Why is sniping popular?

i've never seen the appeal to it; and i definately havn't seen how it takes skill. Leading shots can be a little difficult but if leading shots was considered skill than the rocket launcher would be the new sniper. this is mostly true in FPS multiplayer games. People love to camp with the sniper, and please dont say anything like "amg its not camping its sniping nerd!" because the second you replace the sniper with an assault rifle your a camper. its a 1-2 shot kill in every game i've seen; i just dont understand how it takes skill to 1 shot kill someone with an automatic weapon from across the map when they aren't aware of your presence. i just dont get it.

Sniping in games isn't particularly skillfull, but real sniping definitely takes skill.

And different people like different things, not everyone is the same :P.

I love sniping in video games going behind enemy lines killing people and being all elusive. But watch into the crosshairs on Discovery or history channel that is very intriguing.

Because it makes it easier to kill Snake... damn I hate Sniper Wolf...