Camping: A general airsoft definition of camping would be staying in one place, or hiding untill an unaware enemy wanders by and you shoot him/her from a concealed position.


I started CALS because I am tired of people saying camping is stupid and getting mad at inncocent campers.

Even though I don't often take part in this 'strategy,' I believe that everyone has the right to camp. If you agree and want to join CALS or just want to suport CALS you can...

A. Make a sig with atleast one tent in the picture and a person (or people) the person can be doing what ever you want him/her to be doing but it has to be airsoft or camping related and the person has to be wearing bdus doesn matter what scheme

or B. Put something sayin you support CALS or that you are a member of CALS in you signiture.

There are many different ways to camp you can be the more hiding (scared of getting shot camper) or you can be the camp the flag/base and not go and hunt down the enemy or the enemy flag.

a camper generally stays near an objective if there is a flag a camper will have a position to view the flag but no one else will be able to see the camper. the great thing about camping is even if you have a lesser gun you can take out people with guns a million times better than your own. because all it takes is one good shot.

a well trained camper can find spots all over in thick bushes, rooms with only one or 2 doors, under cars, under or behind logs, and sometimes in the most obvious places like a big box near the flag.

now it is possible to camp in death matches or team death matches but it is slightly different because you don't lose if the enemy completes some objective. so if there is a flow spot that people like to go to, find a good spot to camp from and you want to face the way people will be moving and place your camping spot near a solid object like a big wall but make sure you have an escape route. in a dm/tdm the way you want to camp is wait until someone walks or runs by hold your fire until you know you can hit them and make sure your aim is good especially if you are out gunned.

the best armament for camping is a gas pistol they are small and easy to move around and aim through small spots. also having a pistol for camping is good because you can run to a camping spot faster than you could with a rifle. (Make sure when you run to a spot to control your breath while camping hard breathing can often expose your location!) if you are not a very good shot try getting an auto pistol like many of the kwa g series or a compact aeg : ,mp5k, uzi, or any of the new tm compact smgs.

I will think up more tactics soon.



Some edits by Pirate.

This post has been edited by rather: Feb 13 2006, 04:05 PM

I think camping is annoying but It will train airsofters
to be careful. It has no benafit to the camper. But the
airsofter that is trying to kill the camper gets a lot of training.
Even though campers are annoying it improves the attackers
stealth and carefullness it also decreases him tunnel vision


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I did not just understand a single word you said dude, could rephrase that?

camping is pretty much just setting up an ambush, one of the oldest tactics, don't know hey people don't think its legit...

Those you claim it is an illegitimate strategy are those who do not use proper tactics and do not have any sense of situational awareness, thus they fall victim to an ambush of a 'camper' quite easily and because of this, they blame the 'camper' simply because their ego runs too high and they do not want to admit they have been taken down by another player using a very old, simple tactic. That run-on sentence you just read is my opinion of why people think 'camping', or what I refer to as 'awaiting in ambush' is an illegitimate strategy.

Of course camping is a legit strategy, but IMO, should only be used situationally. That being said, it isn't the greatest tactic. You should only stay in the same spot if you absolutely need to be there.
Then again, I am a more offensive player, so I prefer to be always moving.
To each their own I suppose.

Or if it's a REALLY good spot. But then you get predictable.

I would like to rephrase my statement.

Camping is a legitimate strategy. Though most players will say "lulz0rs u r camping ur lik when I play cs d00d". I will just have to admit that I got owned...camping in the form of:
"hai guys lulz ima go and stand by dat tre and use mah terrosit snipar ak and w8 for enemees"
Translated into English:
"Hey guys, I'm going to stand by that tree and use my AK, and wait for enemies"

Which is noobie. Why wait when you can engage them first!

camping or ambushing is really helpful in a night game, people running past and can't see you.
but it would be a pain of everyone camped in a night game. every one would probably end up asleep lol

This post has been edited by Greenace: Oct 10 2009, 07:17 PM

camping is a good strategy, but I would call it defending. I am good at it when I have a buddy. We wait side by side, then when we get contact, we spread out to keep from being flanked. Usually I am there to protect a large flank like throught some woods and radio for adequete support when there is contact. I think it's really fun defending. Makes me humble myself as "the guy who sat and shot people, but he did have our back"

This post has been edited by colt1911: May 19 2010, 10:24 PM

In my experience, I nice mixture between fast movement and camping does wonders. For example, once, at the beginning of a game, I sprinted as fast as I could to the center of the field, and got myself an excellent spot under a tree with low foliage. None of the enemy expected that I would be so far forward so early in the game; I shot one as he "took cover" behind my tree, another as he came around, and another as he walked past. Strategically this gave my entire team an enormous edge: my initial push allowed the entire team to move up like a spearhead behind me, and we gained serious ground as soon as they caught up to me, because 3 out of the 10 enemies were already back respawning. Furthermore, that game I tended to camp around that general area, which was the best possible location for the enemy team to move up to capture the intel box in the center of the map (which was the main objective of the game). However, there were also times when we were in possession of the intel that it was important for me to move quickly to provide suppression/flankage for grabbers.

So, in short, being able to adapt to the situation is really the most legit strategy, and camping certainly falls into that category.

see, now, I agre with the OP, I own a well M4A1 GBBR which I have converted to a DMR, I "camp", AKA ambush, often, the only reason that people get upset, is because they are not doing well to begin with. think abou it like this, If you were doing very well, say you just got two kills, and ten you were taken out by a "camper" you wouldn't mind as much, becauseyou are hapy with your preformance so far.
all in all, the only reason people get upset, is jealousey.

Camping is only ok if your a sniper or if you are alone and outgunned against more people.

I can't think of an argument against camping, in airsoft, unless one wants to keep a game moving at a fast pace. Everyone is camping out in the real world -- be it American forces entrenching on a mountain in Afghanistan, setting up a roadblock in Iraq, or insurgents preparing an ambush along a main thoroughfare --so obviously it's found to be useful. Airsoft may be a game, but it's not a video game where someone using an M203 will be harassed for using a "Newbie tube". They will, in fact, be lauded for their frickin' sweet investment. If someone is camping, during a game, the proper response would be to flank them, or to drive them out with overwhelming firepower, not to whine and complain about how they are "cheating". Airsoft is not CoD, it is a sport. Airsofters are sportsmen, not gamers. There is a difference, and it must be considered.


Personally, I don't understand this gamer logic. How sad is a victory, when one must first give themselves a handicap that denies certain tools, or stratagems, that earlier defeated them? It's rather pathetic.