Why do you need video evidence for camping?

[Commissioned]

I was wondering why you need to give video evidence for camping? It's usually quite obvious from a picture to tell if a player is camping, because they are usually on a 20-block high tower surrounded by lava.

Thanks for reading,
Commissioned

 

[Deleted member 352903]

"bEcAuSe YoU cAN fAkE aN iMaGe" is not a good explanation.

I agree.

 

[remio]

That's because you first have to warn the player. Why do you think you have to warn? Because they might not know the rules, and they can jump off their skybase if they hear they are commiting a punishable offense. That's why you need video evidence.

 

[TheBrownster]

We need video evidence to show context and to be sure the evidence is in chronological order. With screenshots, you could take a picture of them before warning, then take a picture of you warning them. Then you could report and get them banned if you showed the warning screenshot first even if they listened to your warning and came down.
For context, sometimes you build up so you can build a sky bridge or to attack another player. With screenshots, you can’t capture their intent and it would like look they were just sitting up there when actually they were trying to fight someone.
So camping needs to remain with video evidence so we can be sure that the punishment is correct and not faked.