Jon, you should watch videos of top Falco players. The Video thread is a little outdated but the top players are still good to watch. Luckily the one thing you have is a recording of yourself. Compare your play to their play. You'll see how much more efficient they are, how much safer they are, and how much better their execution is.
Don't take it as an insult, but you need to improve your tech skill more than anything, Luckily this is the easiest part, because all that requires is practice. After that you need to gain understanding of all actions. This is the harder part, but do not worry about it for now. For you getting better technical skills is a concrete and reachable goal. Worry about the more complicated stuff as your movement with your character starts to improve. Players you should most definitely watch is DEHF/Larry. You're from Cal so I assume you know this, but if you need other players to watch, don't hesitate to ask.
Don't take it as an insult, but you need to improve your tech skill more than anything, Luckily this is the easiest part, because all that requires is practice. After that you need to gain understanding of all actions. This is the harder part, but do not worry about it for now. For you getting better technical skills is a concrete and reachable goal. Worry about the more complicated stuff as your movement with your character starts to improve. Players you should most definitely watch is DEHF/Larry. You're from Cal so I assume you know this, but if you need other players to watch, don't hesitate to ask.
Edit: Also you'll never get better by restricting yourself to "not camping" against your friends because they can't get by it. If they don't understand how to beat it, then teach them. If you don't know either, then learn your weakness so that you can teach your friends how to beat it. In that match vs Pikachu, half your lasers didn't even go low enough to hit him, but he just stood in his shield. He should understand that you aren't 100% consistent with your laser height, and he should be more confident of just running at you and dash attacking or grabbing, because he'll be getting rewarded more often than not. Now this is a scenario that you can never really rely on at top level play, because the Falco's lasers are expected to be near perfect, but at lower levels of play it's a very viable strategy. If your friend, the Pikachu, actually starts to punish you more, then this pressures you to not screw up your laser height. Through this process you both become better players, and then more complicated strategies can be employed by your friends to learn how to counter your camping which forces you to improve on your strategies for camping. So, the answer is no, don't stop camping. Instead, teach your friends how to counter it, and hopefully you both improve each other.
. Hopefully in about another month or so I'll have another video or two to post for comparison.
