It's a Legitimate Strategy! Or is it?

My brother is the video game guru of the house. Every game that he has played has been dissected by his various ideas of strategies. From calculating exactly what gear he could use on World of Warcraft to perfecting the various moves of Kirby and Link in Super Smash Brothers Brawl; he has never needed resort to button mashing or camping. 
"Camping is", as defined by Metaboli to be "the action of staying in the same place (the camp) for long periods of time, usually in hiding, and just waiting for the an enemy to come by." Unlike button mashing camping, the act of camping and spawn camping (waiting for someone to spawn at a specific point and killing them) require a certain amount of skill. Even though its a weak way to win the game, it is still a strategy- as Ultramarine expresses in his blog. His opinion in "that it is indeed a strategy, with its own advantages and disadvantages" (paragraph 2) argues that "[it] forces other players to be on their toes and play smartly" and personally I don't completely agree with that. 
To hide and wait for other people to come along only creates for frustration and a match that is destined to last longer than necessary. Personally the only time I see camping as an option is when I know that I cannot win otherwise i.e. a round or game against my brother. 

Works Cited:


Ultramarine "Camping? 'It's a Legitimate Strategy'." A Videogame Canon. ZachWalen.net, 8 Oct. 2009. Web. 2 7 Feb. 2011. <http://vgc.zachwhalen.net/content/camping-its-legitimate-strategy>.