Asmongold had to witness one of his guild members let another player fall to doom in WoW. This is so tragic because it involves a hardcore character. The death is permanent and all game progress was lost.
What was the situation? Asmongold was watching a compilation of HC deaths and discovered someone from his guild. The streamer has been playing as a hardcore character in WoW since a bet.
The video showed the player jumping off a cliff. He survived the fall because he used the Paladin ability “Divine Shield”. This grants eight seconds of immunity to all other damage.
The player then encouraged another player to jump off the cliff as well. He wanted to bestow the player with Blessing of Protection, which protects a targeted group member from damage.
The second player jumped, but no protection spell was cast on him. Therefore, he unluckily crashed to the ground and lost his character in a foolish way. The character was level 51, which likely took over 100 gameplay hours.
You can watch the video here from the beginning to minute 4:49:
How did Asmongold react? The streamer and YouTuber was shocked that one of his guild members was capable of such an act. In his view, he did not intend to protect the other player.
The falling player came into his range, but he didn’t even click on his name to give him the protection spell. Instead, he joked around on his mount.
Therefore, Asmongold called for a vote: The guild chat should decide whether the player should be kicked from the guild. Asmongold showed the evidence again in slow motion and made it clear that the player never intended to protect the other. Most members voted for a kick.
And indeed: Asmongold subsequently kicked the player out.
Asmongold also made it clear that his viewers should let him know if any more such videos about his guild members show up. He would likely act just as harshly in the future if one of his members was responsible for the death of another HC character.
The streamer has his own views about his colleagues: Asmongold compares the Twitch streamers from Final Fantasy XIV and WoW: “Hairy men of middle age”
