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On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:33:53 -0400, Rin Stowleigh
<rstow...@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote:

>
>I know that online gaming in this NG isn't as popular as it is
>everywhere else, but it occurred to me this question is more for
>anyone interested in streaming their games.

I'd argue that multiplayer here /is/ as popular as "everywhere else"
in toto, just not in circles where multiplayer gamers tend to hang
out. By their very nature, multiplayer gamers congregate and discuss
their hobby far more than single-player gamers, which creates a bias
in the apparent popularity of the medium.

Which isn't to say that multiplayer isn't popular in general or even
that it isn't popular here; even /I/ enjoy the occassional online
game, and I'm Mr. Single-Player personified. I'm just nitpicking on
your "everywhere else". I'm pedantic; it's what I do ;-)

>
>For those that do stream their games, or have an interest in doing so
>(either of those conditions excludes me), why would you be bothered by
>"stream sniping" (someone watching your live stream and using it to
>gain the upper hand on you in an online game)?

It does seem a silly complaint, although one that stretches back to
the split-screen multiplayer of yesteryear. Didn't some publisher
recently release a game where the whole point was that you HAD to
watch everyone else's screen?  

While ethically the streamer has a point - the watcher has an unfair
advantage over the streamer and if he is in anyway interested in
playing honestly, the watcher should focus on his own game -
practically the streamer is causing his own problem. If he feels his
game is just THAT important that it has to be streamed, he should add
a delay to the stream that makes it useless as a source of
intelligence to enemy observers. Alternately, just stop streaming
live.

Or just insist on only playing against people who stream live as well,
so everyone has the same advantage.