Twitch Drops Make Me Sea-Sick

@coffeelight5545 @ButterFinger750

These seem eminently sensible ideas to me, if you want the cosmetics. I am not a collector, however, and so I don't want these cosmetics, primarily because of the admittedly irrational distaste I feel for being bribed and twitch in general.

@SweetSandMan

Sarcasm aside, you do raise an interesting point. I suppose I don't really watch a lot of sport and maybe that does have something to do with it...but I disagree that watching a professionally trained athlete perform feats that I could never hope to achieve is in any way similar to watching some random play a video game, sometimes not even that well. Again, my opinion is no doubt a product of my age. I mean, e-sports is a real thing, right?

I don't subscribe to the old timer excuse

it's a couple of clicks and one extra to mute it if you so choose
couldn't get easier and the price is right

If you wanna talk age just think back to how much time and energy it used to cost us to do pretty much everything. Never in our lives has anything been as easy as a couple clicks from a chair for a reward.

"Why would I want to watch other people play a game when I could be playing the game?"
Why watch sports? Why watch any sort of TV at all? It's entertainment. I'm sure there are plenty of times where you don't feel like playing the game or simply can't.
The Sea of Thieves community is relatively small. I've met and played with tons of good people through Twitch streams and was able to grow my own Twitch to a decent sizing through people who enjoy my company in-game and hang out in my streams.

Do what I do and just put on a random stream , set the volume to mute and come back in 30 minutes. Twitch drops earned.

@ntraills said in Twitch Drops Make Me Sea-Sick:

Am I the only one? Maybe it's a sign of my age, but I feel like I'm being bribed to take an interest in Twitch, which I'm really not interested in. Why would I want to watch other people play a game when I could be playing the game? I guess it's just advertising and I am free to ignore it, just like I ignore most advertising...but I will be looking down my long and hooked nose at any pirate that displays twitch-dropped livery.

(ps: my apologies if I am breaking any of the forum rules. I'm not sure how constructive this post is, reads more like a rant to me).

you are not the only one, they do my head in, especially when its unique cosmetics you can't get anywhere else.

@musicmee said in Twitch Drops Make Me Sea-Sick:

I will keep this short and sweet, these promotions are for entirely free and optional content.

You can choose whether or not to consume this media to earn these rewards. Having or not having these cosmetics will not affect your gameplay experience one bit so there is entirely no issue here.

but there is an issue, it does affect gameplay experiences when people want a particular look to go with their $40 ship set but they can't get that set because they are not a partnered streamer or was forced into watching them.

When the cosmetics are unique and unobtainable by normal means, there is indeed an issue there.

@amybun said in Twitch Drops Make Me Sea-Sick:

but there is an issue, it does affect gameplay experiences when people want a particular look to go with their $40 ship set but they can't get that set because they are not a partnered streamer or was forced into watching them.

When the cosmetics are unique and unobtainable by normal means, there is indeed an issue there.

Giving away something for free that only requires a couple clicks and really no focus or attention beyond that isn't an issue.

From what I've observed it's largely people having some sort of beef with the partners for whatever reason or the platform itself. A beef that is theirs to have if they wanna have it but that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the system itself. It's a very simple exchange of time for cosmetics without price tags.

If people want to protest platforms or people go for it but that personal beef shouldn't be used to prevent everyone else from being able to easily get free cosmetics or streamers from getting activity which helps boost the game and has long helped boost the game.

@clumsy-george said in Twitch Drops Make Me Sea-Sick:

@nex-stargaze

i think that i wasn't writing clearly , i have no problems with playstyle and believe me, i do know ,after 5 years playing , that this is a PvP PvE game . But my biggest gripe are the "Oh my Gods " , the shouting and screaming of "amazement" ... Can people not just play instead of " the look at me, look at me" mentality that some streamers have ?...

Personally I'm not compatible with that style either but whatever they have between them and their audience that view them daily/weekly is between them. We are entering their world for a bit in exchange for a cosmetic. We aren't going to be engaging or contributing and participating outside of drop times so why does our opinion on them or their content have any relevancy?

We can always find an individual that better suits our preferences for that short amount of time.

In my opinion people come into this making it too personal. They don't know us and we don't know them and we are gonna make a deal and go our separate ways. As outsiders of the content I don't think our personal opinions really matter much, we are just there to get a cosmetic.

@clumsy-george said in Twitch Drops Make Me Sea-Sick:

@wolfmanbush

Agreed on that but if Twitch could just let us get the Drops while we can mute them then you would never hear me bark against trees...That's for sure.

You can mute them and get drops

@clumsy-george said in Twitch Drops Make Me Sea-Sick:

@wolfmanbush

Uhm , i tried that and the drops time counter stopped counting , so for some strange reason i can't

for technical issues like that you can always try clearing cookies/cache and signing out/signing back in

can also try refreshing the page or starting on a different streamer

I've never had any issue when it comes to muting, mine even starts off muted for some reason

you can also try muting the tab itself up top or just turn the stream volume way down

@ntraills because thats exactly what it is, SoT wants twitch numbers to boost up so more people are aware of the game and think oh that looks cool maybe i'll buy it and the streamers want eyeballs on their streams. to get you to boost numbers they give you free cosmetics.

lots of games do this buy SoT really goes overboard with them. if your the kind of person that wants to collect everything you will be watching twitch for hours every week. although as people have said you dont have to be actively watching. you can be playing the game with a stream open (and muted) in the background and get the item, rare or the streamer dont care (well the streamer might if your muted you dont count towards their viewer number)