The Fortnite streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has been complaining about stream snipers for years. Now he has come up with an exciting concept that is only supposed to apply to streamers. Sounds like this could be exploited.
What’s new? Streamers Ninja and SypherPK are losing more often in Fortnite against players they suspect are stream snipers. Together, the pros developed an idea to tackle these stream snipers and improve the gaming experience for streamers.
In the stream itself, they can see where the streamers are located on the map. The snipers then try to ambush the streamers and, in most cases, shoot them.
They have the advantage of knowing where the players are, what weapons they have, and possibly even where they intend to go next.
As a measure against stream snipers, Fortnite has already anonymized player names.
Banning stream snipers for 30 days, but only for streamers
This is what happened: After streamers Ninja and SypherPK fell victim to suspected stream snipers multiple times, they came up with this idea:
“I have the perfect solution,” Sypher explains. “You get taken out by someone you think is a stream sniper. And instead of reporting them, you click ‘avoid this player’. This should prevent that player from joining your matches for 30 days.”
He explained this desired feature further. If that person then appears again as a suspected stream sniper after the 30 days, you can press the button again and have peace from that player for another 30 days.
This is what Ninja says: Ninja adds to Sypher’s proposal, saying “But it should only be for streamers. If it were accessible to everyone, players could just press it every time they get taken out by another player who is just really good.”
Another problem with this mechanic would be that streamers can’t always prove that their opponent is a stream sniper. This system could also be exploited by popular streamers to get rid of better players unfairly.
Whether Fortnite will adopt this idea or offer better solutions for this problem in the future remains to be seen.
This little boy wanted to experience his big moment as a stream sniper in front of Ninja but messed it up
