Screenwatching



Screenwatching (also Screen Checking, Screen Cheating, Screen Looking, Screen Peeking, Screen Camping, Screen Hacking, or Screening) is a slang term used on multiplayer games. It is a tactic used on games where multiple players are sharing a single split screen. Screenwatching occurs when one player repeatedly watches another player's screen to determine their location and avoid their attacks or find them more easily.

On Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, screenwatching is usually unavoidable to an extent, particularly when the players are playing on a small monitor. Screenwatching is usually used to prevent being sniped or assassinated as the player will notice themselves in the sights of another player and quickly hide. Despite its unavoidability, screenwatching is looked down upon as a "Newb" tactic. Other people say that screenwatching is inevitable. If someone says they never do so, then they must be lying, since this is often used as justification for the tactic.

An easy way to avoid screenwatching is to create a system link with multiple Xboxes on multiple monitors, so that players each have their own screen, or at least have fewer opponents on one screen, therefore preventing screenwatching.

If players are short on monitors, two or more Xboxes system linked together on two or more monitors will work when each team has their own monitor. This way, it wouldn't be profitable to screenwatch since you would be watching your own team(unless they plan on betraying you).