I've seen this from both perspectives.. Personally, I believe the whole thing could be solved by just a little consideration for other people.. The fact is I've passed off camps to other people and I've passed on camps to guildies/friends.
If you want a more realistic perspective think of it this way. You're in line at a concert to try to get tickets and there's a limit of 2 per person. You walk up and see 2 people in front of you and realize there's a supply of about 10 front row tickets.. So, you measure your odds and say "Okay, this is a pretty good situation.. I still have a shot at front row tickets, and the line should be fairly short" An hour later the guy at the front of the line sees a friend and says "HAI MAN How's It Goin?!" the other guy says "Oh, Hey.. Yeah.. I just woke up. Guess I wasn't the first person here.. you mind if i just stand behind you?" and the other guy says "Oh, hell yeah.. That's fine dude.." In another hour the same thing happens, and again, and again, and again..
How would you react, would you happily chew on the crap sandwich? or would you speak out and say something?
That's the situation that the people who started this post are frustrated with. It's not the fact that your guild want's <Insert contested item name here>, cause most people could give a crap. It's that when they walk up there's 4 people at a camp and every time one person gets their item, they leave and 1-2 more people show up and jump right in front of the people who have been sitting there waiting patiently for 3 hours for the 2 people they originally saw to get their fill.
Now for the solution.. Like I said, a little consideration would help a lot. If you see someone sitting there waiting and it's a guild camp.. You might say
"Hey, I'm going to be here for another 3-4 hours and I've already promised the camp to a few guildies after that and I've got no idea how long they'll be on but they're usually online pretty late.. So, if you want to wait I'll warn you.. It'll be at least 8 hours."
Or!
You could do what I do.. And if someone's actually sitting with me waiting for the camp and they're there, at keyboard, and ready to jump.. They get it when I'm done.. Why? you ask. Because the person who's not sitting there at the camp isn't showing any dedication and is pretty much just flat out asking for a camp/loot handed to them on a silver platter just because they have a tag under their name that matches yours. If I'm taking 6 hours out of my life to camp some ridiculously rare spawn and instead of helping me they decide that they have better things to do and want to exp instead of sitting with me and helping, and then ask "Hey, can you just tell me when you're about to leave?"
As I said, a little consideration goes a long way.. Just take this as my whole contribution to this siituation..
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