spawn camp
verbEtymology
From spawn (“a location on a game map in which a player spawns”) + camp (“to stay beside something to gain an advantage”).
Definitions
To stay near a spawn point in order to kill players immediately after they spawn.
- Some servers will ban you if you spawn camp too much.
- While one team is effectively pinned down by spawn campers, the team that has successfully spawn camped may proceed to complete any other goals of the match unobstructed.
To kill (players) immediately after they spawn.
- How am I supposed to do anything if I get spawn camped in five seconds?
- Of the turning point, he said, "We each got off our heroes and started playing random heroes. Dafran played Soldier for some reason, I stuck with Tracer, and we just ran to their spawn and then started spawn camping them."
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for spawn camp. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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