The WoW streamer Naguura has received help from others in PvP and paid for it. As a result, she is receiving criticism – and responds sharply.
Boosting in World of Warcraft is a sensitive topic, with strong opinions on both sides. Some are bothered by boosting offers in the trade channel, while others believe that such things shouldn’t be used at all. The Twitch streamer Naguura openly admitted that she was boosted in PvP – and faced harsh criticism for it.
In WoW and other MMORPGs, boosting generally refers to helping players achieve a success or rating they could not reach on their own. Typically, experienced professional players offer this boosting to help another player for a corresponding gold amount. This can involve defeating a difficult boss in PvE or achieving a high rank in PvP.
Such services for gold are expressly permitted – at least in WoW.
Who is that? Caroline Forer is known to most by the name “Naguura.” Under this name she streams on Twitch and also publishes many videos on YouTube. On Twitch, Naguura has nearly 250,000 followers, with an average of around 2,700 viewers watching her streams (as of 22.03, last 30 days, via SullyGnome). Her videos on YouTube usually reach between 30,000 and 100,000 views.
Additionally, Naguura regularly casts at the MDI, the Mythic Dungeon International. There, the best groups in the world attempt to complete the toughest dungeons of WoW in record time.
What happened? A few weeks ago, Naguura released a video in which she openly admitted that she had been boosted by some teammates in the WoW arena. The two players helped her reach an arena rating of 2,400 so that she could buy the weapons with item level 233. Naguura wanted the weapons to better support her guild in mythic raiding and to perform better in PvE.
She makes no secret of it, openly admitted to boosting, and even created a small highlight video with the funniest moments from this boosting session. In it, she also explained that she is not a PvP player at all and that it was simply about an improvement for the raid.
The gold for this boosting, by the way, she earned in Battle for Azeroth. There, she was part of a boosting group and sold boss kills, including N’Zoth in Ny’alotha.
Much criticism since the video: Since Naguura released the video, people come into her chat almost daily just to point out that she is “boosted.” Naguura reacts noticeably annoyed after weeks and explains that such comments do not contribute anything meaningful to the chat. After all, they are not uncovering anything secret – she shared her boosting publicly with everyone and streamed it.
Some even argue that she should no longer be allowed to participate as a caster for the MDI, which Naguura calls “ridiculous.”
Boosting is a big topic, many remain silent: Naguura continues, stating that she understands why most people do not talk publicly about being boosted. Based on the reactions of people toward her, who have made it public, one can already see why most players remain silent about it. However, boosting is quite normal among professional PvE players this season. Naguura states:
People do not talk about being boosted because of reactions like yours. I talked publicly about being boosted, streamed it, and so on. And look at all the backlash I have received for it. […]
And I can live with that. It’s okay for people to be like that. But you wonder why others don’t talk about their boosts? I tell you, and I’m not exaggerating, almost every single high-end PvE player gets boosted in PvP. Almost every single person I know [in WoW] has been boosted in PvP this season.
What do you think? Is boosting okay, especially when one goes public about it? Or is that a clear no-go and should it not be allowed at all?
