And following a streamer doesn't have to mean you are that biggest fan creep who want's to share everything with your idol. So I don't think their realms will be that overpopulated, and they have that much impact to force blizzards hand on that issue.
10% of a 100k following is larger than what a realm can handle at any given time.
These streamers regularly bring in 30-40k concurrent viewers which means they are most likely bringing well over 100k each per day. If you take 5 of these streamers and throw them into a realm, expecting 1% of their following to actually want to be a die-hard fan that still almost reaches realm cap.
Streamers can quite literally make or break a game in the times we live in.
I do not believe streamer servers should have any benefits at all.
furthermore i will be avoiding any servers with streamers on them like the plague.
"priority system to streamers"
These guys are kinda off of themselves, aren't they? Anyway, I'll be avoiding streamer servers like the plague, but still..man, f*ck these kind of people, expecting special treatment.
Are you going to watch their streams on release date only to see which realm they have chosen?
Are you going to watch their streams on release date only to see which realm they have chosen?
Now that I think about it, that sucks that you actually will be forced to do that if you want to dodge them (unless the servers are announced beforehand).
Boy, am I glad for being an EU player when it comes to this topic. We don't really have this danger looming over us (well, not as much as it does over NA colleagues). I feel sad beforehand for those who unknowlingly join a big streamer's server.
While its not completely unheard of, to cater to 'community MVPs' and the like , because I just remembered this athene speedleveler always got eyed by blizzard and if there was any technical issue his realm it would be fixed very fast, I doubt that exposure of some '100k streamers' is something blizzard needs to cater to.
And following a streamer doesn't have to mean you are that biggest fan creep who want's to share everything with your idol. So I don't think their realms will be that overpopulated, and they have that much impact to force blizzards hand on that issue. And even if there are strange things happening, it propably won't hit EU server soon, so my realm is save :lol:
Oh god, Athene. I couldn't stand guy's smug attitude. One of the few times I wanted to physically fight an internet personality just to knock them down a peg.
Also, I was on Emerald Dream while a few bug time alliance streamers were on there and it kind of sucked ass. I'm hoping they fuck off to wherever after a month or so like a few other people have said.
The benefits of playing on an Oceanic Server :)
There is nothing special about video game streamers. They should not be getting any special treatment, regardless of the 'exposure' they provide video game developers.
Soda also brought up a method of him getting to level 10 as players will grief him during his leveling experience and that was to have/pay a few players to roll L1 hunters and mob-tag all the way to level 10 at least so at least he's thinking of ways to deal with these issues himself.
Also, out of curiosity, does anyone think this is okay for a person to do? Pay a few players to mob-tag for him? Really?
Soda also brought up a method of him getting to level 10 as players will grief him during his leveling experience and that was to have/pay a few players to roll L1 hunters and mob-tag all the way to level 10 at least so at least he's thinking of ways to deal with these issues himself.
Also, out of curiosity, does anyone think this is okay for a person to do? Pay a few players to mob-tag for him? Really?
No, definitely not. In fact, as far as I can tell this would conflict with Blizzard's End User License Agreement, as it could count as cheating. I'm not too strong on legal stuff, though, so feel free to correct me.
No, definitely not. In fact, as far as I can tell this would conflict with Blizzard's End User License Agreement, as it could count as cheating. I'm not too strong on legal stuff, though, so feel free to correct me.
They are not really specific like always:
Cheating: Create, use, offer, promote, advertise, make available and/or distribute the following or assist therein:
cheats; i.e. methods not expressly authorized by Blizzard, influencing and/or facilitating the gameplay, including exploits of any in-game bugs, and thereby granting you and/or any other user an advantage over other players not using such methods;
bots; i.e. any code and/or software, not expressly authorized by Blizzard, that allows the automated control of a Game, or any other feature of the Platform, e.g. the automated control of a character in a Game;
hacks; i.e. accessing or modifying the software of the Platform in any manner not expressly authorized by Blizzard; and/or
any code and/or software, not expressly authorized by Blizzard, that can be used in connection with the Platform and/or any component or feature thereof which changes and/or facilitates the gameplay or other functionality;
there is also one for Duping but i think it is not really forbidden because if i remember correctly Athene used mob tagging to achieve World first and some Server first.
Edit:
The Terms of Service has the same Wording with some additions
Any behaviour that endangers the gaming experience of other players.
Modifying, or causing the modification of any files that are a part of a Game installation.
Allowing any third person (except for a minor for whom you opened the Account) to play on your Account including, but not limited to, using so-called “power levelling services,” i.e. paying a third person for playing on your Account.
Playing on the Account of a third person including, but not limited to, providing so-called “power levelling services”.
For World of Warcraft specifically, allowing players who are playing characters aligned with the “Alliance” faction to chat or otherwise communicate directly with players who are playing characters aligned with the “Horde” faction, or vice versa.
Those are not the full TOS i just copy pasted the things that could be used against you.
They have also a Anti Cheat agreement but it is more about 3rd party programms and hacks
Soda also brought up a method of him getting to level 10 as players will grief him during his leveling experience and that was to have/pay a few players to roll L1 hunters and mob-tag all the way to level 10 at least so at least he's thinking of ways to deal with these issues himself.
Also, out of curiosity, does anyone think this is okay for a person to do? Pay a few players to mob-tag for him? Really?
No, definitely not. In fact, as far as I can tell this would conflict with Blizzard's End User License Agreement, as it could count as cheating. I'm not too strong on legal stuff, though, so feel free to correct me.
I'm not sure if it's about it being "legal" but I definitely think that if it's against the ToS, he's getting banned for it.
Speaking of which, can you imagine the shitshow if streamers got bans in the first days of classic for breaking the Tos? Glorious.
I’m sure when the time comes, someone will have a streamer list on which realm they’re playing on. Just hoping I pick well lol
They are not really specific like always ...
Yes exactly, it's a bit vaguely defined, that's why I'm not really sure about it. The part that stands out to me, though, is this:
... granting you and/or any other user an advantage over other players not using such methods ...
Paying others to mob tag for you would be considered an advantage over other players, wouldn't you think?
But if Athene has used this previously it might not be considered an issue by Blizzard.
Speaking of which, can you imagine the shitshow if streamers got bans in the first days of classic for breaking the Tos? Glorious.
As much of a nightmare that would be for Blizzard to sort out, it would be pretty hilarious :biggrin:
It wouldn't hurt for those streamers to learn some humility lol
IronBrutzler wrote: ↑23 hours ago
They are not really specific like always ...
Yes exactly, it's a bit vaguely defined, that's why I'm not really sure about it. The part that stands out to me, though, is this:
Blizzard Entertainment
... granting you and/or any other user an advantage over other players not using such methods ...
Paying others to mob tag for you would be considered an advantage over other players, wouldn't you think?
But if Athene has used this previously it might not be considered an issue by Blizzard.
Yeah it is the standard because then they have better chances if it would ever go to court.
But if they pay for it, it counts as leveling service what is mentioned in the TOS so they would get a ban.
The thing with athene is that this was way back in TBC and WotLK and blizz was diffrent back then. There were some speedleveler in BFA that used a similiar method but one got banned because of it, so it always depends.
It's just mega interesting how people talk about the influence of the big streamers. We all know what will happen. They play to 60 and then they do 1-2 Innis sometime the Raid and then they play again something else. Apart from that the big streamers become irrelevant in my eyes after they are not the first ones to be on level 60 and equipping. Then completely different pearls appear.
I've met so many interesting and good players in the Private Server time, I'll keep an eye on them!