Camping is the act of moving to a far corner of a stage, or to a lonely, safe place to evade the opponents.
Origins
The term "Camping" is mostly known on First Person Shooter video game, yet it has a different purpose. When camped, the player stands on his place, preferably ducked and in some sort of hiding spot, and waits until an opponent comes by. The victim has no idea that the camper is hiding, and when he realizes, it's probably too late. Campers are usually insulted for their acts.
In Smash Bros
It can have several purposes, including:
- Using a spammable projectile
- Charging a move that needs charging
- Wasting time
- Leading the opponents into a mine or Pitfall.
Planking
In Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Planking, is a form of camping that abuses the invincibility of stage ledges. Planking refers to excessive camping (typically with Meta Knight either jumping up and down) due to the fact that ledge camping is very difficult to edgeguard in brawl. This is even more powerful with Meta Knight because his priority is so high and his attacks are incredibly quick and easy gimp kill moves. This was named after a California Meta Knight user who was known for "planking" the edge. Similarly, stalling just to make the time go lower is also banned. Such examples include infinite wall chain grabbing to overly high percentages. Minor stalling such as moving around the stage to get to a better position is not banned.