Do you CAMP?
How many times have you been sitting out a round after dying, watching the timer tick down the remaining minutes, and thought 'What the heck are they playing at?' As you watch one guy hunt round the map, while his last remaining opponent sits tight in a corner somewhere, being very well hidden. Basically....camping. Today, this article is all about camping. By the way, it is CAMPING. not CAMPAIGNING. I used to make this mistake a lot. (lol ZEUS bhai. )
It seems in CS that many people are pretty quick to judge and tell other players exactly how to play CS. Calls of phrases such as camping losers, arent really to hard to come by when you play Counter-Strike in a gaming cafe, specially amateurish ones like blizzard. I personally try to be on my very best behaviour and not do this, although even I succumb to the need to do galibaji another player, on occasion.
The only time people will catch me giving galis to a camper is when the camping is somewhat un-necessay. Like people camping in the most ridiculous places such as at the top of ladders, in vent systems that only have one way to get in/out (infact, probably most vent systems in CS, now I think about it, example : assualt_lith) and other similar points in maps, that just don't have any bearing on the objectives of the players/teams. This, in my view, is just a lame strategy and too boring. It involves no skill, the player obviously isn't trying to complete or carry out any objectives and is just a wastage of time to a good game. This is what I would call 'static camping'/ 'ochol camping' it involves no skill whatsoever and is plain dull.
I do, however, feel that camping is ok when players are obviously carrying out tasks that are needed in order for their team to win the round. Like Counter-Terrorists guarding bomb sites against in-coming Terrorists, or vise versa, Terrorists defending/holding hostages against Counter-Terrorists. I believe this is ok because if the attacking team (Ts on bomb, CTs on hostage maps) are well enough organized and can work together, this then becomes a good match, where tactics are essential and the better team will win.
With the use of HE grenades and Flashbang grenades, a well organized attacking team should enjoy the challenge of breaking down enemy defenses. Although some people, no matter what circumstances will curse opponents for 'doing their job'. That is camping.
Why should Counter-Terrorists rush into oncoming Terrorists, and risk the possibility of dying (and therefore losing the round), when they could work as a team, guard the bombsites and win the round effectively? The answer is, in my opinion (again), that they shouldn't rush in if they don't want to. It's kind of like players who choose to use the magnum, it's their prerogative, yet people still attack whatever option they choose.
The same can be said about Terrorists guarding hostages, it's totally acceptable. Come on! Do not care about the opponent cursing you. At the end of the day, only the winning team walks away with the victory. So try whatever you can to win the game. So it is common to listen to comments like : "be a man!" / "charge!" / "rush" / "¤¤¤¤ thakle aga.." etc. Do not care. Do your job.
Now it is time to listen to your comments. So please feel free to drop by and provide feedback about this article. As i missed by dinner writing this.
That's it, I am out to have dinner.
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Originally Posted by Sin Eater
