In the currently ongoing Sauercrowd project of the German Twitch scene, both old and young streamers come together in WoW Classic Hardcore. One of the most experienced players now talks about how difficult it can be for the younger generation with the more than 20-year-old MMORPG.
Who is the veteran? Jessirocks jokingly describes himself as the best export from Austria since Arnold Schwarzenegger. Through his content on hack-and-slash games like Diablo 4 or Path of Exile 2, he has become one of the most popular streamers in the German-speaking area over the past few years .
However, the Austrian has spent most of his gaming time in World of Warcraft over the years, where he was part of an ambitious progression guild for many years. Over 40,000 hours have easily been accumulated there. As part of the currently ongoing Sauercrowd project, he is now once again shaking things up in Azeroth.
Culture shock for the younger generation
Where do the new statements come from? In the latest episode of the podcast “eins & null,” which he records together with Johanna “Joey” Pirker, Jessirocks spoke now (together with guest Prof. Manuel Ninaus) about Sauercrowd in particular and WoW in general. You can listen to the episode, for example, on open.spotify.com.
What does the streamer say? First, Jessirocks is asked what Sauercrowd actually is. His first reaction: “The absolute worst. Unfortunately, there is no other way to say it.” Afterwards, he wants to know how likely it is that HandOfBlood or Papaplatte will hear his podcast. Because he explains Sauercrowd afterwards as follows:
They stole Onlyfans from the Americans. Let’s keep it short. […] At that time, they had gathered 600 streamers, and the project was to get as many as possible to level 60 – which is the maximum level in WoW Classic, requiring on average about 150 to 200 hours – to then defeat the first bosses in Molten Core.
And they [Note from the editor: HandOfBlood, Papaplatte, and others.] have now copied this in a slightly weakened version, and it runs under the event name Sauercrowd, where I believe there are now about 260 streamers involved. On Friday, there is supposed to be a new wave of invitations because it has already been noticed that not everyone will reach level 60, because not everyone has that much time to play.
Jessirocks in the Podcast eins & null
That so many young streamers of Gen Z are participating in the event is causing a real culture shock according to Jessirocks.
You can see this now at the WoW event, there are a lot of young streamers involved. They were born when WoW came out. They do not know this type of game at all. Now having to play 200 hours just to reach the maximum level, and with one mistake you lose all your progress…
For many, this is a very, very tough story, as can also be seen from the death clips and the hours of tears, how people internally break down in hardcore. Many then also do not find the courage to go back in. You can understand that because it simply takes so much time. That was the state of things in games back then.
Jessirocks in the Podcast eins & null
Jessirocks adds during the podcast episode that he never considered WoW the best or most fun MMORPG. However, from his perspective, it was the game that could bind his community best over a long period of time, and he also played so much WoW mainly because of this social bond.
That the streamer is now only somewhat enjoying playing the classic version of WoW can be seen from his current progress in the Sauercrowd project. Although he has not been to the spirit healer even once, his character is only at level 22. A Gen Z member is already much further: First Twitch streamer of Sauercrowd reaches level 60, celebrates the emotional moment in Goldshire, breaks down in tears
