The fact that you clearly give streamers special clients just based on their popularity isn’t ok. It sets a precedent where the popular kids get all of the privilege while those less fortunate end up with even less then they’d already have. We play games to escape cruel reality after all, and live out a fantasy with our friends. Not have it thrown in our face
Just an obvious example everyone whos anyone in the community has heard about is that quiet hasn’t even gotten his own unqiue while Perrythepig has gotten it almost eight times. This is clearly because Quiet has the ethics not to use the stream client as it is against pirate code. While other streamers get to enjoy casually finding his own unique which he will never acquire. All thanks to the unethical streamer client they use to promote their game.
If that wasn’t enough proof enough. Here is dread casually dropping a bastion with 2 LP. Which is awfully convenient right before he needs to make his build guides look goof for 0.9 multiplayer release. Twitch
This wouldn’t be as bad if it wasn’t creating such a difference where some people in the community like Lizard_IRL are pushing insane arena waves because of this. While smaller streamers like Lonestar_Mcfluffin can’t even push 101 corruption with over a week of grinding.
They didn’t get special clients, they got access as a special marketing thing the weekend before everyone else.
There’s this thing called RNG, it kinda sucks but it’s the same for everyone. As an example, i got Heavy’s unique before he did despite him being a “streamer” and me a lonely peon.
I’m probably not popular enough to know what that is, but it’s probably a dog whistle for something.
That doesn’t exist. The devs have their own dev client with “tools” but nobody outside EHG has access to it. I’m not even sure Mike uses it to prep for his stream…
Well, you were on a roll with the other posts but this one as satire fails. But, as the great (may he rest in peace) Meatloaf always said, “Two out of three ain’t bad.”
The worst part is I had to open a streamers stream and listen to some guy whom (no offense) I would never want to interact with in my daily life, just to hear patch notes for multiplayer.
Why are the patch notes not even remotely hinted on here, when streamers and other people already know most of them?
They also admitted allowing streamers to cheat the leaderboards and such to create builds for their videos.
Let’s say there was a new player who was trying to become a streamer or be on the top of the multiplayer beta leaderboards, which would also help them stream… some streamer already knows the patch notes fully and has already chosen their starting build, meanwhile the new player (who could very well be more skilled mechanically than the streamer) is at a massive disadvantage and has to spend days/weeks figuring out an optimal build.
Pretty goofy. But again, this is the state of Devs in 2023. Money first, streamers first, content and balance last.
Well, it’s still a beta, so what is coming up is going to be 0.9.
Many of the already established streamers, started in the same boat as new ones to 0.9
but back in 0.8.5 and 0.7.7 and some of the other previous major patches that occurred and they came on board at a certain build iteration.
So these new streamers will have the exact same opportunity to learn the game at 0.9. And then when new one’s come up at the next major releases (no idea if there will be major ones before 1.0 but I would suspect there might be) and new streamers at THAT time will have the exact same opportunity.
Just like learning anything?
Plus the fact that the updates are still influx even now and the CT itself is closed until Mar 9th so no one is getting access to any new changes/fixes/etc that may be occurring.
I honestly can’t fathom how this is a problem? You don’t start a job when you get hired at the same pay rate or workload or knowledge as they guy who’s been there 1, 2, 6, 15 years longer than you have?
I can’t tell if your response is satire or not, so um going to assume it is genuine and, if it isnt, you got me good
Not very fair to the streamers who (except for those who might have been in CT earlier) gained access at the same time as us. They just sat down for hours, played the game and wrote down the changes (e.g. each skill node) like highly motivated pedants
I know there was some cheating in the past, but i cannot imagine it was endorsed… where are you sourcing that info?
