Asmongold is one of the biggest streamers on Twitch and has been around for ages. He should know well how the streaming platform works. He says: Looks play a huge role, even if no one wants to admit it.
Which streamer is it about? Asmongold has been delightfully embodying the stereotype of an MMORPG player on Twitch for years: He streams from his chaos room, avoids sunlight, and has long, somewhat unkempt-looking hair. Meanwhile, the streamer doesn’t take himself too seriously and doesn’t shy away from making jokes about his appearance.
A popular running gag in the Asmongold community is the growing receding hairline of the streamer. If you take a look at his clip channel on YouTube, you’ll find countless videos discussing his hairline.
Some would say that he is not necessarily in a position to judge the appearance of others. Nevertheless, Asmongold is one of the biggest streamers on Twitch and one of the most well-known content creators in the MMORPG field. In a recent stream, he shared his wisdom with his viewers.
Streamer believes he knows why others are not successful
What does Asmongold have to say? In a stream on May 9, Asmongold talked about smaller streamers and the growth of their channels. The topic had recently been tackled by his buddy Mizkif, who had rubbed people the wrong way by stating that small streamers are to blame if the viewers do not show up.
Asmongold upped the ante and explained that small streamers are often simply not worth watching:
Many streamers have few viewers because they are awful streamers: They are damn boring and there is no reason to watch them. They have no knowledge of streaming, they are bad at games, they are not funny or entertaining, they are not attractive.
The streamer even goes a step further: His fans could show him talented but unknown content creators, and he could tell them exactly why they do not have more viewers. However, he would not do that: It would make him look like an ass.
Asmongold shares an “uncomfortable truth”
What reason does Asmongold suspect? As the streamer explains, appearance matters a lot on Twitch; that is the “uncomfortable, shitty truth”.
The thing is: If you’re ugly, people won’t like you. And that’s even truer for girls. So if you’re really fat or really ugly, it doesn’t matter how funny you are; people just won’t like you. They don’t want to see you.
Indeed, it is noticeable that the comparatively few successful women on Twitch are mostly conventionally attractive, while it seems that the same standards do not always apply to their male counterparts. Asmongold himself does not exactly embody the ideal of masculinity of a fit guy with a full head of hair.
Big streamers like Imane “Pokimane” Anys have learned to somehow deal with it. In a recent interview, the 26-year-old revealed that at the beginning of her career, she was surprised by how much misogyny she encountered:
