I do get what you are saying, but I'm also going to just say the reasons against it so you know where I'm coming from.
It does make it easier, but also, what if someone looked away (back to back 'strategy')? What is there was no voice chat or if the voice chat client (aka skype or some jazz) had some latency (lag), and you blinked at the same time or looked away at the same time?
Also, think about this:
It makes it much more realistic.
Are you saying that 173 is the only reason SCPCB is scary??!? If it were, then I would NEVER get scared of the game. Because you can tell where he is with the S-Nav 300 Navigator Ultimate, you can hear him, you can use the better gasmask to run faster away from him, you can use certain eyedrops to stop blinking and to slow blinking, and possibly more I have forgotten to mention. Really, it doesn't make the game any easier. In fact, I'm pretty sure that 173 isn't the hard part.
And who doesn't want to play SCPCB with friends?!?
Maybe if you are close to 173 and the two of you keep watching, the lights could go out. But still, what if you only had one person watching 173 at the time and the lights go out? Then that would be really annoying.
Let's just see what the modders do.
Plus, makers of this mod, could you release a developmental version? So that if you end up not finishing and it 'dies', we can actually try it/use it. Ya get what I'm saying? I would hold games/mod from people, but I realise that they want to see it and have to make sure they don't lose interest. By releasing in-dev versions. Sorry if I am forcing it on you, but it would be nice.