Twitch star demonstrates that streamers are at the mercy of their viewers
Created: 07/18/2022, 05:00 p.m
By: Aileen Udovenko
Relaxed gaming becomes a real challenge for some streamers.
Because some viewers follow her every step.
Los Angeles, California - Not every game is going as planned for streamers.
Because the Twitch stars are often haunted in their live streams by so-called "stream snipers".
With stream sniping, streamers often have no chance of escaping their opponents.
Since they always know exactly where their victim is in the game.
The streamer Ludwig now shows in one of his videos what the dimensions can be.
Unfortunately, what happens to him as part of a community event is a bitter reality for many other streamers.
Ludwig in the live stream – The streamer competes against his community
Streamer turns community into opponents:
American YouTuber Ludwig had asked his viewers to compete against him in Fall Guys.
Unlike Ludwig's Beerio-Kart tournament, however, this time there was no alcohol involved.
He wanted to prove that he could pull off a win against his community.
And that although his viewers always know where Ludwig is on the map.
His wager wasn't small either, as the streamer made it clear that if he were to win, each of his viewers would have to buy a sub on his channel.
However, if Ludwig loses, the YouTuber has to buy an advertising board in the USA and have it printed with the wishes of his community.
His viewers were already looking forward to seeing Ludwig in a cat costume on the next highway.
In several rounds, Ludwig became the target of his community and was eliminated from the game again and again.
He was attacked by his spectators with pushes and pulls to prevent his victory.
This didn't seem particularly difficult for the viewers, because they always knew which of the little beans was the Twitch star.
However, the streamer actually managed to prevail against the stream snipers in one round.
It remains questionable whether each of his viewers actually bought a sub afterwards.
When viewers go hunting - stream sniping takes the fun out of the game
This is stream sniping:
With stream sniping, players watch the live stream of a fellow player on Twitch or YouTube and thus gain an advantage.
They try to get into the streamer's match by queuing for a game at the same time and then chasing the streamer there.
You will also receive helpful information for your project via the live stream.
In the shooter area, this includes, for example, whereabouts and equipment of the opponent.
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Twitch star demonstrates: Streamers are at the mercy of their viewers © Activision
That's what many streamers think:
For many streamers, stream sniping becomes a burden.
Because in most online games, this method brings a lot of unfair advantages to the opponents.
In shooter games like Warzone, many of the Twitch stars are almost helplessly at the mercy of stream snipers.
This not only affects the fun of the streamer, but also that of their viewers.
Because the normal gameplay of a streamer is massively influenced by Stream Sniper.
This can quickly lead to frustration and disappointment on both sides of the stream.
This can be done against it:
The perfect solution against Stream Sniper does not yet exist.
However, in important tournaments where money is also played, the live streams are broadcast with a few minutes delay.
This prevents stream snipers from getting timely accurate information about streamers.
However, this method does not allow streamers to respond well to their followers in chat.
Therefore, this procedure is not suitable for daily practice.
Streamers also have the option to hide much of their data and their online name in-game.
But even this is not suitable for every type of game.
Another option is of course to block individual players if they repeatedly stream snipe.
But probably many of the Internet trolls have no problem creating a new profile to annoy streamers.
