Asmongold is a well-known figure in World of Warcraft and on Twitch. He is the largest MMORPG streamer on the platform worldwide, but has withdrawn from his main channel for months – out of fear, as he says. Now, with the release of Dragonflight, he reappears and immediately has hundreds of thousands of viewers.
Who is the streamer?
- Asmongold is one of the biggest streamers on Twitch, especially in the MMORPG field, where he repeatedly sets records. He mainly showcases World of Warcraft.
- The streamer is known for his authentic way in the role he plays. Many can identify with him as a fan, even when he heavily criticizes his favorite games.
- For some time, he has been missing from his main channel “Asmongold”. The last stream there was on July 17, 2022. He says he is afraid of returning to the persona “Asmongold” and streamed only on his secondary channel for months.
This was the first stream in 5 months: On November 29 at 12:00 AM, the new expansion Dragonflight for World of Warcraft was released. Asmongold was live and this time on his main channel.
Just before the release, around 11:00 PM German time, the stream reached its peak. 201,298 people watched Asmongold as he waited for the release of Dragonflight (via sullygnome). In comparison: his secondary channel zackrawrr reached a maximum of 78,179 viewers at peak last year.
During this time, he showcased some of the great cinematics from the past, looked back at old content, and interacted with his chat. Right on cue for the launch, he then entered the new world and largely without the major issues that many players were facing.
In one of the highlights of his stream, however, the streamer recounted the story of the now old expansion Shadowlands, which comes to an end with the release of Dragonflight (finally) – and that in simple but cynical words.
In the video we show you the life and success of Asmongold:
Asmongold recounts Shadowlands and the viewers laugh
Shadowlands is generally regarded as one of the least popular expansions for many reasons, including too much grind and an incoherent story. Especially the story and the way it is told have been criticized repeatedly.
Asmongold was asked by his chat shortly before the release of Dragonflight to briefly summarize the story of Shadowlands:
Once upon a time, there were these guys and they made these robots. And one of these robots was an asshole. So they put this robot in jail. And they replaced this robot with another robot. Guess what? He didn’t like that.
So then there was this elf, with whom the robot somehow managed to talk and convince her to free him from robot jail. And after he got out of robot jail, he had to get a ball from the current robot he was replaced by – or through which he was replaced.
And then he used the ball, which made him, uh, I think more powerful or some shit. I don’t know. So anyway, he became really powerful. Like unstoppable-level powerful, so no one could stop him. And then we stopped him and that’s the end. Yeah, that’s pretty much what happened. […]
Oh, and then there was this other guy, this vampire dude, who doesn’t like to wear shirts. He had a house, we broke in and killed him.
Asmongold in his stream
That Asmongold is a real expert in WoW matters, he already proved in a quiz. But how accurate the retelling is, remains to be seen. His chat celebrates Asmongold’s descriptions with tons of laughing faces.
How well the story of Dragonflight can ultimately surpass the end of Shadowlands remains to be seen. At least the gameplay can already convince many, including MeinMMO demon Cortyn:
WoW Dragonflight is insane, but the launch was incredibly annoying
