Tents And Sniper Rifles: OXCGN Looks At The Legitimacy Of Camping

OXCGN:

"How often have you been running for that all important flag capture or lining up that perfect kill, when out of nowhere, a gunshot echoes across the landscape?

Next thing you know, the camera pans out to view your dead body and the screen is annoyingly telling you that xXUBeRFIghT3RXx* just delivered a headshot and is now in the lead."

[REALgamer]

But spawn-camping is a different story. For games that have set team spawn-points if there's some members of the opposing team just standing there killing anyone respawning then there's a serious problem.

[Superfragilistic]

I f'n hate spawn campers. Got no problem with normal camping though as that's merely part of game strategy.

At the end of the day if a player is exploiting a game's design to the detriment of fun gameplay, then I think it's much more a reflection on game designers than players who exploit such issues.

[gaminoz]

I really don't like snipers. I'm not the best multi player out there so I tend to run around nervously with a machine gun, hoping to kill others before they catch me. I hardly ever see snipers and just hate suddenly getting dead from afar. I don't mind people who sneak up on me and stab me, because they deserve the kill!

If people memorise a map they can tell where they are, but I don't tend to want to go that full-on.

[Rifle-Man]

Yeah, but man, flushing out a sniper is the most satisfying kill ever.

I love sitting underneath the window where they can't see me so I can just see the barrel of their rifle sticking out above me and cooking a grenade just right so it blows up in their face as soon as it reaches their height.

F'ing awesome.

[XboxOZ360]

Man, that is SO mean, but SO COOL heheheheheh

DO more of it mate . . . ;-)

[XboxOZ360]

I had a marksman's degree in riflery once, it was cool picking the heads of things from long distances . . .

[Godem]

snipers and stealth people in games are fine to camp, its what they are meant to do..

its a little more annoying when someone with a shotgun camps around a corner though...

[Immortal Kaim]

Agree with most above. Camping (ie finding a suitable place to snipe from) is fine, but spawn camping totally destroys the fun of the game.

[darkmurder]

I don't have a big deal with camping, if they're good enough to get in the spot in the first place you have to be good enough to get them out.

[XboxOZ360]

Well by nature, that's a snippers job . . But I do think the situation is exploited by less than savory individuals who simply want to take advantage of glitches, exploits, known issues and basically in a game to stir shiittee up, and NOT play the game as intended, with proper snipping etc.

Each aspect of a war is important, and the snippers job is to pick off the targets from afar - otherwise what's he supposed to do with those excellent guns he has . . many of which are single shot for less recoil.

Gamers, if you can call them that, that basically love to distrupt games with such antics are the main issue, not the actual function.

[Corepred4]

COD4. Backlot. Barret .50Cal. Balcony above the center open yard. OWNAGE!!!!

[Rob Hornecker]

Great job on this story! Thanks for writing and posting it.

[Dead_Cell]

Except doing it repeatedly.
Maybe leading an assault in Resistance 2 but,it's close.

[DoctorQ]

someone must of watched my last match in slayer on halo 3, seriously, dont throw a grenade into a lift, then get on it, hoping to surprise the people on the other end, 9/10, the grenade bounced off the wall and is about to rebound off the lift when your head pops up lol
great article

[Sorla13]

damn campers, s##ts me to tears when you get spawn campers, but in a TANK!!!!!
YAAAARGH!!!