What can be done to stop stream sniping?

@chronodusk said in What can be done to stop stream sniping?:

FYI for everyone following this thread -

Joe Neate (Exectutive producer on Sea of Thieves) speaking on stream sniping in today's weekly dev update:

"...that's a little bit odd and it doesn't feel quite right to me..... It feels like inviting yourself to someone else's party without being invited....... We don't believe this is right..... We are going to be doing some work to help streamers combat this."

I figure they could potentially give an option in the settings to censor other crew's names. That seems to be the simplest option that I could think of. That way people aren't able to pull gamer tags from the stream and harass the players for an invite. I think that would be fair.

Streamers should be subject to the same peril that everyone else is. They shouldn't be targeted for streaming, nor should they get special privilege.

If they get sunk or spawncamped through an organic run in on a server, so be it. But it is wrong for someone to target a play session from the outside with the sole intention of interfering or turning the spotlight on themselves.

Exactly and that is the point of this topic is to make sure folks are aware of what it means and also to be mindful.

@triheadedmonkey thanks for closing the other tread and pointing me in the correct direction. I will repost my OP from the closed tread. This was my OP and idea to counter / stop stream sniping.

Dear Rare,

As i watched your dev update and hear Joe talk about stream sniping and how to maybe fix it.
Its mentioned Rare is thinking of getting away the name when u are streaming.

But i had a diffrent idea:

What about nicknames?
A nickname u cant join, u need to join gamertag.
Gamertag is not shown when we have nicknames.
People cant stream snipe than.

Why 2 for the price of 1?
It fixxes steam snipe.
It also allows us to use a diffrent name.

I feel like my pirate would be happy with a name like Captain Castaway. Altho this seems weird for my other games where i play in some kind of gameclan. We all have same pre-name in gamertag.

I do think this would be viable option for SoT.

@surveyorpete There is something to being able to engage with viewers during a live experience that is better for all involved than simply watching a pre-recorded experience.

I have folks in my stream who don’t own the game (for many various reasons) and watching while I play allows them to share the gameplay experience with me - reacting along with me when a keg skellie spawns right in front of me, for instance. It’s simply more satisfying an experience for some players and their community. The instant feedback we share is why I stream.

This doesn’t mean that streamers should have to deal with cheaters.

Every morning, NBC hosts "The Today Show" in New York City, where people gather and wait just to get their faces on television. This is REAL-WORLD "Stream Sniping."

Difference: NBC intentionally set up that studio for the express purpose of people gathering outside so that they can be seen on TV. It’s not stream sniping when you’re invited.

@wodyo

We ain't talkin about joining the streamer. U understand this yes?
If u stream, u take the risk. And u can change options as u want for either letting people join or not.

The problem is for the enemy crew. This is what Joe tried explain in latest dev update.

I dont care for stream-snipe as i dont see this as a big problem. I do understand why Joe brings this up. As therefor i posted the idea of Nicks.

Another aspect of this is that streaming is a form of marketing for the game - which is why developers allow it. And, so long as it doesn’t impact the regular gameplay of others, it doesn’t hurt to put features in place to minimize stream sniping. Many games have streamer options.