Who is Asmongold?

[Tallywhacker]

fellow starboys, there's been a lot of talk about asmongold and his indepth critque of starfield that has affected us all. in order to calm the waters and combat some of the ignorance about who is Asmongold I will explain who is Asmongold. lets use this as a learning moment as a community always trust the experts

Asmongold, also known as ZackRawrr,[7] is an American Twitch streamer,[8] YouTuber,[9] and content creator.[10] Asmongold's content primarily focuses on World of Warcraft,[11][12] but he has covered other video games and topics related to gaming culture. Asmongold is a co-founder and co-owner of the streaming, gaming, and content creation organization One True King (OTK), based in Austin, Texas.[13][14] Asmongold is also a co-owner of Starforge Systems, a computer company specialized in selling prebuilt gaming PCs.[15]

Early life
Asmongold was born and raised in Austin, Texas, United States. He grew up with an interest in video games, particularly role-playing games (RPGs), and was introduced to World of Warcraft by a friend in 2006, at the age of 16.[16] He quickly became captivated by the game and started playing it extensively.[17] Asmongold later attended college but dropped out to focus on his streaming career.[18]

Career
Asmongold began his online career in 2009 by creating YouTube videos about World of Warcraft, in which he shared his insights, strategies, and game knowledge. His YouTube channel experienced steady growth, and he eventually started live-streaming on Twitch in 2011, initially as a hobby, and he began his active streaming career on Twitch in 2014.[19] Asmongold's content mainly consists of gameplay, guides, discussions, and reviews related to World of Warcraft expansions and patches.[20] Ahead of the 2017 announcement of World of Warcraft Classic, he had long wished for and speculated about the game mode's development.[20] His main Twitch account Asmongold was briefly suspended in August 2017 for a comment he made about survivors displaced by Hurricane Katrina which he later addressed in a TwitLonger clarifying his point of view and reached an understanding with Twitch staff.[21][22][23]

His unique style, in-depth knowledge of the game, and entertaining commentary earned him a dedicated fanbase and his dedication to the game and candid personality resonated with viewers, leading to a significant increase in his Twitch following. By 2018, Asmongold had become one of the most popular World of Warcraft streamers on the platform.[24]

Upon the release of Classic in 2019, he surged in overall popularity.[25] He was also one of the platform's most popular World of Warcraft streamers during the 2020 release of Shadowlands.[26] On July 3, 2021, Asmongold started playing Final Fantasy XIV to hundreds of thousands of viewers.[27]

In 2022, Asmongold started to branch out into more variety of style streams. Asmongold has expressed his strong interest in continuing to branch out into creating all the different types of content he enjoys. Asmongold opposes pay-to-win mechanics in video games such as Diablo Immortal. In 2022, he reached out to Republican politician Ted Cruz on the possibility of outlawing loot boxes in video games, claiming that they are a loophole to child gambling laws. Cruz agreed with Asmongold's views and expressed interest in meeting him.[28]

In October 2020, Asmongold co-founded One True King, a streaming and content creation organization, with other notable streamers and content creators, including Mizkif, Esfand, and Tips Out. OTK focuses on creating a wide range of content, such as game streams, podcasts, and charity events. In August 2022, Asmongold announced OTK's new PC building company called Starforge Systems in collaboration with fellow content creator MoistCr1TiKaL.[29] The company was quickly met with backlash due to the allegedly high prices of their products, to which they responded by decreasing their prices by $100.[30]

Personal life
Before beginning his streaming career Asmongold worked for the Internal Revenue Service for two tax seasons in 2012-2013.[31] Asmongold acquired a business degree and was preparing to transfer to a law school, but had to abandon that plan as he was taking care of his mother.[32][33]

In October 2021, his mother died after complications from advanced COPD, leading to his temporary hiatus from streaming.[34][35]

[His Divine Shadow]

Almond is some failed streamer that gets by making rage bait and engaging the lowest common denominator of fanbases. Or at least that's what I've gathered from the people around here. I've never watched a video.

[A. Silvermane]

Who left this pot of honey here?

[Vlad 254]

Who?

[Groogo]

I had never heard of Asmongold until this forum, some of his stuff now comes up in my feed on occasion, he's pretty good.

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by His Divine Shadow:

Almond is some failed streamer that gets by making rage bait and engaging the lowest common denominator of fanbases. Or at least that's what I've gathered from the people around here. I've never watched a video.

Oh that guy. Yeah no thanks

[Lonetac]

Originally posted by His Divine Shadow:

Almond is some failed streamer that gets by making rage bait and engaging the lowest common denominator of fanbases. Or at least that's what I've gathered from the people around here. I've never watched a video.

bottom feeder content. All he does is send his drones out to cause havoc around the interwebs. They just regurgitate what he told them to as they dont have the intellectual capacity to think for themselves or draw their own conclusions.

[cougarshamn]

He's not on this forum and this post has no relevance to anything meaningful

[Ǥɾᴧᴤʆᴧᵯᴧ]

if you have a crush on the guy, you can write to him directly instead of posting a wall of text here that nobody reads through anyway. If only because it's totally uninteresting.
I see it as advertising and I'm not interested in that.

[UKNightWatch]

Originally posted by Ǥɾᴧᴤʆᴧᵯᴧ:

if you have a crush on the guy, you can write to him directly instead of posting a wall of text here that nobody reads through anyway. If only because it's totally uninteresting.
I see it as advertising and I'm not interested in that.

Started reading it and suspected it was just [mostly] copy pasted from wiki or similar.

Saw some AG vids some time ago and quickly went off them / his 'style'. Not my thing but he seems to do well from it - GL to him!

Originally posted by Tallywhacker:

always trust the experts.

Expert only in the sense of him making a living from what he does. His 'expert' opinion does not run well against the opinion of some others though - and that is fine! We should not make our choices solely on the opinions one person - especially when they have a financially driven agenda. Many opinions are needed to inform a balanced choice.

[Diernayr]

He also has over 300 hours in Starfield, so he knows his stuff.

[Traveler]

Originally posted by diernayr:

He also has over 300 hours in Starfield, so he knows his stuff.

No, he's just a grifter who works with clickbait videos and steals from his viewers.

https://gameland.gg/asmongold-and-otk-under-fire-after-charity-fraud-accusation/

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/millions-in-twitch-charity-stream-donations-allegedly-never-paid-to-the-charity-2442950/

[titanopteryx]

Originally posted by diernayr:

He also has over 300 hours in Starfield, so he knows his stuff.

That right there is why I find it suspicious when people say he doesn't like the game. I watched the videos people post in the forums and they seem to indicate he doesn't like it but then he plays for 300 hours.

[Sistermatic™]

OP, shouldn't you declare you're his mom? I mean, all this shilling is nice but it's a bit often.

Oh wait....

In October 2021, his mother died after complications from advanced COPD, leading to his temporary hiatus from streaming.

Ok then, his sister?

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by titanopteryx:

Originally posted by diernayr:

He also has over 300 hours in Starfield, so he knows his stuff.

That right there is why I find it suspicious when people say he doesn't like the game. I watched the videos people post in the forums and they seem to indicate he doesn't like it but then he plays for 300 hours.

He "played" 300 hours of "starfield" while reading his chat and blabbering about random ♥♥♥♥ on stream

He probably still doesn't know how to fast travel in the game

[Emphoise]

This video describes how Asmongold (and other leech streamers like tips out) exploded in popularity thanks to the Classic Wow servers in 2019 - might be a little bit hard to watch especially if you're not familiar with the wow scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAb9lQ0u1t8&ab_channel=PILAV