What is Edge Camp?
1.
Specifically in the context of
1. Waiting on the ground, by the
2. Waiting for an opponent to land on the area near a ledge, and grappling them before he/she has an opportunity to recover, allowing the player to
3. Using a character with a good hover or jumping ability to wait in the air for an opponent to attempt to land after a executing a saving jump and subsequently
4. Throwing an
5. Grabbing onto a ledge, either because one is also trying to make a saving jump/ledge grab, or because one jumps off and grabs the ledge intentionally, preventing an opponent from grabbing that ledge after his/her saving jump, when the opponent would have normally been able to save himself/herself by grabbing the unoccupied ledge. The former is more acceptable behavior, although both are discouraged. Waiting an extended period of time after grabbing onto a ledge, knowing an opponent will need the opportunity to grab is blatant edge camping.
All of these tactics are allowed by the game, and actively employed by high level computer players (
Edge camping is an exploit of the game's engine to unfairly defeat an opponent, and cannot be eliminated, although the
Opponents who actively edge camp ruin the challenge between two players of approximately equal skill, and should be considered
As an alternative to edge camping, players that practice good sportsmanship back up, giving an opponent who has just completed a saving jump/edge grab time to recover before continuing to battle. When an opponent is clearly knocked to his/her death by an attack on a part of the map away from the edge, this is considered a fair kill.
The practice of
1. Damnit, Zach, you clearly used Pikachu's Side+A smash attack to kill me before I had the opportunity to grab the edgeback on, you
douchebag . I'm suck and tired of you edge camping! I've had it with thisbullshit ! Learn to play fair, or don't play,assmunch !
2. Jason, you throw whore! That's edge camping,
douche ! I had no chance to recover after landing before you used Ness' overpowered throw on me. Thanks,jackass . Next time, why don't you give me somefucking recovery time? Or are you just toopussy to fight me.
3. I swear, if you use
Kirby to drill me down into thelava one more time, I will gofucking ape shit on yourass !
4. *Loud Groan* Damn you and your throwing accuracy... Why didn't you just let Alex have the
Beam Sword instead of throwing it at me?
5. You lousy
son of a bitch . I saw you jump off and grab that ledge so that I would fall. You do it again, and you're fucking dead, you asshole! That is theepitome of edge camping, youfat fuck ! Get that cheatingmotherfucker , guys!
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