There is now a new level in the shooter “Ready or Not” in which every streamer’s nightmare comes true.
What game is it? Ready or Not (PC) is equal parts hardcore shooter and realistic police sim. The game was released on Steam in December 2021 and aims to depict operations by a special police unit.
In line with this, you and your SWAT team have to free buildings from different dangerous situations in the various PvE levels. A tactical approach and attentiveness are always important, because not all people in the buildings are villains. If you pull the trigger too quickly, you might catch a hostage or other civilians – and that means points are deducted.
Since the game is based on a realistic approach, you can’t run through the rooms and shoot at everything that moves like in Call of Duty. You have to open doors carefully, spy out rooms and eliminate opponents in a targeted manner.
It’s actually always better if you can arrest a criminal alive, even if he is heavily armed himself. The game provides you with various gadgets such as stun grenades that you can use when planning your mission.
What’s up with the blue-haired streamer? Ready or Not is known for wanting to be as realistic as possible when designing the levels and creating situations that could also happen to real police officers. The shooter also goes ways that some players consider borderline.
At the end of June, the development studio VOID Interactive introduced a new level in which players storm the apartment of a blue-haired streamer named Michael “Milky Toes” Williams with their heavily armed police unit.
Michael lives with his mother and is live when suddenly the SWAT team invades his home. According to the level’s description, a spectator told the police on the phone that he was the streamer and wanted to murder his family and take hostages. But instead of an armed streamer, the players come across Michael’s illegal Bitcoin farm with their SWAT unit.
Ready or Not shows his streamer level in the trailer
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A streamer’s nightmare as a level
What is the background of the level? The level around the streamer alludes to something called “swatting”, a very malicious and dangerous prank that many big streamers suffer from. For example, American Ice Poseidon was swatted on an airplane. Other streamers like Nickmercs reported being swatted 3x per week.
What is swatting? Swatting describes a situation in which viewers call the police and tell a serious lie so that they come heavily armed to the affected streamer.
The police then move out with a special squad (SWAT) and expect to find a highly explosive situation at the scene. This can be about alleged hostage-taking, bomb threats or the like.
In addition to the obvious danger that arises when swatting through the armed police operation in combination with the lie of a highly explosive dangerous situation, the dangerous prank can also have psychological consequences. For example, according to his own statements, the streamer Ice Poseidon developed a post-traumatic stress disorder due to the many police operations.
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