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{{Wikipedia|Camping (video gaming)}} | {{Wikipedia|Camping (video gaming)}} | ||
[[File:SwordBaseCampers.jpg|thumb|300px|Players in a popular camping spot in a game of [[Infection]].]] | [[File:SwordBaseCampers.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Players in a popular camping spot in a game of [[Infection]].]] | ||
{{Quote|no=two|q1=You fuckin' camping bitch!|q2=It's a legitimate strategy!|1=Red zealot|2=Blue zealot|3=From [[Red vs. Blue]]'s ''The Best Laid Plans''<ref name="legit">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFwad7UE5JY&t=6m59s '''Youtube''': ''Red vs. Blue: "The Best Laid Plans"'']</ref>}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=You fuckin' camping bitch!|q2=It's a legitimate strategy!|1=Red zealot|2=Blue zealot|3=From [[Red vs. Blue]]'s ''The Best Laid Plans''<ref name="legit">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFwad7UE5JY&t=6m59s '''Youtube''': ''Red vs. Blue: "The Best Laid Plans"'']</ref>}} | ||
'''Camping''' is the act of voluntarily keeping out of firefights by staying in one place. The act of camping is generally frowned upon in the gaming community and often considered a [[newbie|newb]] tactic. Players who employ this voluntary act would be referred simply as "campers". | '''Camping''' is the act of voluntarily keeping out of firefights by staying in one place. The act of camping is generally frowned upon in the gaming community and often considered a [[newbie|newb]] tactic. Players who employ this voluntary act would be referred simply as "campers". | ||
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== Strategy and counter-strategy == | == Strategy and counter-strategy == | ||
=== Corner camping === | === Corner camping === | ||
[[File:Red Spartan Corner Camping Halo Reach.jpg|thumb|300px|A Spartan corner camping on the map [[Sword Base]].]] | [[File:Red Spartan Corner Camping Halo Reach.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Spartan corner camping on the map [[Sword Base]].]] | ||
Many campers rely largely on close-quarters ambushes, or "corner rushing", to take down their enemies. Popular places to corner-camp are sharp, blind corners, where a camper may hide with a powerful short-range weapon (such as the Gravity Hammer, Energy Sword, or Shotgun) and cut down anybody who turns the corner. Once a corner-camper's location has been determined, however, it is generally quite easy to take him out. The usual strategy for these situations is to throw a grenade into his hiding spot to kill him or at least flush him out. With the advent of ''[[Halo 3]]''<nowiki/>'s Mauler, which spawned rapidly and commonly on numerous multiplayer maps, corner-camping became a severe balance issue, so much so that [[Bungie]] drastically decreased the number of Maulers in multiplayer. | Many campers rely largely on close-quarters ambushes, or "corner rushing", to take down their enemies. Popular places to corner-camp are sharp, blind corners, where a camper may hide with a powerful short-range weapon (such as the Gravity Hammer, Energy Sword, or Shotgun) and cut down anybody who turns the corner. Once a corner-camper's location has been determined, however, it is generally quite easy to take him out. The usual strategy for these situations is to throw a grenade into his hiding spot to kill him or at least flush him out. With the advent of ''[[Halo 3]]''<nowiki/>'s Mauler, which spawned rapidly and commonly on numerous multiplayer maps, corner-camping became a severe balance issue, so much so that [[Bungie]] drastically decreased the number of Maulers in multiplayer. | ||
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=== Lift camping === | === Lift camping === | ||
[[File:Halo Reach Lift Camping Reflection.jpg|thumb|300px|A red elite lift-camping on the Halo: Reach map Reflection in a multiplayer match.]] | [[File:Halo Reach Lift Camping Reflection.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A red elite lift-camping on the Halo: Reach map Reflection in a multiplayer match.]] | ||
Lift camping is the practice of ambushing and killing players who are in uncontrollable motion. It takes its name from the [[Gravity lift]] and other similar lifts that often adorn levels. | Lift camping is the practice of ambushing and killing players who are in uncontrollable motion. It takes its name from the [[Gravity lift]] and other similar lifts that often adorn levels. | ||