Video game tips--Combat Shooters-Sniper or Camper?

When in the course of a tactical shooter, you may notice that for some inexplicable reason you just got shot at/killed, without knowing where your opponent could possibly be. Its as if out of nowhere a phantom projectile flies into your face. This is probably due to either a sniper or a camper. These are two heavily used words that deserve a definition.
The term sniper generally means someone that wields a long range high power weapon and uses it as such. NOTE: just because you are using what could be defined as a "Sniper Rifle" doesn't necessarily make you a sniper. Some players (myself included) either occasionally or often use a sniper rifle like some kind of pseudo-shotgun. Basically this means intentionally using a sniper rifle as a close range weapon, not just resorting to it in hand to hand since you currently "have it out".The following is a Halo 3 player video, showing some good sniping. Probably a bunch of my videos will be Halo 3, do to the high number of videos available.



The term camper is often used in derision, since a lot of players say that it is cheap (especially right after being killed by what they call a camper). MY definition of camping is when you choose to position yourself in a more or less concealed position or in a power position (strong defendable spot) and kill people when they come into your view. According to this definition every single player that I have ever seen is a camper sometimes. Just to clear up any confusion: I think that camping (according to my definition) is not a bad thing. It is basically an ambush, and not at all something to sneer at.
It is possible to be a camper without a sniper rifle and it is possible (rarely) to be a sniper without a sniper rifle. Usually players/teams resort to camping when they a) feel that it is the best course of action in the situation, or b) when they are out-numbered or feel less talented than the opposition.
Camping and sniping can both be excellent tools in effecting our opponent"s morale.

P.S Make sure that you realize that there is a difference between general camping and spawn camping/killing. Perhaps I will feature an individual article on spawn camping in the future.