Latest Fortnite Update Hides Streamers’ Names in Killfeed to Combat Stream Sniping

Brittany Vincent 7 years ago
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Brittany Vincent 7 years ago

Fortnite is a game that, obviously, a lot of people stream. A lot more people, unfortunately, like to watch said streams and do something we like to call stream sniping, where they try and find them in-game and go to kill them because they’re using cheating tactics to do so. A new Fortnite feature anonymizes streamers’ names, and it was just added to the game with the latest update. This means, most likely, no one can stream snipe famous streamers anymore by logging onto Twitch and finding out their location before hopping in-game and going to find them.

Unfortunately, as many other players lamented, half the fun of playing is wondering who you might run into next, and if you might be in a game with your favorite streamer, like Ninja. With these new rules in effect for Streamer Mode, which people will undoubtedly start using, it makes it even harder to meet people or create any sort of camaraderie with the people you’re playing with, especially if you’re in a game full of strangers.

Fortnite Stream Snipe

Stream sniping is an issue, but it’s not a problem without a solution. Many simply set their streams on a delay to keep it from becoming an issue, and a lot of fans are of the impression that a “Streamer Mode” shouldn’t be what everyone relies on to get through without being taken out by others. There’s a mishmash of opinions out there, obviously not all of them positive, but not all of them negative, either. Some think it’s a fantastic ide and should cut down on stream sniping, but it is, like most measures taken to combat cheating, a double-edged sword. Can’t people just leave well enough alone?