(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); So, you may not know of cod4boards.com, or you might. But I was just browsing the forum when I found this for black ops.



Would anyone actually want to see a tactical guide to camping? I mean, I just laughed when I saw this, not just at the fact that it's a guide to camping but also the content within the guide itself. It's barely one page long for a start. There is only one suggested weapon layout and one killstreak layout, basically his way of camping. This is where I got to thinking....

What actually motivates someone to "camp" when playing call of duty?

In my head, I boiled it down to a few reasons:

1: Your not very good.
Everywhere you go you seem to die, so staying in a corner looks like a good option.

[ In fact, the more practice you get, the more skill you gain. You wont make much progress by not pushing your own limits ]

2: You and your team are trapped in your spawn area.
You dont want to go out in the open and get killed.

[ In fact, unless you are not fighting back, all you have to really do is get a few kills and push forward a little each time. Using ghost won't stop you being found if you commit yourself to an area and flack jacket only protects against explosions, players have guns too ]

3: You want killstreak rewards or a high K/D ratio.
But your not willing to go far to get them.

[ In fact, you are more likely to have less killstreak rewards by camping unless you are skilled, if so, you don't need to be camping ]

Now this applies to many people I know,

4: You got skill but camping is easier.
This way you just let your enemy keep coming back to find you so you get an easy and fast killstreak reward.

[ In fact, unless you have the whole team coming at you, bigger and better rewards can be achieved by being active in more than one area ]

To a certain extent the term "camping" is often misinterpreted and used as an excuse or even as an insult. In which case, what is or where is the clear definition of the term, in relation to call of duty? But beside that, if all 12 players in the game are running around grenade spamming, doing 360's and what not, you would probably complain about that too.

Imo, the game is generally quite balanced between rushers and campers. I like those un-skilled ones, it's easy picking, if he's skilled then prove your worth and flush him out. It's a game after all, but the basic tactics used by campers stems from real life. What? you think the army doesn't camp? that's where the term is from and I can't stress this next fact enough, camping is kind of part of the game wether you frown upon it or not. You may think its cheap or lame but the game is about war, war has never been about having a fair fight has it?

But what do you think? Is it sad? does it help you out? does it even bother you?

I think most are a little guilty of a bit of camping.........

Thats whay I do take cover behing something to reload or just to get a better advantage over my enemy then either move on or get a couple more kills if i know theres enemys around. But i still sometimes get called a camper becasue im not rushing around with Lightweight and Marathon/Ninja lol

Camping is Ok with me, everyone has different play styles and
come on? Weve all camped once in our COD career..

The problem with campers is they draw me in
because everytime they kill me I wanna go back
and finish them off and I end up getting killed again.. :embarrassed:

No point in complaining, your always gonna have campers in every FPS.
Get used to it and stop your whining.

for me, camping is just for noobs that don't know how to play the game. Enghouth said.

that the worst thing about the new maps they even camp harder


camping is for pu$$y. i run and gun fu"k that

Are you talking to me? Please point out where I'm whining....

IT IS NOT A BIG DEAL. Unless you are playing Hardcore Modes, THAT is where real camping is. Its boring, and everybody is afraid to move. There are guys with .50 K/D who complain about campers. NO YOU JUST SUCK. Bad rushers complain about camping. GOOD RUSHERS CAN TAKE CARE OF CAMPERS. Bad rushers are the guys running around with 74u with no awareness of their HUD and only relying on Spy Planes, then when they get killed by a camper, they want to cry.

Let me explain my it is not a big deal point. Camping is when somebody just sits in the corner waiting to get kills and never play objectives. However people will shout "Camper" and use it as excuses nowadays because they hate to die and its always somebody else's fault. Here are a few examples of people saying camper when it doesnt really apply:

1. You have a Blackbird up and see 3 arrows coming your way, so you hide behind cover for maybe 2 seconds and killed them. I have heard people say camper for that.

2. You kill them inside any building. I have heard camper. Even though you could have been passing thru that building.

3. They go negative like to the tune of 9-25. If you go 9-25, that is YOUR fault regardless if they camped or not. Only thing worse than a camper is someone who sucks too much to be able to kill said camper after 2-3 tries.

4. The team that raped the other team "camped". Every time a team has a high score, doesnt mean they camped to get it.

So I am not saying camping is cool. Campers are annoying that is it. If you go negative or constantly get killed by them THAT IS YOUR FAULT.

People are not going to constantly run out in the open. Its our job to find the rushers and the campers. There have been plenty of games where i was killed by some dude sitting in the corner of a room, and sure I get pissed but I WOULD NEVER act like since he camped, that death somehow doesnt count. I honestly would rather have teammate that is good regardless of what he does. A bad rusher going 5-20 is not better than a camper going 20-5. So stop pretending it is.

So believe me I agree camping is annoying but it is part of the game, and I take it as a challenge. i use Blackbird, Chopper and Dogs to take care of them.

I'm talking to everyone in general.

LoL, my bad sorry.