Asmongold was for a long time one of the biggest streamers and YouTubers for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. Now he hardly logs in anymore. In response to a question from a viewer, he now explains why.
What happened? On December 29, 2024, streamer Asmongold went live on Twitch with his second channel zackrawrr. While reacting to the video Exposing The Botting Mafia in World of Warcraft by Youtuber Madskillzzhc, a viewer in the chat asked why Asmongold himself would no longer play World of Warcraft (in the stream).
World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV were among Asmongold’s most played games for a long time, which is why he was the biggest MMORPG streamer on Twitch. He is now primarily active on his second channel and stands out for his strong opinions on current gaming topics.
In response to the viewer’s question, the streamer once again became very vocal. At timestamp 02:52:41 (via Twitch) the question is asked and he answers: ‘Why don’t you play WoW?’ Because the game is damn boring. The game is boring and weird.
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What does Asmongold criticize? According to his own statement, the streamer is at least lacking motivation at the moment:
I don’t really play the game anymore because I don’t feel like there’s anything fulfilling for me in the game. Maybe in the future I’ll change my mind and think about it differently.
But at the moment I don’t see any real motivation for me to play WoW. I just don’t want to do it.
Immediately after his criticism of the game, he made it clear that his opinion could of course change again.
He also says about himself that he was one of the most important people who produced content for World of Warcraft. Accordingly, it is understandable that many people want to know whether he plays the game or not.
He then discusses what is probably the real reason why he doesn’t play anymore: But, the real reason why I’m not that interested in playing anymore is simply because I feel like I’ve done it all before.
He is then asked whether he would play WoW Classic+ and says that he could imagine doing so. However, he doesn’t currently play WoW Classic Hardcore either, even though he is part of the well-known raid guild OnlyFangs.
He says: The thing about hardcore WoW is that people only want to see it from me because of OnlyFangs etcetera etcetera… I don’t like playing games that I have to focus on. Now, you guys may not know this, but most of the time my mind is somewhere else. I don’t really think about anything. I’m just, well, I’m floating through my thoughts.
World of Warcraft actually gets along well without Asmongold. The current expansion The War Within has refreshed the game well. However, another WoW streamer is currently causing skepticism among his subscribers: German YouTuber plays “Christmas Garrosh” and makes WoW players happy with 20 million gold