Not only that, all the viewers and streamers taking part in the hype train put forward every last bit of effort and means that anyone with a lower record on the train gets, and that work is now simply not rewarded.
If a streamer decides to be meticulous, and takes a hype train to a certain level to give their viewers a particular lower-tier reward, that is under the current system nigh-on impossible. In PirateSoftware's case, the API was a consistent 6 levels behind, the community, especially at the lower levels, is well capable of accidentally overshooting for example pogchomp, it is also relatively inexpensive for griefers to do so on purpose. And yes, Griefers have and will continue to put in a bit of coin 'for the lulz'. That is not a negligible scenario.
Those lower-tier emotes are as good as paid for, as well as earned through effort. Not only that: I stepped into the hype train late, and gained all the lower tier emotes near immediately, the system was very much built to hand those emotes out.
This "bug" feels more like a "gap in specification" (or an alteration of specification) considering how late it comes up after a perfectly functioning system.
Not only that, all the viewers and streamers taking part in the hype train put forward every last bit of effort and means that anyone with a lower record on the train gets, and that work is now simply not rewarded.
If a streamer decides to be meticulous, and takes a hype train to a certain level to give their viewers a particular lower-tier reward, that is under the current system nigh-on impossible. In PirateSoftware's case, the API was a consistent 6 levels behind, the community, especially at the lower levels, is well capable of accidentally overshooting for example pogchomp, it is also relatively inexpensive for griefers to do so on purpose. And yes, Griefers have and will continue to put in a bit of coin 'for the lulz'. That is not a negligible scenario.
Those lower-tier emotes are as good as paid for, as well as earned through effort. Not only that: I stepped into the hype train late, and gained all the lower tier emotes near immediately, the system was very much built to hand those emotes out.
This "bug" feels more like a "gap in specification" (or an alteration of specification) considering how late it comes up after a perfectly functioning system.