stream sniping
Watching to ambush
Stream sniping is watching someone's live video game broadcast to gain unfair advantage against them—seeing their position, strategy, or resources in real time.
The practice plagues competitive online games where streamers broadcast to audiences while playing against anonymous opponents.
He accused the player who killed him of stream sniping.
Some games impose delays or penalties to combat it.
- griefingDeliberate gameplay harassment
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- live broadcastTransmission happening right now
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
ghosting · twitch chat · counterplay · community standards · broadcasting · overlay · privacy settings · ruleset · fairness · moderation · matchmaking · exploitation · delay · esports · online gaming · multiplayer · spawn killing · camping
- cyberbullyingcyberbullying, online harassment, targeted harassment, doxxing, threats
- game cheatscheat codes, cheats, invincibility, infinite lives, infinite health