The hype around WoW Classic has caught Twitch by storm. Well-known streamers like Shroud are suddenly streaming the MMORPG. The biggest Twitch streamer for WoW Classic is Asmongold, a self-proclaimed WoW nerd. He had a great evening at the launch until the connection dropped.
What is going on with Twitch? It was already noticeable before the launch that Twitch streamers were really into WoW Classic:
- The big well-known WoW streamers like Asmongold and Sodapoppin streamed the preparation and caused some issues. Players feared landing on the same server as the WoW streamers and their hordes of fans – they were afraid that they would ruin their “retro experience”.
- But also well-known shooter players like Shroud or Summit1g kept playing Classic – also because there are currently no alternatives. Shroud, for example, played for 25 hours straight at the release and seems to have been as hooked as certain MeinMMO demons.
The viewer numbers on Twitch were already high during the WoW tests. At the release, it then boiled over.
WoW Classic dominates Twitch at launch
How many watched WoW Classic at launch? On launch day, World of Warcraft Classic peaked at 1.1 million viewers on Twitch. That’s significantly more than GTA V (140,000), Fortnite (90,000), or LoL (70,000).
The biggest streamer was Asmongold, who had 200,000 viewers. He is a self-proclaimed WoW nerd who has had a lot of success in recent years even when he frequently criticized Blizzard’s decisions regarding “Retail WoW”.
Also prominent were Sodapoppin, Shroud, LIRIK, and DrLupo.
The king and the disconnect
How was Asmongold’s stream? Asmongold’s stream came to a sudden end. He was leveling and had about 150,000 viewers in WoW Classic.
It was generally going great for the Twitch streamer. As Forbes reports, Asmongold gained 5,000 new subscribers early in the evening, which translates to just over $12,000 in monthly subscription revenue coming through Twitch.
Everything was going smoothly for Asmongold until a disconnect from the server kicked him out.
The message then: Position 20,000 in the queue – with an estimated wait time of 337 minutes, about 5 hours.
Asmongold cursed, shouted “What the fuck?” As reported by GameRant, the chat urged him to ask Blizzard for special treatment, but he refused.
Ultimately, Asmongold accepted his defeat and logged off.
As his Twitter account shows, Asmongold was back live after about 6 hours (of which 4 hours) of sleep.
