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Is stream sniping even effective?
Stream sniping tends to be a streamers number 1 callout any time they get spotted, but besides keeping track of 1 person if your goal is to screw over THAT guy in particular... is it even useful to do? If someone wanted to cheat at the game, how useful would stream sniping even be?
This is a question I ask myself anytime stream sniping gets brought up. In THEORY, it's hugely beneficial since you can see where at least 1 survivor is at all times, and if it's a SWF you can hear any callouts. That's pretty useful information to have if you're hearing things like "shack gen is at 70%, I'm gonna go for the save" or "I have DS, let him chase me".
On the flip side of things... what you're seeing and hearing is often times delayed. That callout to get an unhook was heard 5 seconds before the actual unhook. On top of that, you'd also be hearing everything else. In a game like DBD where hearing the sounds of survivors grunting or gen repair is important for basic tracking, how DETRIMENTAL would having a 2nd set of sound inputs be? How much would it throw you off to hear an injured survivor to your right where there's no survivor, or the sounds of a nearby gen being worked on… but the only gen nearby is at 0.
For the record, I'm not trying to excuse cheating or anything like that. I don't stream snipe, I don't condone it, and the few times I DO pop into a streamers chat to wish them luck before a match I make sure to back out so they can SEE I'm not in their chat midgame. I just wanted to discuss how practical stream sniping would really be if your goal was winning rather than to just screw over 1 person.
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It could definitely give some pretty big advantages even if you have the stream muted, even with a ~5s delay.
If a survivor gets sniped, they can't really hide and when they're downed or on a hook the killer can see where all other survivors generally are.
If a killer gets sniped, a survivor can tell what their all their perks are, where they are, and which resources get used.
If it's a sweaty sniper they might even have a friend relaying what the streamer's saying/what their gameplan is without the doubled audio.
And one of the worst parts is, there's no way to be sure that it's even happening. I've never sniped in DbD but I definitely understand why it'd be frustrating if I thought it was happening to me.
That all said, a skilled player is still miles better than a bad one who snipes.
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This just feels like it would be distracting. If I'm constantly looking at another screen, I'm likely to miss things I'd normally spot. This is why I'm kinda impressed by streamers who can keep up with chat mid match... while also INFURIATED with those SAME streamers sometimes for missing the Claudette that was RIGHT THERE because they had their head turned at the wrong time.
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Streamsniping is useful if you want to know who the killer is, potential swf, killer/survivor perks, spawn points, where the survivors are, so important information that you don't get early. But of course you shouldn't look at the stream 24/7 or it'll just hinder you.
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That's all about timing. If you're on a hook/gen you're pretty much doing nothing anyway. If the game just started or you just got a hook, a quick glance might show you the survivor's location. It's not a mini-map but if you check it at the right times it could give you critical info.
And that's besides the fact that you only need to look once to check perks and add-ons, which lets you play around them or be sure they don't have something.
Last thing is, if a streamer suspect someone already went to the effort to snipe them and gain an advantage, it could make them paranoid of other stuff. Did they bring a powerful SWF who is all in on it? Did they also go out of their way to counter your build? Are they secretly cheating?
To be clear, sniping isn't on the level of stuff like wallhacks but it's still cheating and gives the player an advantage.
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Is stream sniping cheating? I always thought of it as an invitation to view the stream when they advertise openly with TTV in the name. I mean survivors get info through coms and swf such as killer location, perks ect that they wouldn't get if they didn't use coms so I don't see a difference with watching/listening to a stream of a TTV while playing killer.
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It is not cheating. And it is also not a valid report reason, because as you said, if someone advertises themselves via their name, they also risk being streamsniped.
But I would say it is a not really a nice move to do so.
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I streamsnipe when I’m playing survivor and a TTV is one of my teammates, and I have to say, it’s kind of useful, effectively being a second set of eyes that let me see where the killer might be from two angles
I’ve set up some nasty saves with streamsniping I would have never had the chance to without it
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