Hey, i disagree on this.
I used to be very well known in every skywars gamemode since i was on all skywars leaderboards. i was also 3rd on mega for those reasons ive been targeted a lot. However the people targeting me arent really good players most of the time, what i mean by this is that if for example i get in a game with the 1st player on solo sw they will respect me and and the end we have a fair fight, the players that target me arent that good most of the time. If i get in a game with someone that knows me i play more safe(i go mid and get good loot).
I also disagree on /nick for leaderboard players in the first place. Most normal players dont know the leaderboards and for sure dont remember them, if you get targeted its by other lb players of players that know you but this group is quite small. If i know someone is gona target me since they only want to say "i killed goody" then i leave the game, if i know someone respects me i stay.
being on a leaderboard isnt that much of an achievement and if you get targetted for it thats just that comes with it. I feel like people would just use it to nick and then target other players with it (just like alting).
Yes getting targeted is really anoying and ive experienced people doing the most weird and anoying things to kill me however this is what comes with it and in my opinion you need to deal with it. so if you get in a game with a good player play more safe, if you get in a game with someone that doesnt respect you and is gona target you like crazy leave the game. And if you get targeted and killed sometimes learn to say so be it. Its honestly funny to see people flex with getting a single kill. Try to not care that much the fact that they target says enough about them.
Also, there was already a thread on this topic:
https://www.cubecraft.net/threads/nick-for-high-leaderboard-players.278248/
Try to avoid creating multiple threads on 1 topic.