The Texan Zack, known as “Asmongold,” is probably the biggest MMORPG streamer on Twitch. Thousands watch him play WoW, but he seems quite annoyed with his viewers. Everything is better on YouTube.
How did these statements come about? Asmongold is a co-founder of the gaming organization One True King (OTK). Together with the OTK members Emily “Emiru” Schunk and Tectone, the streamer has now launched a podcast on YouTube.
In the first episode, the question arose whether YouTube or Twitch is the better platform. Although Asmongold sees both positive and negative aspects of both platforms, he does have a clear preference: if he had to choose, he would prefer to only do YouTube for the rest of his life, said the streamer.
More about Asmongold’s career can be seen in our video:
Too Much Copypasta on Twitch
What bothers the streamer about Twitch? There is quite a bit. But while Asmongold usually criticizes the streaming platform itself, this time he focused on the “culture” on Twitch – and thus on his own viewers. They spam the chat with the same old jokes:
Oh wow, that’s a cool joke of yours, we should type that 400 times. […] And then, you know, Marco Polo! You say this word, I say this emote! How clever and funny!
The streamer explained that if he could only use one platform for the rest of his life, it would be YouTube. There simply aren’t as many strange people there.
Viewers Should Be Like Cats
What do the other streamers think? They largely agree with Asmongold that the chat on Twitch is quite predictable. Emiru even states that she can foresee what her chat will say in 90% of the cases. For her and Tectone, however, this seems to be a positive thing.
The MMORPG streamer admits that it does have some value to know your viewers so well. However, overall, the prevailing chat culture on Twitch is just too strange:
It’s like when you’ve had a cat, and you raise your arm, and the cat looks up at your arm. And you think: “I’m controlling you, bitch.” I can feel a bit like that when I’m doing my streams. […] But in general? I don’t know, man. There are so many weird things that people do on Twitch. It’s so strange.
How was that received? The podcast is aired on YouTube, where viewers apparently don’t mind when the Twitch audience is criticized. Within two days, the first episode was already viewed over 222,000 times.
We’ve embedded the two-hour episode here; starting from minute 56, it discusses the different platforms:
Many fans praise not only the set and editing but also Asmongold himself. He seems to be made for a podcast. Apparently, some of his viewers are less interested in his gameplay and simply enjoy listening to the streamer talk for hours.
These fans should be fully satisfied with the YouTube format in the future.
Asmongold has had some conflicts with some of his fans in the past when they wanted to dictate which games he should show or meddle in his private life. Because some apparently felt that if they were single, their streamer shouldn’t be in a relationship either:
The poster nerd of Twitch cannot have a girlfriend: “I want him to be unhappy and lonely like I am.”
