Twitch streamer Asmongold reacts to an advertisement from World of Warcraft that parodies a popular tactical shooter.
Who is it about?
- Asmongold is a Twitch streamer with 3.4 million followers on his main channel and 1.1 million followers on his second channel.
- Asmongold used to be the largest WoW streamer. For many years, he played World of Warcraft, but he lost interest during Shadowlands.
- In November, Asmongold returned to WoW with the release of Dragonflight.
- Currently, he is streaming more frequently on his second channel. In September, Asmongold said he prefers to stream on his second account.
WoW parodies popular shooter
What kind of advertisement is it? In his stream, Asmongold reacts to a reddit video that shows an official advertisement from World of Warcraft on TikTok.
In this advertisement, we see an Orc swinging a knife while jumping around wildly. At the end of the advertisement, we also hear the recorded call “Throwing Flashbang”.
The advertisement is apparently a parody of the popular tactical shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, as demonstrated by the knife swinging and the jumping known as “bunny hopping”.
What does Asmongold say about the advertisement? Asmongold reacts rather skeptically to the CS:GO parody of World of Warcraft.
After watching the short video, he says: “Anyone working in the Blizzard media team can think the following: It can probably never get worse than this .”
We are embedding the clip where Asmongold reacts to the WoW advertisement here. In the 34-second video, you will also see the mentioned advertisement:
“Worked perfectly because I am a big CS:GO fan”
Are there other reactions? Under the reddit post where the WoW advertisement was shared, there are also positive comments. Some users find the humorous approach funny or feel addressed by the advertisement because they play both WoW and CS:GO.
- “That was also in my suggestions. Worked perfectly because I am a big CS:GO fan and played a decent amount of WoW (via reddit).”
- “No joke, the WoW TikTok channel is pretty good. They have a good sense of humor (via reddit).”
- “Whoever is responsible for the WoW TikTok channel has done a great job in recent months (via reddit).”
- “It’s on TikTok, and if you understand trends and know how TikTok works, it’s really funny. It doesn’t have to be all a drawn-out fancy advertisement (via reddit).”
Also on TikTok itself, the advertisement has received some positive comments. Users write there, among other things, “OMG, how cool” and “Love it”. Overall, the video garnered over 79,000 “likes” (as of January 5, 2023).
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