is that during a "battle" between two people they are essentially locked in the same position, making it easier to flank. Also the life system in gears is a bit different in the fact that you can take a hit or two without dying, whereas in CoD you take a burst from any gun and you're going down.

from Red Vs Blue that shows a tent with a sniper rifle sticking out. It says "Camping a perfectly legitimate strategy". I can't stand when people camp out on me. But I find it fun to pick people off while camping myself. hahaha It is annoying though and should be kept to a minimum. You don't rack up kills or win games camping either you have to get out there and "do it" as some say.

If I am going to play online again, it is going to have to be "regular" not "hardcore".

Playing video games is just that...  video games.

If everyone camps, then no one is killed.

I would love to spectate a game with a bunch of COD campers on it and see what the final score is.

I am looking for Action in a video game, not a score.  That means putting yourself in harms way for the sake of the game.

Camping in Gears is acceptable because like Boxin said "You can usually take a hit or two" even if surprised.  The Balance to camping with Gears is that if let's say I do it all the time and my teammates are basically playing 3 vs 4, then they are going to get p.o'd cause I'm not helping.  The format of 4 vs 4 (one life) Teamwork is important is the main intidote for camping.

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Camping is an issue in every game to some extent. The difference is in Halo you can take enough damage to survey the situation quickly. Realistic? no. More fun? Definitely.

Then Gears takes it to a whole new level. You have an over the shoulder view giving you the ability to see more around you, plus you can take a few hits before dying.

Camping in COD4 is one of the major reason I just can't get into it.

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as to why UT reigns supreme (in my eyes). UT's a fast-paced shooter, and even when you're sniping, if you're playing against other people that know what they're doing, then you'll be dead before you even aim down the scope. UT hit the hammer right on the head when it comes to shooters. UT2K4 especially, still remains as my top shooter of all time.

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Campers suck. But thats the nature of online shooters. The only game without a dominate n00bfest is GEARS. Even UT has campers on larger maps, but they get pwn quickly... PC games are usually much better. Still a problem though.

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It's annoying as hell in COD 4. Like you said, the game was meant to be fast-paced. Campers just ruin it.

Look at Annex versus any game mode where you have one life. You play more cautiously. You can still be aggressive, but the use of cover is key. If you don't use it, you generally die. COD just doesn't utilize cover like Gears. Hell, you can shoot through practically everything now too.

Going by its usage in games these days, and by what you have described above, the word "camping" basically refers anyone who gets the drop on someone else and is able to effectively follow through before that fellow can do anything about it.

By definition, sniping is camping.  Sure, you can run around and switch locations, but the entire purpose of sniping is that you kill a guy from long range when he doesn't know that he is even in someone's sight: that you kill a guy without him having a chance to kill you back.  

There is camping, and there is map control.  The latter is legitimate and should be swallowed deeply by the losers, and the former is also within the rules and confines of the game, but is frowned upon because, in attitude, everyone wants to fight WWI again, where soldiers play honorably and fair.  And why not?  If the gameplay is something that isn't fun, who wants to play it.

I think what the developers need to do is include a "collars" option.  If it is turned on, then whenever a player stops all significant movement for more than 10 seconds, the collar blows up and the camper's head explodes.  That would eliminate camping - and it would be a cinch to program.

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mind the snipers camping, its annoying as fuck but I deal with it.  Thats their style of play, I just dont have the patience for it.  But when people sit in the same building and dont move well thats where the problems start to stir with me.  It really doesnt take much skill to sit in a dark corner and shoot at people as they run past you.  I wish there was something that we could do to fix this problem but really there isnt, some people just arent as good at the games and need every advantage they can get.  Camping will always be a factor in gaming and we'll all just have to deal with it whether we want to or not.  Believe me, when a camper kills after the 5 sec of kill cam footage I will always scream "fucking campers!"

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is just part of games

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really, camping has never been an issue to me from either cod 4 or halo 3, or gears, maybe halo because i didint really play it that much and never experienced a camping freak, cod 4 because i always stay low never really run around in the open and because i usually play a lot of free for all, gears i dont think there is such a thing as camping, i just call it watching out for my own ass, because never have i seen a camper win a match

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I hate campers man dam the make me angry soo much
anyways they have to make a solution to that some time.

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