I'm Gonna Buy the TBC BOOST! Asmongold Stream Highlights
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Asmongold argues for the Level 58 Boost (Dark Portal Pass) in WoW Burning Crusade Classic. Bad take or a smart decision? Classic TBC Pre-Patch just came out, so this instant character boost has massive implications for how players will go through the new Classic expansion. Enjoy this and more highlights from the last week of Asmongold's streams...
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#Asmongold
It's called having integrity and living by your principles.
But I suppose if you're hopelessly addicted, nothing else really matters to you as long as you beg Blizzard to dump into your mouth.
Yep. Other mmos are bad and wrong for having boosts, but not WoW. Because WoW can be forgiven. Right?
"Levelling in vanilla was so much better and more meaningful"
"Of course everybody will pay to skip the levelling"
lol
It’s not vanilla it is TBC. That being said it was when the game was at its peak.
@@kevinbouley it’s the exact same questing 1-58 made easier with better xp rates. TBC leveling for the majority is vanilla leveling
It’s not the same but it’s close enough I’ll let it slide.
It can be both it is meaningful with your first character after that it becomes a chore
SARCASM
He got boosted his entire wow experience, for mounts, mythic raid, glad, etc. So of course he'll accept the boost! ^^
????
How
TRUE
He should just ask for a mage to boost him rather than paying blizzard for something that can be done while afk.
@@ivarisalie8759 what do you mean how?
He gets carried to gladiator every season
He just got carried through every +15 for key master
He gets fans to give him millions of gold
@@ivarisalie8759 how....really, ur dumb GTFO
“I hate this feature. Why would they add this feature?” “This feature is so convenient why wouldn’t I use it?” Really sticking it to blizzard huh.
If you can get 2 millions gold for free in game, ofc you are gonna get it, because its in game. But you don't really want to see this kind of thing ever exist, do you?
It's called learn FROM the example, not by the example. In the first place, it's unfair to expect Asmon to be unbiased
It's like when he rags on FFXIV, whereas I personally see no issue with the races due to being a long-time FF fan
Also, it doesn't chamge the fact that many of the comments Asmon makes around these subjects, regarding positives/negatives, have a certain degree of truth & insight to them which makes disregarding them entirely foolish
I hate that they are adding the boost but I would also absolutely buy it if I plan on leveling something else. Adding the boost invalidates all the time spent leveling, I've leveled 4 60's in classic and I had 3 in vanilla. I've done it and done it again but I am a bit bored of the process, now throw in the option to boost. Why should I spend 100-200 hours doing something I've done 7 times already when I can spend 2 hours at work and buy the boost. I'm not "sticking it to the man" by not buying it just to still waste 100+ hours extra in their game.
@@Tooamazin Sure, I see what you're saying and that's fair. I'm just frustrated that people will go around complaining about microtransactions in games and how they're ruining games while at the same time buying them and incentivizing more microtransactions in the future. Blizzard does not care that you don't like the boost. If you buy the boost they will add more boosts.
@@Yamanan. Well it's kind of a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't scenario. Honestly, micro-transactions are objectively bad - they serve no purpose to the game itself & exist only to get money from consumers. Fortunately, the only real issue is when devs start abusing & prioritizing them above the main content, which to an extent is understandable if it's the primary/only source of income like PoE
But yeah, anyone that is complaining about them to a large extent & still indulges is a hypocrite, which unfortunately applies to Asmon in this case even if he is personally biased towards supporting WoW. I myself tend to avoid games with microtransactions, minus mobile games I suppose, but I also extremely rarely ever buy any & only if I think the game itself is worth it - I also never support scummy companies like EA
YOUR ATTITUDE IS THE EXACT REASON THEY HAVE BOOSTS TO BEGIN WITH.
yup. asmon ALONE did it all. he is the SOLE reason its in the game. fuck of lmao
Yea. And you are the reason the game is bad then.
@@Moffattt thats not what he said at all and you know it lol. People like him are the reason they put boosts in, cause people like him will buy them
@@Mnkeys he literarily did. he didnt say "people like you" he said "you"
@@Moffattt But very obviously meant "you and others like you"
You can't complain about something then proceed to support it, what's the point
this is why WoW players like asmon so much, he has as much integrity as blizzard
Yep. First he complains and rages. Then... Oh that's so good. I will buy it..
straight up adhd lmao
It’s not just Asmongold I’m sure Esfand will buy the boost too once they start raiding, right now he’s busy playing GTA RP. But eventually Asmongold will convince him to do it. I know people want to defend asmon but at the end of the day he’s still the same ole wow lifer fifteen years ago.
@@raggo1955 but you can argue that Esfand had at least other games to play and of course want to make content when he's guild starts raiding. I don't know that streamer, but, but Asmon plays wow all day and has plenty of time to level a tbc Character right now
Asmon is literally not putting his money where his mouth is
You're surprised?
@Joe Schmoe He's smart - why would you level when you can boost?
@@Taystesouth and that's why it's stupid. Boosts and microtransactions that everyone moans about is there BECAUSE OF THAT EXACT ATTITUDE. why play the game when we can pay to skip it? And you use the phrase thick as shit, you utter moron.
I mean, it's his job. I would just see it as a work-related expense.
@@captainhindsight6994 even if he and everyone and his stream didn’t use it, it’s unlikely they’d remove it. Vanilla levelling is fun the first time, tedious for alts. Saving that much time for only $35 is definitely worth it.
Asmon - The only thing that matters is the game's integrity.
Also Asmon - If it's in the game of course I'm gonna take advantage of it.
Asmon is extremely hypocritical lol
@@EtioDesign I dont think he is serious, he is a persona, everything is just an act to steer up shit. He acts like a complete moron here, but on his other channel seems like a smart logical eloquent guy.
@@melonytoni9016 asmon is a dumbass dood.
@@melonytoni9016 oh bro don’t worry I know Asmon is an amazing person (which is the main reason I follow him) but I wish he could keep his word sometime, he complained for weeks about the boost and now he is gonna use it. Is not about the boost is about keeping his word honestly.
@@melonytoni9016 that's also an act
If you buy the boost ur part of the problem. If you don't realize that you are the reason why blizzard gets away with everything
k.
k.
u think they care ? lul
@Nate Higgers This is the most baitiest username, for everyone who's blind switch the h and n
@Nate Higgers What are you, 15? 14? Jesus lol, your bait username and your edgy comment give away your age range.
"it saves 200h of my time" spends that saved time to play wow anyways
This is easily the standout comment for me, Zack is a hypocritical knobhead
Spends that saved time on content he actually enjoys and not on a 200h chore
let's be real. It is not 200 hours for him. He would get boosted to 60 in under 6 hours.
This is the thing about influencers in general, they always pretend to be on the side of players, BUT only when it benefits them. Its always a "do as i say not as i do" with these people.
This is why belullar said asmon is a whale lmao
To be fair Asmon agreed with Bellular and said he was going to buy it lol
Bellular will get it too.
ASMOGOLD: I HATE BOSSTING!!
-ASMOGOLD: OF COURSE IM GONNA BOOST!!!
These are 2 completely different things, the first one relates to state of the game , the 2nd one relates to his character.
You can have strong opinion about boosts, while being too lazy to level up.
He is as addicted to the abuse as much as everyone else who buys these boosts is.
It goes together in a nice way for him.
@@Jaime_Protein_Cannister so happy i left wow
@@Donkens I'm not advocating for him, OP is making comparison between 2 statements that Actually have nothing to do with each-other. I'm correcting shit tier logic.
Not sure if you know what "to advocate" means , if I tried to advocate, I would persuade you to do the same exact thing as he does, which I don't "advocate" for.
"Simp" cannot be used when relating one man to another by the very definition of the word.
It's ok tho I don't expect you would know what it means anyway
@Brandon R I don't play wow , I don't like getting fucked in the ass.
@@radomirt6001 I dont give a f about blizzard, I stopped playing wow a couple months ago. Just dont complain if you are going to do what you were so loud against. Besides its a joke. Asmon can do anything he wants.
That's why the game will remain being monetized the way it is now
If its in the game, it doesn't matter if he buys it or not, he already lost. There is no coming back, they would never take that boost away, nor will they stop with making more micro transaction content. Even if nobody buys it, they will just make more, until someone will.
He will buy this boost. And buy another shit. And then another. But with every purchase, he will wave away from the game more and more, as other wales also will. The more the game becomes pay to win, the less everything matters in there.
Just because you don't want bugs in the game you're playing, doesn't mean you're not gonna use them if you can. Just because you don't like some mechanics in the game, doesn't mean you're gonna ignore them completely.
He doesn't want boost to be added to the game, but if it is added, then it just doesn't matter anymore.
It really isn't that hard to figure out why you don't want boosts in your MMO RPG. You will sell them, sure. But the next micro transaction would just mean less. And then another, and so on. Eventually you will have barely anybody who wants to play the game anymore, because nothing there matters. And WOW is just rushing through to get to that point no matter what is being said or done by the community. So you might aswell just make them go faster, so that the crush happens earlier and the game dies for the better.
@@дигл_лайв well said
@@дигл_лайв Look around you in the gaming world. This is where we are now unfortunately. If WOW does not implement additional monetization then Activision will shut down WOW because it is not worth the investment anymore. Do the math. We either get the WOW that exists now or no WOW at all. I personally prefer having WOW at all costs and if that means we have to put up with shit like this then fine...but this is far from pay2win. For players like me who mostly play Retail WOW boosting a character is deciding between spending 100-200 hours of my free time into levelling or spending 40 bucks to buy a boost. Does this NEED to be in the game? No. Is it in the game NOW? Yes. Is there a possibility of WOW existing WITHOUT boosts etc.? No, because Activision will devour and shut down the project.
An additional personal remark: levelling in an MMORPG is (unless there is a fantastic story) very uncompelling for me PERSONLLY and I prefer doing end game content. WOW's classic levelling experience (which I endured) was not "fun" or "interesting" because the real cool part of the story comes with the expansions (BC, Wrath, Legion etc.). Therefore I highly doubt that skipping a levelling experience which is not fun to most "modern" WOW players for a price is something that is within the boundaries of acceptance.
@@MultiLPLover how many players do you know, yourself included have leveled something to max, and then realized fuck I hate this class, and then just either gave up the game or bought a boost?
I’m pretty sure a lot. No way can you defend blizzard for their sub prices and store mounts and monetization, but personally I bought a boost just so I could have fun playing the game again.
And you’re right, classic WAS fun, but after you made ten alts to try all the classes, you just don’t want to kill 20 murlocs anymore, and if the grind is so insane, the barrier to playing a new class or rerolling is so high, that it just prevents people from playing
In regards to boosting, I love the fact that they added heritage armour for those who leveled their characters to max, versus those who didn’t
Also to those saying “we’ll if you need boosts to have fun then maybe the game sucks cuz leveling should be fun”
Well it was fun the first few times, not anymore
@@Undecided_ Agreed. In retail I levelled my warlock, hunter, rogue and my paladin from the very beginning. All other classes have either been boosted via the expansion boosts or separate boosts. Currently I have 8 Classes on level 60 (in retail). I know pretty much all quests in all areas. And I do not intend to do it all over again ^^
i dont understand how he can say he's buying a boost but then the previous video is him shaming others who have boosted.
I cant understand how people still support this Guy, hes like a leach who melks his viewers for Boost in Mythic and PvP, claiming he achieved it. Im not mad he got boosted, im mad that he claims to achieved it all by himself
he's addicted to a shitty game (among other things). I would be supprised if he had any shame at all.
He shames other mmos for having boosts too.
@@ognjenpavlovic784 They dont care if it is him they support, they do it for attention and entertainment. All streamers live off that, thats why they also read their names or make a notification pop up, so they get some attention and feel rewarded for their donation.
But you can also support by just watching the content, like i do. He does fun stuff and i enjoy some of his videos and streams. I don't take it too serious if he talks about shameless crap, but enjoy how chat makes fun of it
Ya seriously.....talk about contradicting himself...
The comment about saving time in a game that is largely a a complete time waster is a bit perplexing lol Most people are gonna buy the boost, then end up leveling multiple other characters over time therefore the time-saving argument is null....pretty much in a nutshell as others said, people are addicted, and need their wow crack.
Asmon - I hate the boost, blizzard don't do it!
Also asmon - votes for the presence of the boost with his wallet
Blizzard - KEKW
Blizzard : pog
Asmon truly represents Wows fan base, complains about monetization while actively partaking in it. It’s so good you have to buy it? Bro have some integrity..
@Petey's Papers im sorry for the people that are still so high on copium that they say WoW is still the most popular MMO, the only time WoW still gets high numbers is always at the start of the new xpack because retards think they will actually keep their words but they never do and the cycle repeats itself, content creators hype it up because they are addicted, people listen to them and think blizzard will actually make it better this time, they get the money from the xpack and then say ok, we got the money now and just release store mounts, people get mad yet still buy the shit they put into the store so it doesnt matter, great community.
@@Grumpypu there are people who are still new to wow who are joining. We don't know what the older game was like but we don't care. We're there to have fun with friends...
The boost "saves" you from playing 200+ hours?
Imagine going to the cinema and paying extra to not see the damn movie.
expect this time, you saw the movie a dozen times
Nah, more like paying to skip the boring bits. Like skipping the human scenes in the reboot Godzilla movies.
Imagine watching the same god damn movie over and over and over and over and over and over and FUCKING OVER
At that point id be paying to not fcking see it which is exactly what he is doin........ Yall are bunch of haters... Like yall wouldnt do the same shit
Like why would he play the same shit for 200 hours when he could just pay 40 bucks which he makes 15 mins or less.... Like honestly man be real.....
@@FlyBigBenz I wouldn't. Levelling is the best part of WoW.
@@Oxygen97 "I wouldn't"
Then dont
And him not buying it doesnt mean other people wouldnt.
If he didnt buy it DO YOU HONESTLY THINK BLIZZARD WOULD STOP MAKING THEM just bcs some mdf didnt buy them.
"The is bad for the game and lessens the integrity of the classic experience"
"Yes of course im going to buy it and use it"
Then hes just completely dumb struck when Blizzard adds things like this to the game.
he says its bad, buys it anyways and encourages people to buy it too, 1 month later hes complaining that they added another store mount and rages that blizzard is dumb. Yeah great logic, blizzard couldnt give less of a fuck about what the community thinks when they buy it anyways, if you dont like something dont fucking buy it.
To quote another comment
"If its in the game, it doesn't matter if he buys it or not, he already lost. There is no coming back, they would never take that boost away, nor will they stop with making more micro transaction content. Even if nobody buys it, they will just make more, until someone will.
He will buy this boost. And buy another shit. And then another. But with every purchase, he will wave away from the game more and more, as other wales also will. The more the game becomes pay to win, the less everything matters in there.
Just because you don't want bugs in the game you're playing, doesn't mean you're not gonna use them if you can. Just because you don't like some mechanics in the game, doesn't mean you're gonna ignore them completely.
He doesn't want boost to be added to the game, but if it is added, then it just doesn't matter anymore.
It really isn't that hard to figure out why you don't want boosts in your MMO RPG. You will sell them, sure. But the next micro transaction would just mean less. And then another, and so on. Eventually you will have barely anybody who wants to play the game anymore, because nothing there matters. And WOW is just rushing through to get to that point no matter what is being said or done by the community. So you might aswell just make them go faster, so that the crush happens earlier and the game dies for the better."
The moment he says "Listen..." you know some hypocritical bullshit is gonna come out
buying the boost in WOW is the same as skipping content in "New World". Remember when he used to be one of those "No Changes" guys.
It's not, because it's nothing new. TBC is nothing new. Old content. Just boost past the levelling shit to get to the end game. Makes perfect sense.
NO IT ISNT!!!
NEW WORLD IS A NEW GAME
WOW ISNT
NOT THE FCKING SAME THING
@@FlyBigBenz IT IS SAME. SKIP IS SKIP OLD OR NEW. SKIP DONT MATTER ON AGE.
@@TheMitmiter It ain't - when I play a game for the first time it's a different experience to playing it a second time.
@Lawlzilla Content is content. Dont matter age. Dont like? I guess pay to skip.
Member when he went around mocking those who did boost?
pepperidge farm remembers
it was like yesterday, why are we watching this freakshow
So Asmon doesn't seem to realise that by buying these services he is encouraging Blizz to add more and more in the future. RIP WoW.
you can say this with any game but is it going to leave? definitely not cuz we didnt want it in the first place but they kept adding it so people started buying the stuff at the beginning no company was really making profits from the store now they make so much so its literally never going to leave even if we stop paying for the stuff
Well can't dumb people understand that buying boost is the best option for him? If he lvls the standard way, the chance of getting griefed is high, which then means he must lvl with dungeons, or he just simply buys a boost. He is different because nobody fucking cares about your existence and you can lvl without being constantly harassed and griefed.
@@jprec5174 so just leave gaming in general? I wasnt even talking about wow I was talking about gaming in general
@@jprec5174 story games is the only games that dont have microtransctions which is already changing pretty fast
I guess sticking to principles is rare nowadays.
@@jlScoot "The ones he isn't sticking to is ours."No.
he isn't sticking to the principles that he himself has set by talking shit about the micro transaction shit for a very long time even about other games, The practice of professing beliefs that one does not hold is the definition of hypocrisy .If he didn't spew such beliefs for many times people wouldn't be calling him out for it
Lol it’s a fucking video game from the early 2000s bud chill
People are addicted, they can't break free from the abuse.
Yeah, this is straight up stockholm syndrome in action. Blizzard's decisions should be causing mass player migration, and yet they always turn up for this shit. It's actually depressing.
@@conorf8091 I think boosts are overpriced and a waste of money. But that's just my opinion. I pay to play the game, not skip the game....at this point, it doesn't matter what I say because people will buy what they want...Hell they will go against something like Asmongold did and then turn around and buy it anyways....If it makes you happy, then go for it!
But I feel the real issue is people are addicted and addiction in anything is usually not good in life.
@@conorf8091 so if you are so busy then why do you do something you feel like is a chore. All of the game is a chore , thats the whole point with WoW.
You are right. There are those players that have years and years of achievements, gear collecting and mounts. Their attachments are too great for them to just cold turkey it. Asmongold is a weak willed clown.
I really wonder why addicts just don't go and play on non-ActiBlizz WoW servers, if they can't handle moving to another MMO.
"of course I will spend money to save time"
mobile games in a nutshell
Keyword here.."mobile"..wow is not on mobile..yet Asmon: "people who don't boost are stupid" are you so sure asmon?
Clearly my commemt still stands.....boosters are stupid
@@RyanSalm lmfao.........-1000 points for you
Bellular was right to call you a whale.
"I'm against the boost!"
"Of course I'm gonna use the boost!"
Stick to your guns man, this both sets a bad precedent and it foolishly plays into ActiBlizz's hands
@Melih k I forgot which one, but it was a podcast vid where he was chatting with another dude. He was basically saying he was done with being polite towards Blizz too. Idk how much that helps, but Asmon did watch it and the vod is on this channel.
“A video game should make you want to waste your time” -Asmongold
“Why would I spend an extra 200 hours playing this game?” - also, Asmongold
He’s already told us the problem here is that the game isn’t fun anymore. It doesn’t make him want to waste his time. The question then becomes is the game not fun anymore just for him, or is it turning off a wider audience. Given the decline in players over the years I’ve got to suspect it’s the latter.
@@Lacosanostra699 every adult is addicted to nostalgia. Adults romanticize the past. Children romanticize the future. Few people live in the present.
@@theodoremccarthy4438 wow that was deep bro🔥
You expect Asmon to have integrity? You must be new here.
I had this feeling, Azmon is slowly selling out :)
@@wolfdragox5563 Its like with a frog and hot water, since he came back from his last break he is just using same generic texts and feels so blank. Like he´s scared to lose money or just burned out. Only time He´s been pretty fun and I did not notice this was when he played alt+f4... propably it is because he is done with wow but scared of consequences what happens when he leaves. He spoke a lot about life mistakes realisation ( the path of exile streamer quitng video). hahaa I feel like conspiracy theorist. Bless you tho have a good day ! :D
He’s such a hypocrite though
been starting to notice this way more often lately. I started watching him like a month ago, but recently saw his takes on titty streamers, bullying (removal of Leafy), and ffxiv- realized he's incredibly inconsistent and hypocritical at times.
@@jlScoot Obviously he doesn't owe anyone anything, but nobody should be surprised when he's getting called out for continually taking the moral highground with his words and then immediately contradicting himself time after time with his actions. He does this with Leafy, Titty Streamers, and ffxiv.
@@jlScoot I mean fine, don't take the moral high ground, but don't be surprised if you make things worse. Blizzard tests these features by monetary results, you buying it makes your criticism of it completely fucking pointless because you're making it successful for Blizzard.
People back in the day laughed at ilstant max-lvl private servers now blizzard did almost the same.
the only voice a consumer really has is money, money is the vote and asmon just voted on boosts and more microtransations. Isn't he also just admitting that the entire levelling experience is boring and endgame is the only fun part?
No, you're not saving 200 hours. You're wasting 40$. If you feel like you need to "save" time in a game, it means your not having fun. But my question becomes, if you're not having fun, why are you still playing? You're addicted to what? I smoke because nicotine make brain feel good yes? If the game feels like a waste of time unless you pay, how are you even addicted?
100 agreed...on top of that, these people will buy the boost, get bored of the character then level more characters therefore, the time saving argument is a joke...on top of what you said lol.
because fuck classic, why would u want to level up in classic while tbc in here???? Are u ok???
if i didnt have my lvl 60 already u can bet i would "waste" 40 euros
You can use the same excuse for the boost with the deluxe edition. “Everyone is going to do it”
Dont try to reason with hypocritmongold
It's completely different. The deluxe edition doesn't offer any tangible benefits, just cosmetics outside of the boost. Not using the boost just puts you at a complete disadvantage while not buying the deluxe edition for the toys and mounts doesn't actually matter. Once it's in the game, you really already lost the battle.
I don't understand why it matters... boost in game or pay for a boost.. you all sound like hypocrites
@@wolfdragox5563 Comparing racism ideology to a fucking video game cash shop - YOU WOWHEAD/FORUM WHINERS HAVE A COMBINED IQ OF 5 AND YOU'RE A WASTE OF AIR
@@masteroffmuppets666 I think his point was using the “if everyone jumped off a bridge would you do it too” analogy. He just used a more extreme. He’s not wrong though it’s a terrible thought process to have.
Oh hey, here is the guy who was throwing tantrums about Blizz introducing purchases for TBC classic. Aaaaand shortly after, he buys it. GG
Asmon should really follow the advice "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
@@jlScoot If Asmon is telling everyone "Be the change you wish to see in the world" he should for sure follow his own advice and not go back on his words. Asmon is a hypocrite, saying what a stupid idea for blizzard to give people a boost to 58, than litterally saying "Oh of course I am gonna get the boost", is undermining his own advice. He can live how he wants to, but he shouldn't spew nonsense onto others if he isn't following his own advice.
@@jlScoot lol I didn't even read your full shit since it was riddled with spelling errors, it's like English is your second or third language, but that isn't very nice for to assume since most people who are from third world countries have better grammar than you do. But to your last point, I would never listen to someone who is addicted to alcohol or drugs or anything that is harmful to their body. Just because of the simple fact that if they cannot get clean themselves, how do they have the moral high ground to preach about me not destorying my body with alcohol, drugs or smoking? I would rather listen to someone who has been clean for awhile.
And I've never said boost are bad or good, did I? All I said was Asmon is a hypocrite since he said a month ago that boost aren't good for the game, you can believe that or not, but judging by the way your grammar is you aren't going to believe, since people with poor grammar such as yourself tend not to believe anyone. But overall, you are just a simp for Asmon thinking that he is a God, and he cannot do no wrong. I do hope you realize what a moronic fool you are being, and realize that Asmon is an idiot.
Asmongold farms mounts and his viewers, and Blizzard farms Asmongold. The circle of milking.
Blizzard farms all of us, lol.
@@Sumo-san Not me, deleted all of their shitty games. Retail hasnt seen any new content in more than half a year and they are destroying TBC with micro transactions, if you honestly still keep up with their bullshit then you need help, move on from this dead game already.
Feels good knowing I stopped in 2011. Seeing what the game has become makes me feel vindicated like you wouldn't believe.
@Nate Higgersperfect example of who still plays wow with that name of yours.
Same here. I heard about boosts months back, then apologised to my guilds in retail and classic and bailed.
I love Asmon man, but he has no integrity sometimes. You cannot cry about TBC boosts whilst literally buying it. Zero ethics or honor.
alright so he basically threw through the window every single thing he preached over the last 2 months 10/10
Are you surprised? He's been doing this for 5 years.
SARCASM
I feel bad for anybody who regularly follows Asmongold that sees him as anything more than an opportunist and entertainer.
This isn't a topic that's hard to have a strong conviction about - and yet he can't seem to sustain one for more than a week.
It's not about whether he's got the money for boosts or other paid services or not... many of us do.
If he had strong convictions about utilizing paid service like boosts, he wouldn't use them. "Everybody" is not going to use boosts, just like "everybody" isn't going to buy store mounts and reward Blizzard Entertainment for making cool mounts for the store which could instead be rewards associated with in-game content. He's contributing to something that deteriorates the quality of a game he frankly makes his livelihood promoting and creating content out of. Pretty baffling. It'd be one thing if he went off and did it quietly, but to brag about it is disappointing to watch.
I understand Asmongold tends to be hyperbolic when he talks about many topics (including paid services) on Twitch, in videos, or in forums posts/tweets...but there's a difference between using exaggerated speech to convey how excited or displeased you are about something and not being able to maintain a consistent position on it.
It legit sounds like Blizzard called Asmon before the stream and told him he would get a percentage of the boosts sold. Literally turned 180 lol
I swear I remember him saying that he was going to boost a paladin ages ago.
Imagine comparing cheesing a Boss fight with giving money for a boost. Imagine trying to stay "competitive" in TBC Classic. He is high on copium.
Yet last stream he was complaining that BDO had P2W boosts...
not even the same kind of boosts
BDO is much worse than wow. I played bdo 2 years and thank god i stopped playing that cashgrab game.
They do tho and much worse
@@reptile97 if you play bdo and feel the need to spend money you are playing it wrong and should indeed stop playing. I've played for years now and never spent any money besides the box price.
@@defender7366 new world will probably have the same shit you can buy in bdo
So this whole time he secretly was licking his chops thinking of his "free" TBC Paladin all those times he was reading what blizz was planning for TBC over the last couple months 😂😂
Yes
I wish he’d stay out of classic for good. He doesn’t even want to play, he just wants to steal loot from players that are actually playing.
@Urazz sheep behavior and unable to resist temptation
Wow addict at its finest.
@Urazz SARCASM
Asmongold: blaming other games for p2w
Asmongold: buy a boost
i mean ... his job is streaming games so he have the time to spend on it
but buying a boost on a new server to get instandly in the new area is P2W!
EDIT: RIP WoW ...
Do you honestly think people wanna watch him level a character by getting boosted by his stream than see him just do the actual content of TBC ?
@@shrekstacy do you honestly think people still watch him for the gameplay ? they couldnt care less about what he does, more than half of his chat doesnt even play wow anyways.
@@shrekstacy thats your point for useing p2w? ^^
1+ @Yep Oki
@@shrekstacy they watch him do transmog / mount runs and literally doing nothing... what???
'save my time' for what exactly? what else is there to do besides play wow, its not like he has another job, really shitty stance
the entire 'i dont want it in the game but if its in there im gonna use it' is an argument an average player can say not someone with a following of a size that asmon has. I want change but encourage others to use the same thing im using regardless of my stance on it.
I don't care if Asmon refuse to buy store mounts on retail. Stuff like this is maybe not JUST as bad(arguable), but it's definitely up there. Makes me question the things he decides to take a stance against from now on.
It's worse than a store mount.
Continuously forking over cash for a product that is getting objectively shittier/predatory isn't "taking a stand". On the contrary, it/he is being a part of the problem AND making said problem worse for everyone.
I really like Asmon but the fact that he is a hypocrite is really hurting his image for me. I mean he kept complaining about the boosts and the changes in the game, but now he is gonna used the anyways lol.
@@EtioDesign Well who wouldnt? Cringe dude
@@wolfdragox5563 the price isn't what makes one worse than the other.
The mount is a more stupid, but it's not worse.
"Saving 200 of my time"
Just get a fan to power level you. Win win
@@arohk4415 doesn't change my point
yea it would take 2 days tops of being boosted by his fans. 200 hours my ass. Plus people watch him do literally anything while he rabbles its not like its gonna hurt him in that regard
Asmon can cry and moan about wow all he wants but blizzard knows that he's gonna come back crawling every single time to buy more and more shit. That's exactly why the game is heading this way, they know who to milk. If big influencers like asmon actually stood up against these microtransaction, maybe they could change something
@@Bradgilliswhammyman if he had balls he would quit the game for good , not support it and drain his bank account until it dies
@@Bradgilliswhammyman he could literally quit the game and just do irl streams in the forest for 8 hours and he would still have 50k viewers, hes just fucking addicted to a dead game. Most of his viewers dont even play the game, they just watch him for his takes and personality.
Doesn't look like that's gonna happen. Just another weak ass p2w simp like the rest of the retail andys.
This is what addiction is. Asmon is so addicted to wow that it doesn't matter what he said, he will always find an excuse.
@@jlScoot If Asmon is against the boost and enjoys the entertainment from leveling, why would he get the boost in the first place? If he truly loves the game, why not spend that 200+ hours and level his guy and enjoy it? He's going back on his words and creating any excuse that he can find and trying to justify his bullshit.
Has over 1000 days /played, cares more about saving 200 hours than voting with wallet...
Do you really think that enough players could vote with their wallet by not buying the boost that it wouldn't be worth it for Blizzard to implement? Even with all meetings, decisions, actual implementation time and testing, it probably cost them < $5000 to provide that feature, and it will make them money for the next two years.
@@kekelapp0r It's the least we can do. If we make enough of an outrage, refuse to buy it, maybe even some unsubbing (by those lucky few not hopelessly addicted for life) then there is atleast a tiny chance of someone up top realising that maybe it's not worth the hassle. tbh the most important thing we can do is shame and exclude those who buy store mounts and boosts, so they realise that what they are doing is wrong.
@@_keerp It's not "the least we can do" - we can't do anything to change it.
it amazes me that he always finds a way to sabotage his own experience
I generally love your content and opinions, Asmon, but this is exactly the problem. Complaining about all the mtx bullshit the industry and blizzard especially is pulling on the gaming community, and then supporting it. This ain't it, chief :(
Supporting something you strongly oppose, isn't that pretty much the definition of insanity?
"Everybody is doing this" I'm sure with this mindset, we can get boosts out of our games again, yessir. :(
The unfortunate thing is whether or not Asmon buys the boost, there will be people in his place that do. I suppose in principal it's hypocrisy, but at the same time it won't make a difference if he didn't buy the boost.
@@kai9528 That is part of the mindset that brought us to the current monetization climate in the gaming industry tho. "Well, I'm just one player, won't matter if I buy this boost or not, xyz will buy it. Might as well buy it."
That makes me sad and is one reason why Bobby's pockets keep bursting with money.
Do you think Asmon gets Betakeys and what not from companies out of kindness or because he has a massive platform to promote something? It goes both ways, for promoting games, and promoting the non-acceptance of this mtx bullshit.
This lethargy makes me sick mate.
I just wonder how much more it takes for some people to realize they are eating a shit-sandwich, and that it actually tastes like shit. And that they demand to get a real sandwich instead, without constantly consuming more shit-sandwiches and thus incentivizing the restaurant to sell shit-sandwiches...
@@hansfriedemann4194 Yeah I agree, and I think most people are in the same mindset of, "I don't agree with this being in the game, but I'm going to use it anyways." Because let's be honest, it's a massive advantage over not doing so which is the shittiest part. It's basically the company putting you in a position where you're at a disadvantage for not paying, so some may feel compelled to do so.
If there's one thing for certain is people like speaking out against MTXs, but are really bad at speaking with their wallets. Especially in a game like WoW where so many players absolutely love the game. Outside of MAYBE ESO and FFXIV, there's not too good competition so ActiBlizzard just gets away with stuff like this because they know people are going to crawl back to play it at the end of the day.
@@kai9528 Agree with everything you've said. Although I must say, in this specific case, isn't the purpose of the pre-patch to level up characters for TBC? Or if he wanted a paladin so bad for TBC (which has been announced for idk how long now), he could have leveled multiple ones til now. It's not like you cannot play TBC if you don't use a levelboost or miss out on anything, right?
That is what really, really disappoints me. He could have easily made a statement here with not supporting boosts etc, but chose to support it instead.
And I don't know if it is necessarily love for WoW at this point. Mostly addiction with some love sprinkled on top imo.
@@hansfriedemann4194 Yeah no I agree. In terms of the purpose of pre patch, yeah that's what it's supposed to be. Basically a time in preparation for the next expansion. But at the same time we're talking about ActiBlizzard here. A company that decided to put a single use level boost in an old game that never had it before haha. I'm not saying it's excusable, or defendable, but if players find value in buying a boost, then the game provides that for them, which I'll reiterate I don't agree with.
In terms of Asmon buying the boost or not. In principal, I don't think he should have. I can agree with you there. He could have just started leveling new characters in preparation, but I guess he finds value in the boost although he may not agree with it. Which like I said earlier, it is hypocritical for sure.
At the end of the day, I agree and understand a lot you've said. We want the game to be the way it SHOULD be, and although there's still certainly many good aspects of the game that people still play the game with friends to enjoy, it just went down this shitty path of selling convenience and cosmetics to players that just gobble it up.
I don’t understand, why does he mald about the wow boost and new world boosts but then happily uses it anyway?
Idk if yall so stupid or u just trollin all hr says is that He hate boost bcs once there r boost u Gotta buy them otherwise u play theese games for 250 years its all about tht theese fukdevs design theese games to force u to buy boosts lol its over 4 them
Because he is a wow player. Crying about Blizzard doing something but then shoving them money into their hands, so they can play the game they "love" so much, less.
Because he's full of shit, obviously.
200 hours a bit of an exaggeration by the guy who leveled via dungeons.
H Y P O C R I T E .. GAME STARTS AT LEVEL ONE ..
Ok, that's it for me, mate. Was a good journey.
What he's saying literally makes no sense. He doesn't need the boost because he will main his warrior anyways, and is therefore just buying the boost for the sake of it. He complains about the boost, but then buys it even though he won't use the character he used it on.
let a lone the chat that would boost it at the mere word. He smashed his integrity on the matter for a char he probly wont really care about
He's got blizz brainrot, and he'll continue to rant about how bad the game is, literally the captain going down with his ship.
His level of hypocrisy are insane lmao
Imagine paying 15 dollars a month, then an additional fee for boosting, just to run around in a bot farm.
After Asmon helped blizzard to turn "Classic into Retail" they decided to finally unlock his account so he can drop mounts again lololol
Hence why the boosts and pay2win shit will never end.
Can't wait for McConnell to roast him over this and then to use the boost himself and pass it off as "bro I'm lagging" or "I'm just taking in the scenery"
Its such a ridiculous argument from Asmon: THe BoOst is HerE so iam gonna Use it...like wtf when someone is against something they need to stand AGAINST it...otherwise NOTHING changes..
There's also the options of the game developers actually making good decisions that don't focus on money but instead providing a healthy game.
If you didn’t worry about what people think you wouldn’t have a regular stream schedule, you wouldn’t get your teeth whitened, there’s a million more things I could list here. You do care what people think, you also just wanna say cool blasé alpha statements to pander to thirteen year olds in twitch chat and CZcams comments.
So fucking true dood!
"I don't like the boost but I'm still going to buy it". It's not just Asmon who has this mentality and it's a shame because that mentality is exactly what Blizzard was banking on. They knew people wouldn't like the idea of the boost, but they also knew a lot of those same people were full of it and would buy it anyway. If Asmon does buy the boost though, I never want to hear him talk about store mounts ever again. Another side note is it's pretty insane how much easier leveling got since the prepatch. The exp difference is very noticeable and getting a mount 10 levels earlier and being way cheaper is gonna make it even faster.
absolutely fucking true
Seriously, so true...he has no room to talk now...hes just feeding the hungry beast known as blizzard at this point lol.
The difference is he's not asking for the boost to be added, he would rather have it be removed. He's making the best out of a bad situation, he knows blizzard won't change their mind on the boost and he also knows it will sell well cause let's be real everyone who skipped out on classic will buy the boost to play tbc. He's only really putting him self at a disadvantage if he doesn't buy it.
Weird how Asmon doesn't want this kind of monetization in his games yet will willingly buy these things. If he took a solid stance against it and made it a big community effort against the monetization I would respect it. Of course, he can do whatever he wants but it is sad to see him be so fickle with something I thought he cared about.
Doesn’t want them to have a boost but buys them and still supports them🤔
what??
Asmon did a whole 180 on his stance of boosts lol
@@jlScoot hypocrisy comes from using the boost service when he thinks its bad for the game because it promotes more people to use the boost and blizzard to continue the system. With this he is a cogwheel in a system as an influential person. More players in his stream will see asmon and say, am i stupid for not using boosts, which will show blizzard success in the system. But yea he said hes gonna use it so he didnt 180 on his stance.
@@jlScoot its a personal preference to think using boosts in a game is bad or not. We are talking about the hypocrisy not about boosts are good for game or not. Hypocrisy simply comes from his actions comply to supporting boosting, because him as probably the most influential wow player matter. Average player which boosts and talk shit about boosting doesnt matter. But his actions do matter. And i am not implying boosts are bad or asmon is bad for using them. All im saying is hypocrisy comes from him using it and indirectly promoting it, while he is talking otherwise. Asmon is much different than an average player, he is an influence. If you want to use boosts and not make a big deal about it, just dont talk about it and use it without even mentioning it. If your stance to the matter is "i am not that stupid to not using it", this is basically boosting advertisement.
Also your example doesnt change the fact that the people you mentioned arent hypocritical.
@@jlScoot you dont have ability to decently read then, i havent said him being hypocritical in the matter is bad or good. I just said he is hypocritical and thats it. Nothing else to it.
Wow. Feeling a lot of feels right now, but chief among them is sad. Not at the video quality or any of that, but Asmongold's own accounting of his addiction and how it effects his ethics in regards to this game/the industry. I've been watching these for years, as well as some of his streams live, and one thing I've always respected is his personal integrity. I don't agree with half of what he says regarding real-world politics, and I think some of his opinions lack a certain finesse or nuance when it comes to said politics; But, I do respect how steadfast and unapologetic he about who/what he is (which doesn't seem like a bad person, all said and done).
I still feel that, but I now have to reconcile it with him throwing a portion of that into the trash to rationalize his personal addiction. The "Everyone else is doing it" philosophy is a weak excuse to support Activision-Blizzard's wanton pursuit of quarterly corporate growth. The worst thing about this, to me, is how this compromises almost all of his rhetoric regarding the negative changes in the games industry, which has been a HUGE portion of his content. At the end of the day, it apparently doesn't really matter what they do, because he'll still support it by buying into it if he wants it bad enough. Voting with your dollar isn't the only thing companies like Activision-Blizzard understand, but the pursuit of profit IS what changes/drives their tune. Asmongold has been denouncing the Shop for years, but will happily use one of its features if offered, ostensibly because he rejects other aspects of it. As if these services/items were in some sort of vacuum, whereby indulging in ONLY one thing is made okay because it doesn't support the others. I doubt very much that Activision-Blizzard sees it that way, and I believe fully that this behavior will be analyzed by Marketing and chalked up as a job-well-done.
I get it a little, I think. I doubt he sees it as having much of a choice, at this point: He's constructed most of his online identity around WoW, to the extent of partnering with others to create a small organization, One True King ( which is centered around WoW content). At the heart of it, his financial stability rides on the back of WoW, which rides on the back of Activision-Blizzard. The problem is, the company has dug a grave for WoW, and is slowly lowering it down. Squeezing and beating out whatever money it can pocket, and Asmongold is trying to claw it out. Reasoning hasn't worked, ridiculing seems to have had limited (if any) success, so now it looks like he's just giving in a bit doing what they want him to do, which is use Shop features.
So, where does it end? What I saw as a principled nerd with lots of spare time has changed, and has become a convincing performer with a crippling obsession. Maybe he knows what he's putting out there, and is just riding things out as long as he can, squeezing as much money and fun out of his caricature as he's able to before the show ends. Maybe he has more in common with Activision-Blizzard than I thought. Maybe it was always that way from the start.
TLDR: "I'm sorry, Asmongold. I can't watch you do this."
Leveling is like the core of Classic WoW and he will literally pay money to remove that part? This guy is seriously deluded...
Criticize other mmos for having boosts
Still buy boosts in WoW and continue playing WoW without complaints
Sad because his so mad about boosts but if it's the slightest convenience to him he will throw away his stance on these issues and this is why company's do this shit. His been preaching about how bad boosts are just to enable a large audience to do it anyway because 100 hours is too long for him. He spends more time getting a useless piece of transmog
Imagine trying to champion a cause/opinion and then saying "well guess ill join in." All words no actions...
@@jlScoot with a community voice as large as his, it's actually worse. Not only does he squander the opportunity to push back at Blizzard, he literally submits to what they want and by doing so imdirectly encourages his audience to do the same regardless of his words; the old saying actions speak louder than words.
This is why blizz gets away with this shit lol
Blizzard just made Classic basically a private server(exp rates). Lmfaooo
I play in a private server and they dont have boosts when they launch a server
You lost the right to complain for ANYTHING in the gaming industry Asmongold. Shameful.
I have never played wow or an mmo for that matter, I watch most of asmon videos though and this sounds like pure hypocrisy.
bc it is.
@@Kaddahn weird stuff
Me and my friends were leveling getting ready for TBC and now that boost are released all my friends boosted and now I’m stuck playing alone at lvl 32 in STV really really sucks I have to pay $40 to play with my friends now. I’m just gonna quit
F man. Good luck.
Imagine paying 40$ so you don't have to play the game. They all smack talk Blizzard for being greedy but in the end they all support Blizzard by buying their shit. So, why would Blizzard ever change their business model when what they are doing now obviously works?
Where to buy 40$ boosts? Someone quoted me 280$
Why buy the boost though? Just get yourself 4 spergs that boost you to lvl 58.
Asmon has a whole tirade on TwitLonger about how "he's sick of it" ... still subs to WoW, buys a boost, and will probably buy more shit from Blizzard. He's exactly the kind of people Blizzard laughs at. They've played WoW all their life, simp to WoW, simp to Blizz ... still play even when they complain non-stop. Stop. Fucking. Playing. WoW.
Asmon streams from the basement of the blizzard building they feed him crumbs and leftovers
For 10 years he complains about how the game is shit and how everything is ruined till he has depression attacks in his little treehouse. As soon as those same things that ruin the game become convenient for him he indulges them, no different than the people who continue to ruin this game.
People are actually surprised that the crackhead went and bought crack it's kinda sad, and its really funny to see said crackhead justify his actions
You support their decision by buying the boost
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I know Asmon says he is Addicted and all, but I love when people like to talk about change, but when it comes to them doing it the excuse is "But me not buying it won't change anything" just admit you like the drama of talking about it, but if you had to actually nut up and do it you're just not.
Zack, stop complaining about Blizzard. You don't get to complain about monetization while you buy and enable future monetization.
Disappointed
...but not surprised.
Way to put an example for the fans, the community and the future of the MMO genre. Asmon's voice is one that is being heard by many. Him badmouthing the shop and boost and then giving in to it, will not help the consumer's cause.
Also Asmon: "If store mount is in the game, I am gonna buy it"
yeah, what the fuck xd
How the tables turned around,the one that was agains't boosts and everything with microtransaction is going to for it him self. Man Asmon your words are meaningles.
I have no issue with the boost, since I don't play. Curious though, as to Asmon saying:
"Boosts are bad because leveling is most of the game, skipping that to get to endgame is paying not to play"
but then being on board with buying the boost. If the excuse was that he was a streamer or something, maybe, if it was that he has already levelled once, fine.
the fact that somebody that doesn't even care / plays the game calls him out on his hypocrisy should tell him that he maybe actually IS contradicting himself.
leveling multiple raiding alts through the content is absurdly annoying these people have no idea
@@newtondamon They really don't, people seem to think that leveling is this super fun journey or something when it's not. Maybe if you're completely brand new to the game then yeah, but for any veteran leveling is just a long grind they don't wanna go through.
Buying boosts convinces Blizzard they're doing the right thing.
Oh, so he’s a hypocrite.
Why are you surprised?
@@Goujiki simply didnt think so
I respect Zach on the majority of his opinions but this is a huge fuck up. This is the reason Blizzard gets away with asking for more and more money and making the game more and more casual each year. come on Zack stick to your principals and your roots.
Face it, dude... he has no principles. Not after this.