TO THE STREAMERS: Why Streamer Mode Must Go

You (Blizzard) cannot in good faith add to a game, where you do not meaningfully address an out of control cheating problem, a feature that allows cheats to hide who they are as though they were streamers (who rightly deserve protecting.)

That would be IS PRECISELY like not prosecuting criminal abuse offenders, then providing them with masks, getaway cars and alibis. There comes a point where you’re as responsible for it as they are.

You made the game easy to exploit, never addressed it, barely attempt to solve it, ban those who get reported for pointing it out in chat, and then facilitate the concealment of it by the very abusers you fail to remove.

This is regrettably where this game has gone.

Sure, streamers need protection, but not nearly as much as everyday players need protecting from the onslaught of cheaters.

It says everything that Blizzard continues to put streamers before everyone else at all costs, the same way as it puts absurd shop prices before sustainable profits and good game design.

Surely any streamer who cares about the game would agree?

Yet another investment put into killing the game.

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Streamer mode doesnt stop you reporting cheaters tho lol???

It still puts the report against the account. So if you know ‘tracer22’ is cheating, you can still report them and on blizz’s side they can see the real profiles

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Doubt it. People are selfish creatures. If streamer mode makes their experience better, why would they care if cheaters use it? I mean, do not get me wrong, they will care once a cheater gets into their game.

Albeit, I have to be honest here, better anti-cheat is the solution.

No but it hides repeat cheaters by providing them with aliases, this obfuscates their activity especially for video captures / evidence purposes.

Way, way too dramatic.

Blizzard needs better anti-cheat, and they still get reported.

Lol. Check endorstments, check last match, check match history. Fake name is there only during the match

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