Boghie, on Sep 17 2018 - 01:31, said:
scHnuuudle_bop,
In general, this ^^^ is NOT camping. Someone who moves to a spot where they can damage the enemy (early damage, then mid-game damage, then end-game damage) is not a camper. If your gun becomes active (with a reasonable chance of success) before your teammates die than you are not camping.
Now, if that special someone is in a Heavy and is sitting 400m+ from the enemy and fires low percentage shots till the front line dies or wins is camping. Part of a HTs job is to take fire and soak damage - that is where the Medium Tanks come into play. If you find yourself in a Medium tank that is not shooting and not moving than you are camping. If you are in a Light Tank that is not getting spotting damage and/or not causing hate and discontent than you are probably camping...
Or, as in this case, you just don't know what to do.
Ericmopar, you were confused not camping. But, even confused you should always look to support your teams tanks. When that IS-2 made his move you should have made yours. Ok, you die (maybe). But, that gives the enemy two angles to worry about. Had that enemy killed off the IS-2 what was your plan? You probably would have died in place in a 2 on 2 game. Someone that hadn't watched your game would have thought you were slinking three layers deep and taking pot shots in your HT - a solid definition of camping. Don't worry about the chat. But, worry about the fact that you did not push when the IS-2 pushed.
And this is where the problem lies.
A player who stops, anywhere, anytime, for any reason, for an extended period of time, is camping.
There are just more effective ways and places than others.
Just as there are effective ways of rushing forward, and there are ways, that are not so much.
When I hunt campers, and I just love campers, delicious treats. It is not the player hidden in the back (not spotted, so I can't anyway). It is the hulldown T29, damaging and holding up my teammates. He is in one spot, say just over the crest of a hill. He has moved up, into that position, has backup so cannot be flanked easily. This T29, is just sitting there, up front, and has not moved except up and down the hill. He is camping there, and doing a fantastic job of it. This is the definition of camper.
Again I really like the El Halluf example. Either spawn, there are always a horde of campers, they rush a few meters to look over the valley.
Sometimes way way more than it seems is required. SO, if someone rushes down and spots all their campers, there are actually targets to shoot at, and the campers are useful.
Say , someone rushes down, and only spots their brave soul rushing about down there. Well, the 5 TD's camping, all shooting at one single enemy, along with their teammate down there are , simply put, bad campers.
Now even worse, after the enemy below has been vanquished, or their scout is gone, and these same players still sit there, they go from bad campers to idiot campers.
The same players, same camping spot, three different outlooks.