{"id":88855,"date":"2020-10-05T19:21:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/sea-of-thieves-streamers-quit-toxicity-rare\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T19:21:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:21:54","slug":"sea-of-thieves-streamers-protest-toxicity-by-dropping-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/10\/05\/sea-of-thieves-streamers-protest-toxicity-by-dropping-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea of Thieves Streamers Protest Toxicity By Dropping the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Rare launched Sea of Thieves<\/strong><\/em> in March 2018,\u00a0it established a pirate code of conduct meant to curb bigotry, prejudicial play, and other forms of toxicity. The title has grown considerably since then,\u00a0but many prominent\u00a0Sea of Thieves<\/em>\u00a0streamers feel that\u00a0Rare’s best-laid plans for behavioral standards have been\u00a0scuttled.<\/p>\n

Sea of Thieves<\/em><\/a> was designed with emergent play in mind, and the developers established a Partner Program to encourage players to use the game as a platform to develop unique styles not necessarily governed by the game’s mechanics. The developer has also been largely receptive to player requests,\u00a0adding much-desired features such as private servers as well as a steady stream of content updates.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Sea of Thieves Adding Private Servers<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

However, an online game about piracy with over 15 million players<\/a> was a likely magnet for\u00a0trolls, and certain players feel that Rare has done little to intervene in cases of harassment, according to Kotaku. Now\u00a0several popular Twitch streamers, including SayHeyRocco, Carrillo, Jason Sulli, and GullibleGambit have announced that they are jumping ship, citing Rare’s inaction in addressing toxicity. They have even accused Rare of providing a platform to\u00a0players who normalized certain\u00a0inappropriate behaviors.<\/p>\n

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One player in particular, streamer Jaryd “Summit1G” Lazar was called out as problematic. Lazar surpassed Ninja in subscribers\u00a0by playing\u00a0Sea of Thieves<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in 2019, and brought a substantial amount of attention to the game. However, Kotaku reports that\u00a0other players complained about his acerbic behavior, both in-game and out.<\/p>\n

Lazar has called out players\u00a0who criticized his conduct, leading his fans to subsequently harass those players on social media. Lazar has also reportedly used tactics to infiltrate alliance servers, a practice that has been compared to stream sniping in games like Fortnite<\/em><\/a>, which has the potential to completely unbalance competitive, spectated games.<\/p>\n

Tensions were reignited between streamers\u00a0in July after\u00a0the husband and wife duo who manage the streaming puppet personality, Rocco, were doxxed by a targeted harassment campaign. Rocco’s creators have since left Sea of Thieves<\/em>‘ Partner Program, prompting several other streamers \u2014 some\u00a0of whom have faced bigotry and harassment as well \u2014 to follow suit. Arguably, the trends of harassment in\u00a0play are partially a Twitch problem<\/a>, as much as an issue with Sea of Thieves<\/em> itself.<\/p>\n

Rare’s relative inaction on these issues is perplexing given the developer’s focus on fostering a community, and its\u00a0track record of listening to Sea of Thieves<\/em> player complaints<\/a>. Remaining neutral in a situation where people’s privacy and well-being are at risk should\u00a0not be acceptable, regardless of potential controversy or backlash from the game’s player base.<\/p>\n

Sea of Thieves<\/em> has faced issues like poor servers at launch<\/a>, but got better\u00a0thanks to incremental improvements. There\u00a0may\u00a0still be time for Rare to address community toxicity, either by censuring streamers who undermine the game’s spirit, or more stringently enforcing the game’s community guidelines.<\/p>\n

Sea of Thieves<\/strong><\/em> is available now for PC, Xbox One, with a forthcoming release planned for Xbox Series X.<\/p>\n

MORE: Sea of Thieves Streamer Kicked Out of House Because Game is ‘Demonic’<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Kotaku<\/a>, Pirate Code of Conduct<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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