Campers and Hypocrisy

[johnzaku]

I'm just a little curious: why do so many people seem to revile campers, and yet so many people do it?

I'm not talking about just waiting in a room or sniping in one spot. No, I mean the guy in CoD who finds the tiny ledge that he can clip above a doorway and the only way to get him is from directly below him, unfortunately he's already looking that way.

Or the guys in halo who hide behind the pane of glass on boardwalk but can still shoot through it.

And at least 4 out of 5 zombie games in sword base have between 3 and 8 guys chilling in the long hallway with the one entry.

So many people complain about campers, and yet the amount of campers is far from the minority.

Why do it? Especially when your settings are on "for fun" not "winning is everything"?

EDIT: I'd like to clarify, I have no problem with legitimate camping, such as the entire team chilling out on the flag or waiting around a well-trafficked corner, that is A-ok with me. Totally reasonable as a strategy. I'm talking about glitch exploits and finding the one area of a map where the entire team can rush and he just has to pull the trigger. THAT is something that requires no skill or cunning or coordination, it's cheating.

 

[Erttheking]

It's one of those "people get mad when they die" things and they attack people for the methods that their killer used, no matter what they are. Also "all is fair in love in war" is a common defense...when you're winning.

 

[Smeggs]

Sticking to your word is easy if you're the one whose stomping the competition.

People like to come up with complaints for anything to take the blame off of their own shitty skill at a game.

Got killed by someone in the same place as before, but you're too idiotic to simply plan with your team to illiminate the problem? "THAT GUY IS A FUCKING CAMPING NOOB, BECAUSE IT TOTALLY ISN'T MY OWN FAULT FOR SIMPLY SUCKING!"

Get blown up by grenade launchers a lot? "GRENADE LAUNCHER?! MORE LIKE A NOOB-TUUBE, AMIRITEGUIZE?!"

Most gamers like to pretend that they're better than those they insult, because they don't want to face the simple fact that they just suck.

 

[octafish]

The only camping I have a problem with is spawn camping. In a good game there is always a counter for campers. Plus most of the games I play are objective based and so defending an objective is part of the game.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

I see what you're getting at. I try to avoid any glitchy or underhanded techniques while playing multiplayer games, I have occasionally resorted to less than honourable tactics just to score a kill on a particuarly noobish enemy, but that will be in extreme cases where they are blatantly abusing the game mechanics to a munchkin level, and nothing else will stop them.

But then I always like playing fairly as the underdog. It means you can excuse yourself when you lose (Oh, I died because I limited myself to fairer guns etc.) and the wins are all that sweeter.

 

[Sovvolf]

Camping pisses me off unless I'm the one doing the camping . Though I actually don't mind it and like to find ways of flushing the guy out. Can't blame the person, if the guys found a good hiding spot or taking advantage of blind spots then props to him.

I know that the camper is going to get caught out eventually, its not like he's put on god mode or flying above the map (which apparently happens a lot in World at War these days) he's just used his wits and the map to his advantage.

 

[hawkeye52]

Ehh campers are a bit of a non issue most of the time for me because i now know this guy is around that corner. Cook grenade. Profit.

 

[Janus Vesta]

I never understood the hatred toward campers. If you die by one just throw a grenade at them the next time you're in the area. I often surprise campers in Reach by using the pro pipe on them.

I mostly get mad from deaths by random grenades and such, though that doesn't stop me from throwing a grenade at an area where enemies usually are even if I don't know that there are any there.