Convoy Issue: Sniper Camping In Spawn

Just block his view by standing in front of him as a teammate intill he gets bored.

If that dosen't work, put a note on his back which says "Kill me, pl00x"
 
I think it's something you have to live with if you like Convoy. Everyone knows Convoy caters to snipers, and you have to be able to deal with that. Some people love playing convoy to BE a sniper, and some people love playing convoy to KILL snipers.

I'm of the latter camp. It's annoying to get killed by a sniper, but it's that much more satisfying to dominate them as a pyro, or a spy.
 
lol all of you are complaining about it being a exploit and what not but its not... its simpley a sniper perch! That would be calling the battelments in 2fort an exploit... now i am not a good sniper so i dont really try all that much... but if you are getting powned at the bridge well then take a diffrent rute... they can be killed simply by putting stickeys at the door or shooting a well placed round of rockets at em... or simply just snipe em back... its not all that hard.

I agree its a lame spot but its a spot... quite a good one to add but for the other team yea its kinda lame... but if you think about all the players at one... maybe thats there way of fun and thats the point of the game to have fun... its not that big of a deal and most of the time the sniper can be dodged.
 
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A scatter gun a day keeps the sniper at bay.
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You're the only guy i know that can kick the crap outta everybody with a Scatter gun
 
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lol all of you are complaining about it being a exploit and what not but its not... its simpley a sniper perch! That would be calling the battelments in 2fort an exploit... now i am not a good sniper so i dont really try all that much... but if you are getting powned at the bridge well then take a diffrent rute... they can be killed simply by putting stickeys at the door or shooting a well placed round of rockets at em... or simply just snipe em back... its not all that hard.

I agree its a lame spot but its a spot... quite a good one to add but for the other team yea its kinda lame... but if you think about all the players at one... maybe thats there way of fun and thats the point of the game to have fun... its not that big of a deal and most of the time the sniper can be dodged.
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First, let me again reiterate that demos cannot attack the sniper in this spot. Stickies can't do anything, and neither can grenades.

Second, it's not technically an exploit, as I said earlier, but it is a spot that's in a bit of a gray area.

A lot of good points have been made, but I think that this topic needs to be brought back into focus. So here is the question again.

The point of this post was to see what everybody thought about the spot and whether or not we should, at the very least, request that people don't stand there and snipe even though it's not technically illegal. For example, I bugged Juiceman about moving from it while we were on the same team, since he's better than that, and he did.

I think that's what action I'm going to take from now on. I'm not going to stand in front of them (that's grieving) but just bug them to move. Otherwise, the admins have to start muting people on the other team for text spamming when they get angry at the guy who's standing in the "unfair spot".
 
if it gets out of hand to the point where there are complaints, I'll ask them to move. I'm not going to kick anyone for it.
 
I dont think anyone really should say much... like i sed before its not hard to kill them... just get a counter sniper to destract em... really both teams can do it so i really dont see that much of a big deal... its the same instance of some other maps... Not doging you all, i know where you all are coming from, just think its really not that big of a deal... its kinda of silly really... it would be like complaining about somone on 2fort camping the grate with stickeys.. and complaining about a demo man camping the battelments... really its not that big of a deal just addapt and overcome... thats what the game is all about... think of the sniper as a challenge :P Try and beat em... and if ya cant move on :) as far as bugging somone to move... well that would really kinda just erk me and i would mute you anyway <shrugh> like i sed not a sniper so its a no bias op. If a player wants to set up a sniper purch, more power to em... its what the class is all about.
 
The problem with the other places that have been mentioned, like the battlements or the grate, is that you can kill the sniper or demoman from every angle with any class you want. The spawn spot can only be brought down by a pyro, sniper or scout and they have to attack from the front where the sniper will see them and run back. They don't have to worry about the back because their back is impossible to get to. It's not entirely fair for 1 player to have that kind of advantage.

The instant respawn will just put him back there to keep sniping from that spot. There is no real way to get rid of him unless you stick someone there permanently and then they have to worry about everyone else coming out of the spawn. Unless the sniper decides to move there isn't a good way to combat it. It's only about a 4 or 5 sec window there where he's not sniping.

The sniper uses that spot for the fact that it's safe because demos and soldiers can't kill you. The view from that spot is the bridges and for some people that is the only way you can get to the other side. True there are other snipers that can get you but those snipers are vulnerable from every angle. Demomen can get across but they can't kill the sniper. Everyone else has to use the bridge. For an engy to put a teleporter on the other side they have to cross the bridge.
 
sounds to me like its just a good sniper spot lol... not much anyone can do about it sep figure out how to deal with it in the game... Cant really kick or blame somone for using the spots they have to snipe from...
 
i've seen this many a time (go figure - i never play convoy! !lol ) as spy a few magnum/revolver shots to the head takes care of it! ;)
 
This has been brought up before, and if I remember correctly, Council decided that it was a legitimate spot. It was a while ago, and I'm too lazy to look up the thread, but I am certain that the official ruling was to let it be.

While, it may suck to get killed by a sniper from there, he's not un-killable. That said, I do agree that it is kind of cheap, but there's really not much we can do about it. Just kill them a few times, and they will generally get the idea. :)
 
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