In WoW HC, you can lose your character in many ways – heroically in battle or stupidly distracted while afk. The latter is particularly amusing.
Part of a HC event in WoW Classic also always includes a little bit of schadenfreude. When a guildmate’s character dies, it’s always the right moment to make a nasty comment and analyze what the person could have done better. It’s just unfortunate when you do that while your own character is being cluelessly beaten up.
What happened? The streamer KubaFPS is currently watching the stream of Niekbeats. Niek was fighting in the woods of Elwynn with his priestess and suddenly found himself facing two wolves at the same time. A situation that could already mean the end – and it did lead to the character’s death. As Niek’s character fell, Kuba commented:
He needs to heal. […] But dude, he just has shield absorb and everything. Bro… He died at level 8, Chat. Wow, that’s pain.
However, the slight smile fades from KubaFPS when he closes the stream, bringing his own WoW back to the forefront – because the news there looks quite similar: His character has died while he was watching a stream:
Thus, he violated one fundamental rule of WoW Classic Hardcore: Always log out when you’re not playing and never go afk in dangerous areas.
Because while he was watching his colleague’s stream, the troggs in the Gol’bolar quarry respawned and quickly sent Kuba’s character to the great beyond – at level 10.
How many deaths have there been so far? Although the Sauercrowd event has only been running for about 2 days, many WoW characters have already bitten the digital dust. Several streamers have had to start over multiple times. So far, there have already been over 100 deaths and most of them can be viewed again directly on the Sauercrowd website.
Sauercrowd works similarly to the American model of “OnlyFangs” and seems to be developing a very similar dynamic. However, Sauercrowd has a significant advantage – a massive wave of nostalgia, especially in Germany, fueled in part by songs by Jan Hegenberg, whose music many may remember from their early days in World of Warcraft.
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