Remove the names but not the titles to deal with stream sniping

It chafes me in bad places when I see streamers complain about stream sniping, but then see them listening to viewers telling them someone "tucked" on their ship.

Honestly, I used to play Rust with a fairly big streamer. That is a game where you choose the server you go to. It is also one of the most "toxic" games I have played in terms of the playerbase.

It took zero effort to snipe in that game, and we never complained about the hundreds, if not thousands of people that "came at us" because of the stream.

It seems logical to me that if I broadcast my location to the masses that the information I am providing willingly will be used against me. I should be ready and prepared for that.

Instead of running around on ships quite literally covered in loot, I should be turning in more frequently (except in this game, it really isn't that easy to stream snipe -- it takes more work than most games). I should have supplies to fight off an attack.

What I would never do is demand that players that were sniping be banned. Being stream sniped just comes with the territory.

What you really can't do is complain that someone is sniping you, and listen to the "extra eyes" watching your stream.

@xultanis-dragon said in Remove the names but not the titles to deal with stream sniping:

@bran-the-ent sigh

Tell me about it... sigh.

https://www.polygon.com/2017/7/30/16059138/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-stream-sniping-ban

What does this prove? It turns out the individual in question was stream sniping. Doesn't prove the statement "It is a known fact that it doesn't happen often at all."

https://www.reddit.com/r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS/comments/6qcn2e/as_a_streamer_stream_sniping_is_a_massive_problem/

This also doesn't prove the statement "It is a known fact that it doesn't happen often at all."

Do streamers occasionally call out stream sniping when it isn't? Sure. But this doesn't support your claim.

You are extrapolating from a subsection and assuming that it applies across the board. This is a logical fallacy and a weak argument.

So the main issue with stream sniping is that everyone who is a streamer things they are being stream sniped.

Again, this is a logical fallacy. What is true for individuals in a group doesn't necessarily apply to the whole group.

Case in point is that one guy who says he gets stream sniped 6 times day going onto explain HOW he knows he is.

Yeah... one guy. How does this point to it being a "known fact" that stream sniping "doesn't happen often at all"? It doesn't.

The thing about cheating is everyone who dies or loses thinks hacks are invovled.

Do you? I don't.

So what are the numbers of people actually getting stream sniped? There aren't any.

None?! It never happens?! It's all just a fiction?! Okay... done. This has now become a delusional fantasy on your part.

Wow. Live the dream, friend... live the dream.

I'm out.

EDIT: Heh.

This guys whole post right here...

He's talking about the "hundreds, if not thousands of people" that stream sniped. You sure he's not just making that up, as you claim streamers do? You're all over the place, dude. I mean... wow. I blink at you.

@xultanis-dragon Lol. You're welcome?

No, you're saying if a few streamers occasionally make inaccurate claims of stream sniping, then all streamers must do the same thing all the time. That is a fallacy of composition - something is true for part of the whole and therefore must be true for the entirety - and a hasty generalization rolled up into one. That's fallacious reasoning (flawed logic), Mr. I'm on the Logical Side.

I didn't read the article?! Nowhere, and I mean nowhere does it state, allude to, insinuate, or even hint at the notion that the banned streamer provided video evidence that he wasn't stream sniping.

If the guy was telling the truth and doesn't even watch Twitch, how did he end up consistently attempting to end up in the same lobby as those particular streamers? Game data don't lie, friend.

ahem (read the entire article... it doesn't say what you think it does.)

Live the delusional dream, friend. Toodles.

Easy solution - allow players to name their pirate. At the moment in the Pirate settings on the main menu you can only delete your pirate. Give players a place to name their pirate before they start a session so their pirate nameplate is that of a character name rather then a username.

the way it works is, you turn off name plates and you cant see nameplates, everyone else can see yours fine. if you want to see name tags, dont turn them off