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Originally Posted by eomoyaff
The Sniper carries no need for a different weapon. That wouldn't make him a sniper.
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This is incorrect. I could shoot you with a machine gun from a place of concealment or distance, and I would be considered a 'Sniper'. The act of hitting you with a railgun from across, say, bases would make me a 'Sniper'. Spraying you from some lone corner of the map as Heavy would make me a 'Sniper'. The definition is not founded on the weapon used. While a sniper rifle is founded for the purpose of sniping, sniping is not exclusive to sniper rifles. Besides, I could shoot someone at close range with a sniper rifle, does that make me a sniper? No, not because I used a sniper rifle, of course. So, you should realize that the weapon used is not the defining quality.
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sniper
http://www.answers.com/topic/sniper
http://www.dictionary.net/sniper
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sniper (includes distance)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sniper