What's wrong with camping?

I don't see an issue with it personally as I do it sometimes. Why should I run out there and get my head blown off when I can sit back and blow someone else's head backwards? My friends and I had an entire lobby to ourselves and it seems like the moment you stop moving you become a camper. Trying to regain your energy? You're a camper. Trying to feel your surroundings? You're a camper. This word is being overused. I may camp sometimes (stay in the same area for more than 2 minutes) but so what? Just because I'm not playing the way you want me to I get called a camper, lol, that sounds like a childish complaint that I would have made in the 2nd grade. Grow up, and learn a new strategy.

It's Cheap and Cowardly.

Its boring and cheap. People only do it for K/D and not play the game for fun.

Because it is annoying.

For say in KZ3 Beta, as soon as I came out the door 1 guy kept spawn camping me. So it was like yeah what do I do I can't move or Im dead

If it's cold and wet then camping isn't much fun. Also if the sun rises in the morning the inside of the tent heats up very quickly. Also most tent's are pretty small so they aren't much fun to spend time in.

Depends where you camp I guess. Camping at a festival isn't too bad because you have facilities nearby. Camping in the wild comes with all different sorts of risks. Flora, fauna etc

I'm not sure but I remember that it's an old PC excuse in the same category as "he's hacking" or "lag".

nothing wrong with camping but something is definitely wrong with people who keep getting killed bya camper in the same spot and then they moan about it

Sitting in a hiding spot with a short-range weapon, and shooting anyone who unwittingly walks into your line of sight, is an obnoxious way to play the game and is not sporting.

That's the only thing I define as camping. Staying in one spot sniping, or just defending a room/building, is not camping.

Its not playing the game the way its meant to be played.

It's better than running around like a headless chicken for sure.SaltyMeatballs

It's nothing wrong with it. It's a tactic. People who complain about campers/camping is those who doesn't understand tactics at all and just want games to be mindless grinding.

It's nothing wrong with it. It's a tactic. People who complain about campers/camping is those who doesn't understand tactics at all and just want games to be mindless grinding.

yellonet

Its not playing the game the way its meant to be played.

seanmcloughlin

If someone can sit in the same spot and get any more then 3 kills, then his opponents simply suck. Its as simple as that. If you know where he is then hunt his ass down with any means available. A couple of nades later he won't be in that spot any more. If you want a game where everybody runs around and can take hits like they are the combined panzer waffe, then play UT or Halo.trasherhead

Its not playing the game the way its meant to be played.

seanmcloughlin

so every game that has a sniper rifle your meant to run and gun with it?

i can hear the devs now

"ok...so we're gonna put some sniper rifles in our game....with these weapons your MEANT to run around and try and no scope people....people who use it are gonna have horrible K/D ratios...but man, when they finally get a kill, it's gonna be EPIC"

If it's cold and wet then camping isn't much fun. Also if the sun rises in the morning the inside of the tent heats up very quickly. Also most tent's are pretty small so they aren't much fun to spend time in.

Depends where you camp I guess. Camping at a festival isn't too bad because you have facilities nearby. Camping in the wild comes with all different sorts of risks. Flora, fauna etc

it pretty much depends on the situation. camping in battlefields doesn't get you much points, but the again, sometimes you need to camp on capture points to defend them.

getting called camper when defending in rush-mode is pretty weird... you're supposed to camp then. then again, when attacking, camping wont get your team very far...

Objective based games = supposed to camp strategically around the objectives. Especially on defense. You don't have to be "close", just at least have the objective in mind.I don't feel bad when someone has a great spot in defense and camps "properly". It is annoying when the player is camping literally nowhere near the objective in some random spot. or if you know the alarm is going off and the guy just ignores it and continues on camping in some ridiculous location - probably somewhere close to your spawn (usually looking just to kill from behind and get a couple cheap kills himself before being found out)

People that camp in deathmatch or free-for-all modes are just total scrubs IMO - i don't care what their kill/death ratio is. I don't want to play "hide and seek".

[QUOTE="trasherhead"]If someone can sit in the same spot and get any more then 3 kills, then his opponents simply suck. Its as simple as that. If you know where he is then hunt his ass down with any means available. A couple of nades later he won't be in that spot any more. If you want a game where everybody runs around and can take hits like they are the combined panzer waffe, then play UT or Halo.racing1750

It's extremely easy to kill a camper once you know where he is, but if you're trying to move quickly through the map you're not going to carefully check every possible camping spot. The first time a camper kills you is usually not your fault.

Being so easily countered just makes it a more irritating and cheap way to play, really.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Its not playing the game the way its meant to be played.

CDUB316

so every game that has a sniper rifle your meant to run and gun with it?

i can hear the devs now

"ok...so we're gonna put some sniper rifles in our game....with these weapons your MEANT to run around and try and no scope people....people who use it are gonna have horrible K/D ratios...but man, when they finally get a kill, it's gonna be EPIC"

Sniping =/= Camping.

You Sitting Still in a corner where no one can see you with an Assault Rifle or Shotgun is Camping.

People that camp in deathmatch or free-for-all modes are just total scrubs IMO - i don't care what their kill/death ratio is. I don't want to play "hide and seek".

2Chalupas

yeah, i have never understood that. why would anyone do it? it's not usually that effective, and it's dead boring.

I don't hate camping if 1 person is doing it but if multiple people are doing it ........ I hate it. Like last night, I was playing the KZ3 beta and it was 6 vs 2 ...... they camped us so hard yet the 2 of us had the better k/d and pts when the match finished ..... thats the kind of camping I do not enjoy ,whether Im one of the 6 or 2 guys.,

I don't hate camping if 1 person is doing it but if multiple people are doing it ........ I hate it. Like last night, I was playing the KZ3 beta and it was 6 vs 2 ...... they camped us so hard yet the 2 of us had the better k/d and pts when the match finished ..... thats kind of camping, I do not enjoy whether Im one of the 6 or 2 guys. Nonstop-Madness

Oh my.... :oops:

Campers should be punished.

Instakill them.I think CSS did this in some servers.

[QUOTE="CDUB316"]

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Its not playing the game the way its meant to be played.

LegatoSkyheart

so every game that has a sniper rifle your meant to run and gun with it?

i can hear the devs now

"ok...so we're gonna put some sniper rifles in our game....with these weapons your MEANT to run around and try and no scope people....people who use it are gonna have horrible K/D ratios...but man, when they finally get a kill, it's gonna be EPIC"

Sniping =/= Camping.

You Sitting Still in a corner where no one can see you with an Assault Rifle or Shotgun is Camping.

i've been called a camper PLENTY of times with a sniper

i gotta wonder why people have such a huge problem with this. it's not like it makes anyone invincible. actually it makes for an easy target, since you know where to find that camper.

ofcourse i hate baseraping, but that's another story.

[QUOTE="racing1750"][QUOTE="trasherhead"]If someone can sit in the same spot and get any more then 3 kills, then his opponents simply suck. Its as simple as that. If you know where he is then hunt his ass down with any means available. A couple of nades later he won't be in that spot any more. If you want a game where everybody runs around and can take hits like they are the combined panzer waffe, then play UT or Halo.Cherokee_Jack

It's extremely easy to kill a camper once you know where he is, but if you're trying to move quickly through the map you're not going to carefully check every possible camping spot. The first time a camper kills you is usually not your fault.

Being so easily countered just makes it a more irritating and cheap way to play, really.

Theres no rules in War apart from.... Whoever dies 1st, dies quickest!!!Dibdibdobdobo

What's right with camping?

Its boring and cheap. People only do it for K/D and not play the game for fun.

ZombeGoast

I think it's a legit strategy, if done well you can put a hurt on the other team. Anyone complaining about running into the same death several times should just learn from it instead of the rage.

I should also say, like a bad run and gun type of player, the one with 4-15 going the same way each time and not learning, there are bad campers.

It's cheap, makes the game boring, and ruins the fun of the game.

Campers can be a pain, but I get personal satisfaction of getting them out of their little hide-a-way. I remember a game of Black Ops about a week ago when i had been killed like 3 times in a row by this one guy. I killed him on my 4th try and then killed him 5 successive times after that as his insisted on trying to get his spot back. He decided on a new strategy at that point.:lol: People like that crack me up because you know that each and every game time they get that map and that certain spawn, they go to that very spot.

It's Cheap and Cowardly.

LegatoSkyheart

So are real soldiers by your logic. They don't run blindy into open spaces or around corners and jump around like they overdosed on coffee.

Why is it "cowardly" to minimize your exposure in a fire zone and keep yourself protected? That's what actual soldiers do. It's a strategic approach to battle. People get mad because they make you have to work for your kill. But you're supposed to work for it anyway. Seems like some just want to complain because the player didn't throw themselves feely in their cross hairs. Oh the nerve of them!!

I'd take it even further that there are two types of campers;
* the static camper who always camps from the very same same spot
* the adaptive camper who camps at a spot, but never for very long, moving from spot to spot

The first kind is easy to deal with as he's very predictable. The second will make you work for that kill, but then again, that's how it should be.

It's Cheap and Cowardly.

LegatoSkyheart

this and those guys who camp think they are gods gift to "x" game.

Altho i prefer the term bush wookie and besides this sums up camping perfectly imo especially in team based games.

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

It's Cheap and Cowardly.

razgriz_101

this and those guys who camp think they are gods gift to "x" game.

Altho i prefer the term bush wookie and besides this sums up camping perfectly imo especially in team based games.

i dunno... i love myself some easy dogtags.

Because it is annoying.

For say in KZ3 Beta, as soon as I came out the door 1 guy kept spawn camping me. So it was like yeah what do I do I can't move or Im dead

Snakemaster9