What is Spawn-Camping?

[cryptohick]

Hey guys and gals! I'm making a video talking about the touchy topic of spawn-camping and would like the community's input on the subject.
Here are my questions to you:

1) How do YOU define spawn-camping?
2) How do you feel about spawn-camping?

Thanks! :]

[ShenanAgain]

1) Killing people as they spawn
2) That's really hard to do in this game

[Minty]

Spawncamping is sitting infront of a spawn and waiting for "TEH KILLZ" because you're so pro and you would be most definitely platinum if you did that in comp. matches.
Spawn camping is for people who don't want a fair fight nor a challenge from the enemy team.
(It's mostly demomen who try to spawn camp, at least in the pubs I've played)

[Ozyruz]

Escrito originalmente por ShenanAgain:

1) Killing people as they spawn
2) That's really hard to do in this game

Unless you have bunch of reliable sentrys and Pyros.

[Dime]

For me, spawncamping is when a player(s) wait/set up traps outside of spawn in a effort to keep the team from exiting. This mainly includes Demos, scouts, spies, soldiers and heavys. I feel that demo camping is the only one that should not be allowed.

[ShenanAgain]

Escrito originalmente por Turret #16859:

Escrito originalmente por ShenanAgain:

1) Killing people as they spawn
2) That's really hard to do in this game

Unless you have bunch of reliable sentrys and Pyros.

Not quite what I was thinking. The only actual way I know how to spawn camp in this game is to have an Engineer assist an enemy Spy into their base.

[Dime]

Spy-Spawn-Camping is like a entire part of playing spy. When the enemy team has died, waiting in a spot that will not be looked apon next to spawn can really be a asset to spies, but you should try not to spawncamp as it can take a much longer time to get kills, not to mention the potential of getting caught.

[StarfishAtLarge]

To me, it's overextending past the objective to fight the enemy team as they come out of spawn.

"Spawncamper" is overused as an insult; often it's directed at people who go back there to destroy a teleporter and have to fight off someone attacking them, or using the spawn as a nearby choke point when the Payload cart is almost capped.

[Joke Train]

Escrito originalmente por -bg- 456:

1) How do YOU define spawn-camping?

koth_harvest

2) How do you feel about spawn-camping?

I lost a 40 killstreak because I was considering spawn-camping the enemy team on koth_harvest.
Still mad about that.

[Cjthemvp123]

well spawncamping in this game can be fun or realy fustrating
stay tough and try to break spawntrappers as spy like me

[Someone]

1) Standing at a spawn and killing people as they come out
2) Kinda sucks once in a while, but there are also many ways to get out of being spawn camped, so its really not that bad.

[Sir Zorba]

1)Intentionally waiting outside enemy spawn to fight and hopefully kill them as they exit. I don't count killing someone exiting their spawn as you pass by and then keep moving on to be a spawncamp.
2)Spawncamping is BS and shows that the offender is bad enough that they have to resort to cheap tactics like spawncamp.

[Festive Wind]

Depends on the teams.

[Harmania]

How the bloody hell is spawncamping in anyway controversial?

Escrito originalmente por Joke Train:

Escrito originalmente por -bg- 456:

1) How do YOU define spawn-camping?

koth_harvest

So very true. Scottish Resistance Demoman is hilarious there.

[peppermint hollows]

Escrito originalmente por Ineffable Cupidity:

How the bloody hell is spawncamping in anyway controversial?

Escrito originalmente por Joke Train:

koth_harvest

So very true. Scottish Resistance Demoman is hilarious there.

Pffft, haha. Try koth_nucleus or koth_harvest phlogistinator/scorch shot pyro.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Banana-Kush/inventory/#440_2_2517858298

[noname]

1. Spawncamping is sitting at the enemy's spawn and killing them as they come out.

2. Frankly, if your team is so bad that we can keep you at spawn like that, then that's your problem. And besides, Spies and Bonk Scouts exist.