Spawn Camping

what do you think of spawn campers? (people who pick a spot by a
spawn zone in a fps game like halo or graw, and continuously kill
their opponents the moment they appear, not giving them a chance
to move and defend themselves)

there appears to be 3 general opinions regarding this:

1-spawn camping is fair. its part of the game. its the victims' own
fault for allowing the enemy to infiltrate their spawn zone....etc.

2-spawn camping is a waste of time and spawn campers are a waste
of a good time gaming. it takes no talent to just click 'fire' over and
over and over, its unsportsmanlike and defeats the purpose of the game....etc.

3-its up to the host of the match to set rules agreed upon by all
guests. so long as they all agree, spawn camping is fair. if they
reject it, spawn camping is cheating.

as for #3, to those who snicker and say "yeah right!!! HA" you know
as well as i that disregarding clan matches this type of
communication and warning never happens. fine.
but lets just pretend its a perfect world and people are considerate
enough to not lure you into a spawncamp game without your knowledge.

so how do you view spawn camping?

It kinda depends. Sometimes Im playing Americas Army (fps) and Defense starts rushing me hardcore. Even though Im Assault, meaning Im supposed to be the one advancing. So naturally I stay put, and take them down. Then of course, I am accused of being a spawn camper and a wuss.

So I guess Im just saying that it really depends on the situation.

I think it's lame. There's a reason most servers kick people doing it.

true...i never spawn camp...and vote against those who do..

Yeah, they suck.

But I hate games on where the team has different spawn points around a certain area. (Call of Duty Team Deathmatch) and your the only on your team in that area, and you kill a bunch of guys that spawn and then people call you an spawn killer. I hate it because I just happen to be there at that time and I have to kill them because they will kill me.

Other games like TFC, I didnt mind spawn killing because it kinda of rewards the opposing team from successfully attacking the base and getting to that point. It's kinda of pointless to attack a base, then allow the opposing teams a chance to come back.

What I hate though is guys who know where the respawn is and just sit there and wait for people to come.

Hehe..I used to spawn camp every spawn point in Goldeneye with the Golden Gun in Stack....after seeing the spawn pattern I just ran to each one and picked off my friends as soon as they turned up, funny as hell.
But that was just for shits, I dont do it real games, and I hate spawn sniping....I played Halo and got pwned after 3 steps everytime I came back.

😂 yeah that happens..in SW BF2, spawn killing is considered as bad as TKing, so u can sometimes get banned for it...

Spawn camping is nooby

I agree, it's bull. Though it's one of those things that, in home multiplayer games, you can't really ban unless it's agreed.

I hate that. Whenever I've played Halo multiplayer it's been with people who play extremely fair to the point of not looking at each other's screens, which IS possible.

-AC

I can't stand when people do that. It's so stupid and annoying.

Though sometimes if my brother and I are playing Battlefront or Goldeneye we'll try and hunt down each other's spawn points just to piss each other off...I always find it funny when one of us will spawn and immediately kill the one trying to camp.

But yeah. In a real game? Spawn camping is a good way to get everyone to try and kill you. Or kicked from the game. Or both.

Grrr, Or sometimes what they do is Mine all the Area aroudn spawn points, So if you don't blow up when you spawn, you will as oon as you exit the door / turn the corner etc etc.

Then you can't track down "Who done it".

I play loads of games and spawn camping I find incredibly lame.

I don't worry about it because I'm usually the victim of spawn camping once or twice per match, and thats if it's really bad. I always get a kill back by killing spawn campers easily once they stupidly give their positions away.

Camping is such a stupid strategy. It doesn't always work, and only serves to piss everyone off.

I much prefer my strategy - know when to hide, know when to run, don't get killed and know when to gun everyone the f*ck down.

I regularly win, and regularly get the best death/kill ratio mainly because I never camp and nobody has any excuses when I put them out of their misery with some gunishment.

Originally posted by BackFire
I think it's lame. There's a reason most servers kick people doing it.

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It pisses me off. Be considerate and play the frikkin game right.

Originally posted by H. S. 6
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It pisses me off. Be considerate and play the frikkin game right.

spawn camping is always done in CTF matches...also 'flag camping'..a couple of mines near the enemy flag point....when you try to score..boom!

Dude, flag camping?

That's called being defensive. The developers obviously put mines in the game for a reason.
There is nothing wrong with putting mines near a flag. That's the whole point. It's a bad game if they're isnt any way to detenote them before you get there.

I think it was Unreal Tournament or something...I dont think Ive got it on my PC anymore...there was a fun CTF level I used to play all the time....camping the flag was so fun, there was a ledge in your base you could sit on and snipe all the way to the other team's flag, so everytime they stole the flag, I'd pick them off right at their flag.

Would you call it unfair?

I wouldnt. I call it part of the game.

When thinking of CTF, I always think of TFC (my fav online game ever), and how the demoguy, heavy weapons guy and sniper would stick back and protect the flag. That's what the game is about. Attacking and defending. If some schmuck decides to go rambo at the flag and dies from an pipe bomb, its his/her fault.

Not really, because its the type of game where you get a bunch of people randomly spawning non stop, so if you die, 3 secs later you're back in. And CTF are all about defending the base, whereas if its a deathmatch or something where the goal is to get the most kills, thats cheating.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Dude, flag camping?

That's called being defensive. The developers obviously put mines in the game for a reason.
There is nothing wrong with putting mines near a flag. That's the whole point. It's a bad game if they're isnt any way to detenote them before you get there.