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Article #698123Re: Stream Sniping -- so what?
From: JAB
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:51
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:51
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On 30/07/2017 13:51, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > 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. > For you average player yes but for someone where it's part of their their job, even if only part time, then I'd disagree.
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