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Subject: Is Camping a legit strategy?
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Poll: A legit strat...or a newb tactic?  [closed]
Legitimate:  39%
(23 Votes)
Noobish:  32%
(19 Votes)
Who cares? ima gonna kill you either way.:  29%
(17 Votes)
Total Votes: 59

Now, ive read alot of posts on snipers, and the whole snipin bit, but im always seein anti camper attitudes. and i dont see the big deal with camping. why is it that all these people that say they are so good, cant handle a camper? if you know where he is kill him, not like hes movin if hes a camper right? shouldnt be too difficult. now...if this camper is owning you, how does that make HIM the noob? I think camping has become a legitimate strategy in games. and i dont find it all noobish.

  • 08.13.2004 12:44 PM PDT
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Camping for short amounts of time is ok in my books. Sitting for ages and waiting however is pointless and gets you killed. Spawn camping is the lowest of the low and the people that do it are total losers that can't win a game without being cheap.

  • 08.13.2004 2:34 PM PDT
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jamezW , i agree... so is camping with a tank on BG on the the shadowed sniper hill... because if you good enough its an unholy camping spot (as well as a spawn camping spot) but also if you good enough you can kill the person up there... but its unearthly -blam!- either way...

  • 08.13.2004 3:03 PM PDT
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you dont get it.

we dont get owned by camping N00Bs. N00Bs that camp get owned.

whats the point of camping. you get like 5 kills then your dead. and in big 16 players game,5 kills is nothing. go camp over XBC and see how long you'll last.my guess is that you wont get to a camping spot. but if you do you'll get killed about...oh....30 secs with 3 kills.

only N00Bs camp. and only N00Bs die by campers. go get 16 N00Bs togother and they WILL go get a SR and find one spot and sit there. thats how we ALL started playing MP.

get pros together and they ALL will get pistols and kill eachother.

get 8 pros and 8 N00Bs and they N00Bs will try to camp and ALL die.

its a good strategy for N00Bs,but for pros your just gonna die when you camp.

  • 08.13.2004 3:57 PM PDT
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you dont get it.

we dont get owned by camping N00Bs. N00Bs that camp get owned.

whats the point of camping. you get like 5 kills then your dead. and in big 16 players game,5 kills is nothing. go camp over XBC and see how long you'll last.my guess is that you wont get to a camping spot. but if you do you'll get killed about...oh....30 secs with 3 kills.

only N00Bs camp. and only N00Bs die by campers. go get 16 N00Bs togother and they WILL go get a SR and find one spot and sit there. thats how we ALL started playing MP.

get pros together and they ALL will get pistols and kill eachother.

get 8 pros and 8 N00Bs and they N00Bs will try to camp and ALL die.

its a good strategy for N00Bs,but for pros your just gonna die when you camp.


Yeah know, I am sure not a noob, I have been playin Halo since almost the day it came out and I still use the tactic of camping, in some situation. It really can help in CTF games and in slayer (small matches)

  • 08.13.2004 6:43 PM PDT
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Yes, if you're a sniper. No if you're anything else. Especially Spawn Campers, and double for screen-mooching Spawn Campers. I will beat you if you use any of the latter two strategies against me.

  • 08.13.2004 7:56 PM PDT
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Im the best player i have seen, not saying that im better then anyone here. Cuz ive never seen u guys play. But i am good, and i use camping alot.... im not saying i Spawn Camp... cuz that is for lametards... But if you camp at key points you can control the pace of the game... maybe not so much in bigger but definetly in 4v4.

  • 08.13.2004 8:30 PM PDT
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the object in Halo (and most FPS) is to kill your opponet w/o dying urself. Camping is an excellent way to do this.

  • 08.13.2004 8:33 PM PDT
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Your not alowed to use the word n**b in any way, for instance you used N**bish. Im not risking my acount on Bungie.net!

  • 08.13.2004 8:41 PM PDT
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um...campers normally are the first ones to go...since they killed everyone else once and everyone then hates the campers for it..so i dont care, if you want to camp, then you will die quickly, if not then you still die

  • 08.13.2004 9:07 PM PDT
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Camping's perfectly fine. If you get killed by a camper, that's cheap, but you can announce it to your team or know that that person may be in the same location later. If you're a camper--and successful too (no motion tracker helps a lot)--more power to ya man!

  • 08.13.2004 9:18 PM PDT

Mommy says I ride the short bus because I'm special...

Sorry......but what is the difference between Camping, and Spawn Camping. Why is it super -blam!- to Spawn Camp? What is considered Spawn Camping? Thx.

  • 08.13.2004 10:36 PM PDT
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Spawn camping is when you kill people as soon as they spawn because they are disorientated and may not have the weapons to fight back, it is a cheap and easy kill which is why it is so bad. Spawn camping is particularly used in Blood Gulch as there are only two areas to spawn at.

  • 08.14.2004 3:22 AM PDT
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Best way I can describe camping is this:
[color=white] Search Camping is n00bish and very bad! [/color]
[color=red] Split-second Camping is OK and is quite a good strategy [/color]
[color=yellow] 'On The Prowl' Camping is OK when pulled off properly [/color]
[color=lime] Spawn Camping is cheap and sneaky, try not to get into this habit [/color]

I'm pretty sure that the Pro's out there know what I'm talking about.

  • 08.14.2004 4:24 AM PDT
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Camping is a very legitimate tactic given the circumstances are there. If your team got the Rocket on chill out dont risk losing it, take an easy area to cover, stay in Stealth room and blast em when they warp or come from the hall. Its just being safe and taking a defensive location. Like if rocket and stealth are coming back you had better CAMP that location or in other words defend it, so can have the damn thing. Damnation is another big Noobie Rant inducing map, to have good control of damny you HOLD THE TOP so you have easy access to the stealth and have an advantage point to get the rocket. CAMPING IS VERY LEGITIMATE.

  • 08.14.2004 5:01 AM PDT
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it's part of the game. everyone has the same ability to camp. personally i don't like to stay in one place for long amounts of time. but look at real life snipers. they can sit in the same spot for hours waiting for there shot. people just like having something to complain about when the get killed. if you don't like campers learn how to hunt them down.

  • 08.14.2004 5:38 AM PDT
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i just love it when n00bs stay in one place making the possibilities of killing them endless.
spawn camping can be avoided quite easily if any1else here has seen the basic and advanced essentials vids.

[Edited on 8/14/2004 6:04:44 AM]

  • 08.14.2004 6:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: _Apollo_
you dont get it.

we dont get owned by camping N00Bs. N00Bs that camp get owned.

whats the point of camping. you get like 5 kills then your dead. and in big 16 players game,5 kills is nothing. go camp over XBC and see how long you'll last.my guess is that you wont get to a camping spot. but if you do you'll get killed about...oh....30 secs with 3 kills.

only N00Bs camp. and only N00Bs die by campers. go get 16 N00Bs togother and they WILL go get a SR and find one spot and sit there. thats how we ALL started playing MP.

get pros together and they ALL will get pistols and kill eachother.

get 8 pros and 8 N00Bs and they N00Bs will try to camp and ALL die.

its a good strategy for N00Bs,but for pros your just gonna die when you camp.


Yeah know, I am sure not a noob, I have been playin Halo since almost the day it came out and I still use the tactic of camping, in some situation. It really can help in CTF games and in slayer (small matches)


yeah...you dont play on XBC do you? in small matches its just a cheap way to win. N00Bs can camp and win. it takes a true sniper to just stay on te ground and start blwoing people brains out. thats what i do,even on small maps. a camper is not a true sniper. they are newbs.

  • 08.14.2004 8:16 AM PDT
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As long as you arend spawn camping its perfectly legit, ive had times in many FPS's when i was pinned down by the other players, in Halo my freind had gotten a warthog near me on a hill in BG and was just slowly going from 1 side of the rock to the other, i ran there cuz he was sniping me, and couldnt figure out where he was, i camped there for a few minutes, and when he got on the MG he couldnt see cuz of the smoke that I had gone sideways slightly, he then got a sniper round to the head, i went to another hill, kept getting 1 shot kills and moving after each shot so he couldnt find me. albeit he was a newb and i knew he was gonna go where i killed him from last time, but camping can be a good strategy as long as you arent spawn camping or screen watching, camping can be useful to stop the flag carrier in CTF games, although counter-snipers can kill you very quickly.

  • 08.14.2004 9:52 AM PDT
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camping is legit, but only inexperienced players camp. a good sniper can move while shooting a moving target and still get a head shot. campers get one kill and then people know where they are. its a one time use strategy

  • 08.14.2004 12:51 PM PDT

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It's very legit. Also, it's a double bladed sword. You camp, you shoot till the figure out where you are, then, you either A) move, or B) get killed. Just like real life. Though, spawn camping isn't cool, it is very unlegit, you can't do it in real life, so, don't do it in games. Give your enemy a chance. I like a challenge.

  • 08.14.2004 2:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: _Apollo_
you dont get it.

we dont get owned by camping N00Bs. N00Bs that camp get owned.

whats the point of camping. you get like 5 kills then your dead. and in big 16 players game,5 kills is nothing. go camp over XBC and see how long you'll last.my guess is that you wont get to a camping spot. but if you do you'll get killed about...oh....30 secs with 3 kills.

only N00Bs camp. and only N00Bs die by campers. go get 16 N00Bs togother and they WILL go get a SR and find one spot and sit there. thats how we ALL started playing MP.

get pros together and they ALL will get pistols and kill eachother.

get 8 pros and 8 N00Bs and they N00Bs will try to camp and ALL die.

its a good strategy for N00Bs,but for pros your just gonna die when you camp.


Yeah know, I am sure not a noob, I have been playin Halo since almost the day it came out and I still use the tactic of camping, in some situation. It really can help in CTF games and in slayer (small matches)


yeah...you dont play on XBC do you? in small matches its just a cheap way to win. N00Bs can camp and win. it takes a true sniper to just stay on te ground and start blwoing people brains out. thats what i do,even on small maps. a camper is not a true sniper. they are newbs.


So what about real life, is a camper a true sniper!!! Yes!! They sit in one spot out of the way and sometimes high up, not on the ground, of course one can do that, sit on the ground that is (and I do it quite often), but I usually attack from a little more stategdic spot. Were you attack from is up to you!

  • 08.15.2004 6:21 PM PDT
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I'm not a big fan of campers. I've played lots of games where there are two people that sit around in a base with shotguns waiting for you to come in. I'm not good against people with shotguns so everytime I try to kill 'em I end up in God knows how many pieces. And it really annoys the $hit outta me.

But if you think about it, camping is technically the same stratagy that the snipers in the US army use. They just sit around waiting for someone to wander into their crosshairs and then pop 'em in the head.

  • 08.15.2004 9:33 PM PDT
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this isnt really camping, but i guess one could associate it with spawn camping(to a certain degree). we all know(especially on BG) where the teleports are on the field. If you hear the other team teleport onto the field, and you know exactly where they will come out, is it wrong to take aim on him as soon as you see him enter the field?

  • 08.16.2004 9:27 AM PDT
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Spawn campings pretty lame, but camping on the defensive during CTF is a good stratagy. It makes the other team think twice before blindly charging the flag,

  • 08.17.2004 5:26 PM PDT