Even though the streamer Asmongold had turned his back on World of Warcraft quite a while ago, in the meantime he looks into Blizzard’s MMORPG every now and then and is also interested in the rumors surrounding the next expansion, such as “The Dragon Isles”.

However, some viewers wonder why Asmongold hardly brings any content to WoW Classic – especially from the raids, after all, in BC Classic the patch for the Black Temple has just been released. The answer is simple: there are too many know-it-alls.

What did he say? In a stream a few days ago, Asmongold once again came up with the topic of WoW Classic. When asked why he doesn’t stream Classic raids, he gave a pretty concrete answer – there are just too many people who know everything better. Exactly, he says:

I think, in general, that streaming classic WoW raids is not that much fun. I think the community [um die Classic-Raids], it’s not fun for me to make content for. Because everyone thinks they know what they’re talking about. They always have their opinion about what you should be doing right now. It’s just such a hostile community.

He then elaborates a bit, saying that there’s nothing necessarily wrong with streaming this kind of content – but given the choice, he decides not to:

I understand if you’re a Classic Andy, you have to stream the game because that’s just what you do. But I don’t have to do that. So why should I? Why should I willingly make an effort to do something that’s just annoying and makes me angry? If you have the option to not do that – why would you do that?

Since he’s in the solid position of being able to choose what content he streams and what he engages with, he’s choosing not to do something that he doesn’t enjoy in advance because of the community.

Asmongold cracks down on himself: For some, the statement is in stark contrast to Asmongold’s own behavior. He had only recently declared that he kicks players without a word if they make mistakes in farm raids. This is just a form of “he knows exactly what the other player is supposed to do”. Farm runs for modern WoW are of course a different game than progression raids in WoW Classic and BC Classic, but some people draw a parallel here.

That Asmongold, of all people, doesn’t want to stream certain content because he doesn’t enjoy the “know-it-alls” is quite ironic. However, Asmongold is also known for having quite clear opinions on certain topics around World of Warcraft, even if they sometimes seem to contradict his own behavior at first glance.