The world’s largest WoW streamer, Asmongold, reached 100,000 viewers with a stream of the “WoW Classic” beta. He celebrates this milestone with a tweet and a slight jab at the new Blizzard CEO.
Which dungeon was Asmongold in? In his stream, Asmongold conquered the famous dungeon “The Deadmines.” The Deadmines are the first dungeon for most Alliance players and the place where parts of the coveted Defias leather set drop.
The mines are somewhat the “iconic dungeon” of World of Warcraft, comparable to the Scarlet Monastery for Horde players. They are the dungeon that even novices and players who have only briefly played WoW know, as it can be entered at level 15.
The Deadmines even received an overhaul during Cataclysm with a new final boss (Edwin Van Cleef’s daughter, Vanessa) and a heroic variant for max-level players.
So many people were watching: Asmongold tweeted that he had “over 100,000” viewers during his Deadmines stream. The statistics page sullygnome talks about “only” 99,992, but a small inaccuracy is also possible.
The number of players alone corresponds to nearly half of the viewers, with WoW Classic having recently reached number 1 on Twitch and even temporarily pushed out Fortnite and LoL.
That’s why the number is so amazing
The number shows how much fans are into WoW Classic and want to see the content as well as apparently play it themselves. Currently, the latter is only possible through participation in the beta.
The hype around Classic also shows something else. Asmongold slightly mocks in his tweet the statement of the new Blizzard CEO J. Allen Brack, who in a Blizzcon responded to the request for Classic servers: “You think you want it. But you don’t.” (original: “You think you do but you don’t.”)
He implied at the time that people would see Classic only through “rose-colored glasses” and forget all the mistakes that Blizzard has eliminated over time. The cynical response, however, brought Brack the ire of the community. And the popularity of Classic on Twitch seems to prove the opposite as well.
For Asmongold, success with WoW Classic seems to be the way back to WoW as his main game while streaming. Some time ago, he had concerns about how things should proceed and wanted to stop streaming WoW:
