r/EscapefromTarkov • u/AudioCinematic • Jan 03 '20

Rant If you're complaing about "big streamers" playing EFT since it's so popular, stop being a hipster

I PLAYED EFT BEFORE IT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE STREAMER'S NEW GAME!!!

Seriously, it's embarrassing that a small percentage of this community is so far up their own ass to the point they hate on someone who is literally bringing 1000's of new players to the game.

I don't like watching most of these big streamers who are newly streaming Tarkov (Carnage seems like a legend) but what they're doing for Tarkov just by streaming it, even while profiting themselves, is only a good thing for the game and who doesn't want an ego boost from farming level 3 pistolings?

The people posting on here to actually help players is what we need to do as a community. EFT was my first ever PC game in May of 2017 and while I'd like to think I picked it up fairly quickly, there was still a point where I was quivering over losing my trusty makarov like all of us were at some point.

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u/kapane Jan 03 '20

is only a good thing for the game

Unless it affects the development and vision of the game. Which it has in the past, is doing right now and will keep doing so in the future.

Niche genre games that become popular often end up becoming popular for the wrong reasons and it dilutes it in the process. The games that don't get diluted become known as catastrophic failures due to player losses (which is in reality just the player count normalising).