Yesterday, on January 27, 2022, the big announcement event for the new chapter in the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online took place. The reactions cover the entire spectrum. But one reaction caused particularly high attention. MeinMMO presents you this extravagant reaction to the announcement.
What happened? The announcement event of ESO on the official Bethesda Twitch channel. Yesterday from 8:00 PM to 8:30 PM, the new content was announced. Afterwards, there was an aftershow stream with Senior Community Manager Gina Bruno, Lead Community Manager Jess Folsom, and Lead Encounter Designer Mike Finnigan.
For the announcement event, many ESO streamers had their streams running to watch the news about the content in 2022 together with their community. Already the day before, an unplanned post caused further speculation, as ESO accidentally revealed the name of the new chapter and content.
This spoiler revealed that the new chapter is likely about the Bretons. The streamer NefasQS (a member of the official ESO Stream Team) was skeptical, which is why he – perhaps a bit prematurely – announced that he would shave his head if the new chapter revolved solely around the Bretons.
And so it was also read in his stream title last night: 🍵IF ITS A BRETON CHAPTER I’M SHAVING MY HEAD, HUFFING COPIUM WHILE WATCHING ESO 2022 GLOBAL REVEAL + NEW EMOTES🍵 !FAQ
It means: “If it is a chapter about the Bretons, I will shave my head. Huffin Copium while watching the ESO announcement stream for 2022 + new emotes. FAQ”
ESO really brings the Bretons in the new chapter
When the Bretons were actually announced as the new focus in the next chapter, the hair had to go. Nefas kept his word and had his hair shaved off in front of several hundred viewers.
In this clip, you can see how the streamer has his first hair shaved off:
You can watch the complete stream on NefasQS’s channel (via. Twitch).
The person who took on this task seemed to make an effort to make it look especially wild in between.
Nefas remains relaxed with his generally calm demeanor and has to laugh quite a bit himself. The viewers also seem to have fun with the situation and how cool Nefas fulfills his promise.
Nefas enjoys memes from his fans
That’s why today there are some funny pictures on Nefas’ Twitter channel. With the words “Oh no, the memes are starting,” he posts a few of the generated memes. He takes it with humor.
The community seems to be little interested in Bretons
Generally, the enthusiasm in the community, however, is delayed. A survey in the ESO forum shows that more than half of the players would have wished something different from High Isle (as of 27.01.22, 4:08 PM).
Nefas doesn’t seem to be completely wrong, after all. Even if he misjudged the developers, this seems to be more accurate for the community.
What might the community dislike about Bretons?
- Bretons are simply too close to us. Exotic races like the Khajiit, Mer, or Argonians are often more interesting to us.
- There is no nostalgia factor like with the release of Morrowind, Greymoor, or Blackwood.
- Many were looking forward to a new class after 3 years and are therefore not so pleased that the focus is placed on a race that is already known.
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