Asmongold, whose real name is Zack, is arguably the biggest MMORPG streamer on Twitch. He recently compared streamers for Lost Ark, Final Fantasy XIV, and WoW and came to a sobering conclusion.
What connection does Asmongold have to the games? Asmongold grew up with WoW; he has a love-hate relationship with Blizzard’s MMORPG. Hardly anyone complains as much about WoW, yet he is there at the start of each new expansion.
However, the streamer has also had difficult phases privately, withdrawing temporarily from Twitch and WoW. Meanwhile, he seemed to have more fun with Lost Ark and Final Fantasy XIV, but the grind of these MMORPGs was probably too exhausting for him.
Asmongold is thus quite familiar with all 3 MMORPGs. However, he did not compare the games themselves, but their Twitch streamers – and one thing seems to be missing for him in WoW: cute anime girls!
Asmongold on the “Final Fantasy” experience
How did the comparison come about? The streamer was watching the reactions of “Final Fantasy” players to the new raid with the goddess Nophica, which fans were especially looking forward to. He mentioned that they probably took inspiration from the gacha game Genshin Impact: “Just bring a hot anime girl into your game and all your problems will be solved.”
Among the reactions was also a Vtuber. Her comment that Nophica could “deliver her milk directly into [her] mouth” caused a stir in Asmongold’s chat.
Asmongold, however, remarked: “This is a Vtuber; they are… different. So it makes sense that she says that.”
What did Asmongold find? Subsequently, the streamer wanted to share a special insight with his chat. He opened the categories for Lost Ark, Final Fantasy, and WoW on Twitch.
He immediately noticed that there were some Vtubers in Lost Ark. He found it difficult to count accurately because the classification was apparently not entirely clear:
It’s kind of half and half; the mouth of that little thing moves […] and it’s just a cat. But it’s a Vtuber cat.
When Asmongold counted the Vtubers in Final Fantasy, the picture became even clearer: “There’s one, two, three already! We have 3 in the top 7!” That is, according to Asmongold, the “Final Fantasy” experience.
But it looks completely different in WoW. We have embedded the corresponding clip for you here:
WoW seems to be a men’s domain on Twitch
What about WoW? Unlike Lost Ark and Final Fantasy, the Twitch category for WoW is dominated by a completely different group of people: “hairy middle-aged men.”
Asmongold comments on the streamers displayed at the top of the category and continually comes to the same conclusion: bearded guys. “Number 4? Guess what, a hairy middle-aged man. Oh, we have more… middle-aged hairy men,” says Asmongold, finishing his enumeration.
However, one thing is completely missing in WoW: anime girls.
There are no Vtubers in World of Warcraft. None! The closest thing to a Vtuber is Yumy, a cat that has a waffle on its head.
His viewers can’t help but notice that Asmongold seems to be a bit envious. They are already hoping that someone creates a Vtuber model for the streamer and expect the debut of “Asmon-chan.”
This is indeed quite fitting, as Asmongold has previously gushed about how easy Vtubers have it:
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