Camping in online shooters

So, what are your thoughts on camping in online shooters? I personally think that it's ok to camp. I mean it makes games more unpredictable. Finding camping spots and staying hidden requires some skill and patience, and if anyone is killed by a camper it's his own fault for not knowing how to play a game.

A LOT of people on the other hand get really upset when somebody camps, they're always screaming "camper noob" and what not... Anyway games aren't supposed to be fights between gentlemen, where everyone shows himself and take turns shooting like in 18th century duels etc. Not knowing how to deal with campers is in my opinion more noobish than camping.

Depends if it's a TEAM holding a area OR someone that is 1 and 19 and hurting the team so he/she is taking a TimeOut so he doesn't do more damage to the team OR just so NOOB who can't play worth a darn and is hideing out. so it all depends on the SitRep

Depends if it's a TEAM holding a area OR someone that is 1 and 19 and hurting the team so he/she is taking a TimeOut so he doesn't do more damage to the team OR just so NOOB who can't play worth a darn and is hideing out. so it all depends on the SitRep

lge777

camping is the cheapest and most ridiculous thing you can do in fps games ...

its not fun
its not fair
its way to easy
its lame in overall
if every1 camps there will be silence and fps turns into splinter cell type game , most of mw2 servers turn out like that , sometimes it looks like you are playing alone even in match box sized maps ...

[QUOTE="lge777"]

Depends if it's a TEAM holding a area OR someone that is 1 and 19 and hurting the team so he/she is taking a TimeOut so he doesn't do more damage to the team OR just so NOOB who can't play worth a darn and is hideing out. so it all depends on the SitRep

shikovi4ik

Indeed, all the campers know of a good spot where to hide. They are actually quite skilled and sometimes do it for the lulz (I do it time to time)

Camping is just as much a part of shooters, as any other strategy is.

Deal with it.

Camping is just as much a part of shooters, as any other strategy is.

Deal with it.

ProudLarry

Camping is fine in my book - it's not as if it's some godlike strategy that instantly grants you a k/d of 10+. Campers have it tough with revenge killers and other people. Often they don't even have a great score. I don't get why everyone b*tches so much about it.

camping is the cheapest and most ridiculous thing you can do in fps games ...

its not fun
its not fair
its way to easy
its lame in overall
if every1 camps there will be silence and fps turns into splinter cell type game , most of mw2 servers turn out like that , sometimes it looks like you are playing alone even in match box sized maps ...

Farkeman

[QUOTE="ProudLarry"]

Camping is just as much a part of shooters, as any other strategy is.

Deal with it.

Farkeman

I don't really have a problem with campers. They do their thing, I do mine. Knives are really the only thing that pisses me off. Getting flanked and taking a knife to the back is cool, but when I shoot you and still take a knife theres a problem.

Camping is just as much a part of shooters, as any other strategy is.

Deal with it.

ProudLarry

This^^^

(farkeman said=camping is the cheapest and most ridiculous thing you can do in fps games ...

its not fun
its not fair
its way to easy
its lame in overall
if every1 camps there will be silence and fps turns into splinter cell type game , most of mw2 servers turn out like that , sometimes it looks like you are playing alone even in match box sized maps ...)

if there are sniper rifles in the game, it is allowed to camp period, some like it some don't.

Everybody can't go in rambo style. You also need guys behind you watching your back and protecting certain locations. I believe most of the complaints towards campers are aimed towards snipers. But, come on, they must fight you at long distance and catch you before you catch them and camping in a secure and secret location solidifies that.

Camping leads to nade/GL spam which can be annoying most of the time. Also camping using map glitches is lame (like that building in karkand - bf2) or using one way walls - usually outside the map boundaries- to your advantage (some maps in TF2).

BUT in some game modes camping is required in order to protect or babysit the objective, like in BC2 defenders in rush mode or terrorists in CSS (if you planted the bomb then you must defend it).

IMO if you camp and do not help your team you are being useless and should be kicked ASAP.

It depends on the game mode. If its something like Deathmatch, then everyone should be running around, or its more kills for me.

If its something like Search & Destroy, then camping is fine. You really expect to stay alive by running around in S&D?

you guys have poor fps experience if your saying that camping is legit strategy , its not a strategy at all !

i bet you only play counter strike and cod games where camping has more benefits than downfalls and it acts as ultimate strategy - easy way to increase your kdr without any skill or brain ussage

As long as people aren't spawn camping, it doesn't bother me.

I like to camp to frag a few guys and piss them off! LOL! You can't camp all day anyways, you become a sitting duck. I just like to have a few hits incognito! makes me laugh. My favorite one was in quake 2, tho. Whit the grappling hook and the freezer gun. It was so funny to grab someone with the hook to bring it to you and freeze him in thy face in pieces! LOL! They don't make it this great anymore.

It's fine, what's really annoying is when somebody has the opportunity to shoot you with their gun, and they pull out the CARL G AND ROCKET YOU IN THE FACE.denter21

I don't know. But, that sounds like an old-fashioned frag to me. He He He. What's wrong with that? I guess I'm just used to it (on the receiving end).

[QUOTE="denter21"]It's fine, what's really annoying is when somebody has the opportunity to shoot you with their gun, and they pull out the CARL G AND ROCKET YOU IN THE FACE.jun_aka_pekto

I don't know. But, that sounds like an old-fashioned frag to me. He He He. What's wrong with that? I guess I'm just used to it (on the receiving end).

I don't have a problem with camping, although it's damn annoying sometimes. I think it definitely has it's place in realistic shotters like BF2. It is a legitimite strategy, evn if it is simple. It works well, so where's the problem? If you say that it's not an acceptable strategy, you're just complaining about it, because you get annoyed at it (yes, it is annoying, and no, I don't generally camp - I prefer to jump in and kill as many as I can. It's proably one of the reasons I suck in multiplayer. I'm generally more strategic in SP, if I can take it slowly).

Camping doesnt take any skill, it doesnt necessarily make you a noob, however If your sitting around a corner with some automatic or a pro cylinder, your a noob. Its justifiable in certain areas, aslong as your not directly focusing in one place, that people need to go. If your in a building theres no problem, but if the game itself is feeding you kills because of spawns or something, then your a noob.

Camping only really bothers me if you are supposed to attack an objective like rush on BC2 and half the team is camping in the back with snipers only because they are too pansy to go in and try to arm the objective.

It not only makes it impossible to win a match when you're attacking, but makes it incredibly boring if you're defending.

Although, it is fun to run all the way to where they are camping and hit them from behind.

It depends. Is it that guy that just camps under something at the enemy spawn to get some kills, or to protect an objective?

"Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae" wth ? is this has to do something with halo ? if yes , then you sir are in wrong forum :) camping will never be legit strategy , why ? because noone will accept it ! admit it , noone likes campers , noone makes montage gameplay showing them camp , noone camps in competative cups , tourneys camping is a cowards way out 0. KDR :) Camping reminds me flahs minigames or wii games where you have a crosshair and you sit , aim and shoot at other people , if i would want that i wouldnt pay 60$ , i would go find free flash game where you can shoot stick figures all day long ...Farkeman

also, camping is a valid strategy if used right. thats what flashbangs and smoke grenades are for, but you probably just run in front of campers judging from your comments.

I can't help but think that the people moaning about campers are the ones which get killed by them.

camping for a reasonable amount of time is a good stategy, Left 4 Dead 2 is good example - camping for purposes such as cover friends while healing, camping in corner so enemy super zombies won't spawn behind you in some empy room; Counter Strike is another good example - camping with AWP for 15 sec max is good tactic to cover friends, as well to cover places where your friends didn't go for a bit longer time.

Camping is only valid if you have a long range weapon or are using a sniper rifle.

Depends on the game really. In some games camping is a legit tactic, some its not.

It's fine, what's really annoying is when somebody has the opportunity to shoot you with their gun, and they pull out the CARL G AND ROCKET YOU IN THE FACE.denter21

you guys have poor fps experience if your saying that camping is legit strategy , its not a strategy at all !

i bet you only play counter strike and cod games where camping has more benefits than downfalls and it acts as ultimate strategy - easy way to increase your kdr without any skill or brain ussage

Farkeman

And i bet you only play quick frag games á la Quake or Team Fortress.

Dude games such as those you mentioned require some type of "camping" as you label it, it is called strategy man. You can't run out and rambo it in such tactical games because you will get killed, and therefore not respawn until the next round.

It's building a strategy, in quick frag games, including deathmatch, i agree that camping can be quite frustrating as the respawn rate allows "rambo-ing".

Your argument is an unjust biased opinion.

Only time it's ok is when you are a terrorist defending a bomb site or a counter terrorist protecting it in any of the counter strikes.

I don't whine about campers but I do get the impression that they're mostly just KDR whores, which if it's a deatmatch type of game is fine, but if it's objective based I don't like it.

Personally I learned some camping playing America's Army, but I don't find it any fun in games where you respawn, I'm a rusher and like to get the objective.