i got the trait bloody mess. is gibbing just what happened when they expoed into meat chunks? what is the advantage of that anyway

[Anxarcule]

I think for the most part it is just cosmetic. The only real use I can see for it is during a zombie apocalypse where if you kill someone and gib them they can't raise as a zombie

[Ｂｏｏｂｓ]

there are two real use:

1. it prevent cannibal able to heal indefinitely
2. after you neutralize a property owner (if he wasn't gibbed), you can attack his corpse a bit to gib him, which will for some reason, make you able to attack the outside wall of the property and people inside will run out, but not mad at you

and no, it won't prevent people from become zombie (zombiism overwrite gibbed so it's always become a zombie even if you have the blood mess trait)

also, bloody mess suppose to prevent the property owner mad at you when they see the gibbed corpse, but for some reason it doesn't work

[World's best Fox]

It also serves as a fallout reference.

[TwoFaceTony]

To answer the first part of your question: Yes, 'gibbing' is when a body explodes in a bloody mess. There's quite a few games that have it, so it's become a relatively common term.

[Portevent]

2. after you neutralize a property owner (if he wasn't gibbed), you can attack his corpse a bit to gib him, which will for some reason, make you able to attack the outside wall of the property and people inside will run out, but not mad at you

I tested it and it doesn't work :/

[Pixelsplitter]

It also helps if you're using the exploding bodies mutator, so that if you're melee fighting someone they don't blow up in your face.
Also it's very satisfying.

[LordDelmar]

Ludicrous Gibs! (sorry, old school gamer here)

[Vitruvian Stick Figure]

"Gibbing" as in, turning into "giblets". See answers above.