Is it ever okay to camp?

[Assassin Xaero]

For sniping, sometimes. Anyone who has said "camping is a legitimate strategy" is a camper. Another little fun fact, the majority of people who hate martyrdom are also campers because they don't understand the concept of killing someone then MOVING (well, at least the majority of the ones I've run into).

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not a good strategy. **snip** Also, what does sacrificing yourself for your beliefs have to do with killing and moving?

Umm... I fail to see how hiding around a corner and waiting for someone to appear to blast them with an M60 is a "strategy" . And to that last remark, are you trolling or have you not played a Call of Duty game in the past 3-4 years?

To answer your first question:
Camping is a viable strategy. A strategy is a plan to achieve an objective. Per en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy : "Strategy refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal." Camping is a way to achieve a higher Kill/Death ratio. While not socially acceptable, it is still a worthwhile strategy for some players.

To answer your second question:
And no I'm not trolling. I'm seriously confused as to what martyrdom, the sacrificing of one's self for a particular belief has to do with a modern FPS.

Really? Martyrdom is a perk in all of the Call of Duty games since CoD4 where when you die you drop a live grenade. It is easy to dodge, especially in non-hardcore (game mode) servers because you have a grenade indicator that even tells you a grenade is there. Most campers hate it because when they are hiding in that corner, you come around, they kill you, you drop the grenade, they don't move, they die. A lot of people argue that you can't get away from it when I've stabbed people that had it and got away before it went off... And you can always pick the nade up and throw it if you don't want to move.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

It's aways okay to camp, just do whatever helps to kill your enemy while staying alive yourself.

 

[WeedyPirate]

Camping is fine, it's just another strategy. I don't do it personally cause it bores the crap out of me, but it doesn't bother me when others do it.

 

[TimeLord]

In Real Life? Yes.
In Games? No.
In MW2, Whenever I See A Camper, I Riot Shield Them To Death XD

Excellent strategy! I always find it fun to slowly move towards someone while holding the riot shield and laugh as they panic fire into the shield and hope they don't have Semtex!

I must ask, what is it that the Doctor is saying with that weird expression on your avatar? xD

He is saying; "Nah!"

It's from 'Army of Ghosts' when he says:

"So you find the breach, probe it, sphere comes through. 600ft above London. Bam!
It leaves a hole in the fabric of reality.
And that hole; you think, should we leave it alone, should we back off, should we play it safe?
Nah! You think; let's make it bigger!"

 

[Regular Guy]

I think it's alright, in some instances.

It still kindof annoys me when my entire team on BFBC2 is playing recon and camping, leaving me to try to cap all the objectives.

 

[Twad]

The term camping can be put on anyone who defends/snipe/infiltrate a location for a long time, so its kinda pointless imho.

Just dont spawn camp.

 

[Vrach]

Well to me, there's two types of camping. One is in a game like Counter Strike, where you're sitting behind a box and waiting for people to pass so you can shotgun them down. The other is in games like BFBC2 where you grab a sniper and sit at a spot protecting an objective/choke point or providing sniper support. The first is a bit meh (although frankly, I'm not one to boo at gameplay styles), the second one is 100% legit imo as snipers are squishy and running around pretending you're holding an assault rifle is pretty fucking stupid.

The term camping can be put on anyone who defends/snipe/infiltrate a location for a long time, so its kinda pointless imho.

Just dont spawn camp.

^TLDR - This :>