It only occasionally comes up on the forums (only a handful of unverifieds have access to the forums), although you can see a hint of entitlement with the opinion campers here have towards campbots. I really can't see the difference between a AFK-campers and a campbot; the AFK-camper needs to manually sit down where the bot is automated, but once they're sitting they're both the exact same thing.
The overwhelming part of came from it in-world with random encounters with campers. With LH there would frequently be a camper upset that he/she didn't get paid and ask (or demand) what was going to be done about it. The only possible response to that is to simply try to explain that nothing can be done about resident-to-resident transactions, at which point it would usually rapidly deteriorate into arguing or verbal abuse or they'd leave the session with a snide remark.
You'd get some of the same emotion with people who just bought something that wasn't delivered and their attempts to contact the seller were met with silence or disinterest, but it was never so prevalent or as bad as with the people who camped.
Then there are the cases of stores/places who use some form of camping, with people loitering about waiting for one of the spots to become available, and meanwhile trying to haggle and beg for money, which usually ends with continued harassing after the first "no" or verbal abuse.
Afford isn't really the proper term in this case. Campers aren't poor (in the "I can't afford food or a home" sense) in RL, they can buy things just fine, they just don't want to.
The overwhelming part of came from it in-world with random encounters with campers. With LH there would frequently be a camper upset that he/she didn't get paid and ask (or demand) what was going to be done about it. The only possible response to that is to simply try to explain that nothing can be done about resident-to-resident transactions, at which point it would usually rapidly deteriorate into arguing or verbal abuse or they'd leave the session with a snide remark.
You'd get some of the same emotion with people who just bought something that wasn't delivered and their attempts to contact the seller were met with silence or disinterest, but it was never so prevalent or as bad as with the people who camped.
Then there are the cases of stores/places who use some form of camping, with people loitering about waiting for one of the spots to become available, and meanwhile trying to haggle and beg for money, which usually ends with continued harassing after the first "no" or verbal abuse.
Afford isn't really the proper term in this case. Campers aren't poor (in the "I can't afford food or a home" sense) in RL, they can buy things just fine, they just don't want to.
Sorry about not knowing about the tantrums in-world. Never experienced it myself. Those campers need to be appreciative that there is even still camping. Making a scene isn't going to get you paid, you make others around you hate you, you'll make people hate all campers, and this kind of thing is why they will eventually get rid of camping. You are not doing anyone at all any favors by throwing a fit. Those that "subsist" only on camping need to realize they are the lowest rung on the SL totem poll, act like it and be humble and appreciative that you don't have to whip out your wallet every time you want something in SL. If there weren't as many fools maybe we would still be able to have camping, instead of camping being on the chopping block. Please know, that at least one camper knows his place.
As for the loiterers and beggars, while I haven't seen the virtual pan handling myself, I have seen people loitering around waiting for someone to pop off their camping spot. I never understood why some hang around waiting for a spot. They are just wasting time, time they could be using to camp somewhere else. There are probably over 1000 locations across the grid that offer camping, stop wasting time waiting for a spot and go look for another somewhere else. (Who knows you might even find a better spot in your travels.) And begging other users for L$ is just a waste of time too. You don't need to beg others for money if you would get off you ass and just look for camping somewhere else, all camping hasn't been closed down yet. There is just no excuse for begging. If a skill-less, anti-social loser like me can find some camping and get "free" L$, then the beggars have no excuse.
With idiots and beggars among the campers I can see why so many hate campers. I wish I could apologize for their behavior, not that that means much. Campers, be appreciative that you are still allowed to participate in much of SL for "free".