Blizzard Just LOST IT! Lead Manager Insults Asmongold & Promotes Harassers in FFXIV

[@ominousbiscuit]

He's been playing FF for two days and Blizzard is his vengeful ex already

[@miguelangelsotofuentes6537]

lmao u right

[@Heisenburg17]

True, lets wait for more tweets and dramas.

[@shermancakes457]

Lulz 😂

[@aerisssan6504]

TRUEEEEE LMAO ahahahaha

[@JonJonMorales]

Comment of the fucking year.

[@DuoMaxwellDS]

Imagine insulting your most loyal customer. They don't even realize that Asmongold worked harder than the entire their PR department to keep WoW alive.

[@tinto278]

Seems to be a massive disconnect from the people that work at blizzard and the people that use that service.

[@DarthStormcrow]

The only reason I resubbed after 2 years was because of his Shadowlands hype. Then I quit again after blizzard shit in our mouthes and shrugged at lack of content

[@Simplemalk]

Honestly, they've done the exact same thing to me through their lack of customer support, worry about image, inability to listen to constructive feedback, etc. I'm never playing WoW retail again and I'm never going to pre-order a Blizactivision game again. I remember months ago there was talk of the "entitled gamer" but honestly it's the opposite. It's entitled developers, customer service, and management that think we owe them our money. Well guess what Bliz, you keep your whales happy and treat everyone else like we're the assholes. The thing is once the whales have no one to play with your game is screwed. I'd rather go make the guys who created Valhiem millionaires than continue to pay that jackass Bobby.

[@misterturkturkle]

Imagine teling off your worst leech

[@Kratatch]

"He/Him" says everything you need to know.

[@donzogaming8145]

Asmon just mentions the idea of playing ffxiv, and Square Enix tweets a welcome. Asmon actually plays, and Blizz jumps to insult their greatest influencer lol.

[@spawn9129]

It's just baffling really

[@melaniebiberger2191]

Tells a lot about the companies morale

[@ThatBoyBent]

Its childish forsure

[@meemoo7]

did square really tweet a welcome

[@shadzzosama]

@@meemoo7 Yep they did

[@thatoneguywhodoesthatthing913]

“They might think I was less of a asshole if they did their job” Damn man, mic drop right there.

[@DaemonicSavior]

@love is trash bich need cash what

[@khalidpapa6299]

@love is trash bich need cash you're so smart, that your sentence didn't make sense

[@BlueGreyWolf]

That goes for all of the video game industry too!

[@khalidpapa6299]

@love is trash bich need cash apology accepted.

[@fuzztsimmers3415]

The might think i was less of an asshole if the did their jobs right. fixed that for you

[@ZacBased]

“I’d be less of an asshole if they did their job right.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@celphalonred1999]

Hahaha

[@ZacBased]

@@infinitykiyen6270 Agreed! We as consumers of the product have a valid opinion.. Gold may be an extremist at times (many of the reasons we love him), but he gets his voice heard to the Devs for an entire community in uproar.. Gg’s.

[@vladimirsara9790]

yeah that one just summed it up and destroyed blizz

[@despain8726]

This has me rolling in real life

[@keld_rhygar]

Absolute destruction of the highest caliber right there, folks. IT'S A WRAP! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joshn2664]

Imagine saying someone is "hateful" and then proceeding to tell every "decent" player to mass report the guy and make "no room" for him or his fans. Super loving. Amazin.

[@CheeseyDan]

Yeah, they don't realize that they live in a fantasy world where ideology means more than action. In their world, you could shoot someone for the "right reason" and not get charged for murder. Why? The ideology was "right".

[@sandnoodles]

Theyre delusional because they spend all their time in their online fart bubbles and dont live enough of a life to learn how to be a decent person. Im so glad Asmon calls it out for what it is.

[@acetown2263]

Those sorts of people genuinely think it's okay to do bad things if the target is someone who is someone they disagree with.

[@emeraldgreenz]

I for one welcome Asmon to FF14, and this right here is Activision Blizzard’s seal of approval.

[@FakeHeroFang]

They can contradict their own bullshit day in and day out on Twitter, but it doesn't matter because they get special treatment for holding certain beliefs so they'll never face any consequences.

[@juggazombie131]

"THEY WOULD THINK I WAS LESS OF AN ASSHOLE IF THEY DID THIER JOB RIGHT" Asmongold 2021

[@hezu4795]

From this phrase itself in the beginning i know the video is going to be fire

[@Visceralreality]

100%

[@chrissy93x]

Lmfao xD

[@DonTeridon]

666 likes atm lets leave it at that lol

[@86edvods50]

Should be blizzards new mantra

[@xamurai00]

Asmons eyebrows are actually antennas receiving wisdom from his higher self.

[@bxsch]

LMAO

[@aa-tx7th]

shit. whats the frequency? cause mine could probably get signals from god and im curious as to why he made me so goddamn ugly

[@momomtony]

fuuuckkk now i cant un-see it... what have you done to me!!!

[@freack3333]

😂👏👏

[@virtuian1]

I was getting tired just watching them

[@boobrancher9941]

If 2021 Blizzard calls you an asshole it means you are criticizing their shit game right. Asmon keep fighting the fight, don't let these nobody hacks get you down, you kept WOW alive when it should have died years ago.

[@MrLolguy93]

Same thing happened to Arch Warhammer or Jeremy from the Quartering with MtG

[@Phoenix-wf4iw]

maybe asmong shouldn't have then and umm your claim he kept that game alive is overrated 😭he dint pay blizzard alone xd there is something you can call a community and i'ts not his followers i'm talking about

[@alihorda]

I mean, asmon is an asshole, it doesn't mean anything, just shameful when an employee gets on a kindergarten level

[@kuropotato8097]

@@MrLolguy93 Lol to be honest Fuck those guys.... Especially Jeremy. Atleast Arch is an entertaining asshole. The quartering is just plain boring.

[@gutz5035]

It's true that asmon's community isn't the only one that exists within the game, but i've played dead mmo's before and they do eventually die out overtime because the other existing player base aside the ones content creators bring in eventually lose interest in the game for multiple reasons and eventually leave the game making it hard for developers to continue supporting it. You may not like or agree with what content creators have to say about the game but you would be simply in denial to think that they are not a huge factor in driving a massive new player base to the game which ultimately leads to more people purchasing monthly game subs, the game itself if they don't own a copy and purchasing in store items which funds the games further development.

[@someoneelse307]

Imagine just shooting off a tweet to try and "protect" your game from toxicity by being and promoting toxicity. Some people really do have the lowest IQ.

[@tukkek]

Zero-self awareness (and zero IQ for all practical intents and purposes). Also, "gender expert".

[@elsamurai1220]

@@tukkek The irony in what they say and do and the fact that they can't even see it is astonishing. Zero IQ for sure. All logic and facts are irrelevant to people like that.

[@TakedownO44]

Yeah and they usually identify as "antifacist technoanarchist furry gender expert". smh

[@SaltareObscurum]

I mean „anti Faschist“ but ban a guy for „free Hongkong“ 🤔🤔🤔🤣

[@godhand2018]

Pretty sure all of twitter shares the same two braincells

[@jasonthejesus]

"They would think I was less of an asshole if they did their job right" may be the best thing I've heard this guy say.

[@mrillis9259]

The problem with blizz devs is they tried to build a new game every two years or when ever employee rollover happened in extreme numbers. Why they couldn't just keep the same game going with new expansion an people could pick it back up an play when ever they wanted? Yet they have made extreme difference in games with the tag wow.

[@skidmarks325]

literally rolled blizzard in one senctence

[@AdolphZiggler-fc2ot]

that line was a nuke :D and it did hit the target

[@KopperNeoman]

@BreachTheIdeals Asmon confirmed not superstraight, just regular straight

[@RafaPro44]

"They might think I was less of an asshole if they did their job." That aged so fucking well.

[@Sharpypus]

I don't normally comment like this but I've wanted to for a while.. Having worked at Blizzard for 11 years of my life, I can see why some staff are angry. They are worried, and genuinely upset. At least I hope they are... As a Game Master, whenever I was interacting with Players, and they were upset with something. I'd take as much time as possible to understand this and act as a voice of the player for the developers. Sadly now, I think most staff at Blizzard know that the Blizzard of old is long gone, and this new Blizzard just continue getting it wrong, time and time again. The result? Anger, lashing out, frustration, worry, sadness. It's such a shame to see. This is one of the reasons I moved on. I just lost all faith in the company. I wanted to remember it for the good times, not to suffer through the bad. Sadly the majority of staff who are still passionate for the game, either have no influence on it, don't understand the overall community, or just feel so disconnected and lost that they've given up. I really wish Blizzard the best of luck but I fear it's too late. Asmon, Preach, Bellular. You three kept retail alive during the toughest times and Blizzard need to acknowledge you, but instead... look at what's happening.. 😔 Sorry for rant, I'm done. Oh and by the way, this tweet was disgraceful and unprofessional, I don't condone it in any way.

[@SpardaDiablo]

Do you still play? Retail or classic?

[@cabalemastro]

10/10 man. Do you think Blizzard will, someday, think different and listen to the players or should i quit for good Wow ?

[@aeronothis5420]

I want to like this, but it has the golden number of 69 and I dare not ruin it. Appreciate the rant big GM. I long for the days where you could actually see a GM in the world. Where the GMs would talk to the players without the players having to report the same issue 2, 3, or even 5 times to get a resolution.

[@IRedpunk]

They’d rather promote Taliesin, a shill and a jealous man. To me it tells me all I need about the company, pure corporation bullshit and 0 passion. Once the art team leaves, nothing will carry this game anymore.

[@AdolphZiggler-fc2ot]

blizzard is just out of touch with their community, everything is about politics. thats why the story suffers, thats why the game suffers and thats why their product isnt as profitable as it used to.

[@Chaz1871]

They're just mad at him for playing FFXIV.

[@blackpowderfist8222]

I would hope he'd reply to the blizzard guy with something like "Aww, are you upset that even your most die-hard fans are jumping ship?" See what kind of tweet that gets back

[@heroicgangster9981]

They’re mad at Asmongold for also talking valid criticisms about WoW even if he is forever loyal to that game. Selfish manager is part of selfish game that makes selfish business decisions that wastes time.

[@gnasher3543]

They feel threatened.

[@blacksunshine9995]

@@rsmith8113 Bellular isnt an asshole, but he is trying to be more 'rage fueled 'about the game and it just seems really insincere. It just doesnt feel like that's his personality, but more so the new gimmick to use to get more viewers. I still love his stuff, just wish he would stop trying to asmon 2.0

[@obe22099]

110% sure they probably play FFXIV too. Maybe 125% sure. I don't have proof but I'm 145% sure.

[@shadonicz]

Love how both their Twitter Accounts are now Locked and Bio's changed. What were they even expecting to get out of this.

[@spiritbx1337]

They were expecting to strike without anyone being allowed to strike back. Literal bullies. Once you fight back, they run, because they don't want to fight anyone their own size, they just want to bully people that won't fight back.

[@TheTapeClub]

@@spiritbx1337 Now it's bullying to expect a self-described asshole with a history of toxicity to follow the rules, but not bullying to post their contact info so that your followers can conduct a harassment campaign against them. What convenient reasoning.

[@RadDEATHTRAP]

@King_Prickar d a sad reality

[@kobalt8845]

this aged like fine wine

[@huebcite5016]

Activision goin down baby, Lets GO!!!!

[@thebabyrhino]

That person has 50 tweets/day for 13 years. Holy hell mate how desperate do you have to be to tweet that much.

[@SeethingEchos]

Jobless, more like. Evidenced by the begging in paypal links.

[@habibihabibi7115]

13/50 lmao

[@alexcollins7741]

Yeah that 226k is so insane holy shit

[@Redmanticore]

in a way he is as dedicated as an average hardcore gamer... man is having full 12 hours per day shifts every day, "gaming" on tweets...

[@Laticia1990]

Probably why they need money, no job with that much free time.

[@TheDuelLogs]

I'm all for developers slapping back, but oof, thats gotta be one of the worst tweets to slap back in.

[@tigerfestivals5137]

Fancy seeing you here. But yeah of all situations this wasn't a good one to pounce on

[@KurisuYoutube]

Surprised to see you here of all places.

[@Pyroteq]

The Blizzard employee is only signal boosting it because he thinks he might have a chance with the furry because it's his only shot of getting laid.

[@sirnicholibraden86]

LOL, the SHEMAN'S twitter now says "You can stop now. I get it." and has set everything to protected. Fucking slapped with the D!ck of truth and contradiction!

[@coupdegrace2767]

slapping back? More like pathetic whimpering flavored with obvious seething.

[@Aznromeo]

looks like the bridge is starting to burn...

[@aedankor2961]

@@No_OneV all of them. I would not be shocked to see Asmon post a Video titled I quit WOW, after he finds a SEMI decent game to waste his time on. THAT is how bad WOW is nowadays.

[@JL-zg5bk]

@@aedankor2961 I mean it's better than what he used to play. So why not play the better game?

[@SuperArea31]

Help me pour the gasoline.

[@destructomaniac2540]

Starting? It's all cinders mate. We are just waiting for the ashes to settle in.

[@sophiegothicc2102]

Yeah... this isn't going to go away, Even if Asmon doesn't want anything to happen to this guys job. Very unprofessional.

[@spiritbx1337]

"Doing bad things is fine for us because we do it for the RIGHT reasons!" -Every bad guy ever.

[@slimebuck]

bans blitzchung..... then posts "EVERY VOICE MATTERS" lol

[@twotoesmiddle3413]

I'm not a fan of Asmongold, but he is 100% correct on all fronts.

[@joshwilliams8107]

im starting to think i am a fan and never thought i would be

[@ActionBastard88]

Im slowly becoming a fan

[@Lyrian202]

the only thing I thought he shouldn't say, was that the first tweet man had no friends. its just not worth the insult, though everything else he said is pretty correct. he makes his point well.

[@jasonporter5912]

I'm not a fan either, I'm just here to watch how much his eyebrows move.

[@ActionBastard88]

@@jasonporter5912 I wonder is that tourette's or something?

[@tedhodge4830]

This reminds me of when three Blizzard employees said, literally, "fuck that loser" in reference to one of the principal designers on Diablo II in reference to his criticism of the company. These people really are the assholes they claimed you are. Return the shade.

[@Rhodair]

That was the first place my head went as well. I remember it well because I was excited for Marvel Heroes (sadly another example of stockholders running a product into the ground) and wondering how anyone at Blizzard couldn't get along with David Brevik of all people.

[@icecreamvendor433]

They might have personal grudges from the inside like some kind of competetion, sounds like something they should solve themeselves.

[@MrDazzlerdarren]

The fuck? They wouldn't even have a job if not for D2!!!

[@TookyG]

I need to read this. Link?

[@KV_1615]

They really don't want you to tell them what to do when you're the one paying for it and you want to have a good experience. But no I'm the jerk because I'm telling you what I want you to do with this thing that I'm paying for.

[@josiahbridges8146]

"I would be less of an asshole if they did their jobs right." Based

[@Jaydoff]

I love their approach of fighting perceived toxicity with actual toxic behavior. The word "toxic" is whatever serves these people's agenda.

[@NaviR64]

I find the opening part so funny. "Im a asshole but they would think im less of a asshole if they did there job"

[@CosmicCleric]

I literally did a thumbs-up gesture at the TV set when I saw that.

[@NaviR64]

@@CosmicCleric side note this is the most likes ive ever gotten lol

[@Kairamek]

I mean... fair assessment.

[@shblade5984]

their*

[@wdf70]

He's not wrong. If the game was good there wouldn't be as much criticism lol

[@dend5151]

"They are riding off the coattails of past blizzard developers" I love this quote, it makes it feel like the old developers are kings or something.

[@TheVidCaptain]

i mean they developed a game that once had over 11 million active daily users

[@JrKengu]

They may not have been kind but they had passion for their game, not something you see in most Blizzard games nowadays.

[@didntaskyou7884]

@@WTP_1776 good for you lad, dont give these fkers money

[@steppebro]

Modern blizzard developers are pests feasting from the past developers' garden. They have no interest in seeing the game succeed. They don't even play the game. They will bleed the game dry and move on to a new victim

[@gortekk8990]

@@WTP_1776 I did the same bro. Fuck these communists.

[@kirkalmeida]

The only content people have had in wow for the last 7 months has been Mount and transmog farming, Asmon has done more to popularize those things than anyone else. It's good to see that Blizzard appreciated his support.

[@Finish303]

Jokes on them 9.0 mounts I have not even half, I'm done with 4+ recoulers per model.

[@gollese]

Mythic+? Mythic raiding? Arena? New achievements?

[@coryfessenden1102]

@@gollese you have to understand 99% of his fanbase are casuals in someway or another due to age or cluelessness

[@Ahmetfusta]

Right? For a long time the only WoW content I consume is Asmon's streams. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't even look at the game for money.

[@kirkalmeida]

@@gollese mythic raiding and mythic+ isn't for everyone and let's face it if it takes someone 7 months to clear a raid it probably isn't for them either.

[@donperfecsionist7522]

How are they ruining your game? It's not like they're getting drunk at work and sexually harassing female employees.

[@shinjinator100]

yes its not "just" that.

[@RealSkyeBlue]

You clearly never played wow

[@toprap88]

Everybody feels like that who have played wow, How else can they lose over 20m players...You are clueless

[@gwillis01]

yes they are drunk and yes they do harass female employees

[@paulofaquin]

Some people can't detect irony...

[@Seto_Saotome]

We're now in the manga arc where Asmon becomes a FF14 streamer, therefore creating a war against Blizzard

[@celphalonred1999]

Best arc!

[@vesical7952]

He said he's not going to play ff14 like that.

[@WardenMachinima]

After seeing this I honestly feel bad for Asmongold. He's dedicated his life and career to Blizzard and their game. We all know that all of his opinions about the game come from passion and care for their product and service. Is he only allowed to have good things to say in order for him to not be an asshole? So what, does he become an asshole for having negative things to say and providing constructive criticism? Let's look at it this way.. If there is one thing I value in the people around me and friendship in general it's being called out and held accountable for when I've done a mistake or overstepped. That way I know people care enough about me to want the best for me, even if it means hurting my feelings or saying mean things. It's called being real. The same principal can be applied here, and if it makes Asmongold an asshole for caring, trying to help, supporting the game even when they shit on him then I wanna be an asshole too if that what it takes.

[@gd8838]

I mean, Blizzard can mald all they want, but asmon is right. There is such a thing as objective truth to the topic of whether wow is good or not: it isn't, subs are plunging deeper and deeper, and this is factual. Their design sucks and is easily torn apart, the game is garbage and people are leaving.

[@WardenMachinima]

@@gd8838 I agree with you, Asmon is right. But what I personally think is the cause of the problem isn't wow as a game itself but it's the philosophy behind it. It's like a great game in a bad state. The game started of as a passion project, it was just some guys in a garage building a dream. The developers didn't care about microtransactions or how much profit could be made of a product but rather a creative pipline where they wanted to make something great for the intended player. But somewhere along the road as the company grew this philosophy changed and the game was no longer a strive to become the best but a product to be sold to the most and keep as many as possible playing.

[@eeeemmteeee]

I quite wow because of how shitty wow is to its community. Case and point, insulting one of their biggest assets. bunch of self entitled, useless do nothing, riding on the shoulders of better people, pos, asshats.

[@rjverafy4802]

remind me of the dunkey situation with league when riot never once acknowledged him for single=handedly bringing the game to the early youtube scene and then not unbanning him when he got reported for flaming an in-game troll lmao

[@scorpiowarrior7841]

I don't believe anyone can be labeled as an "asshole" for holding opinions of things that most do.

[@samuraicake5015]

Don't even play WoW or FF14, but this geezer has earned a sub.

[@BemusedSoliloquy]

seeing someone use the word "geezer" just made me smile, thx

[@gorillamunch6899]

@@avylynn4523 well mmos are what you make of them having friends helps bit tje really nice thing is you can make friends on em!

[@riku8799]

This hits different after the Scandal

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

Which one?

[@Mike-xm6il]

Blizzards target audience is someone with the bio "shitposter" who is organizing a hate group to harass a new player... Where did we go wrong.

[@MacDaniboi]

Cataclysm.

[@tukkek]

I know you're joking but the answer is "when Blizzard stopped making games for people who like playing games and instead tried to appeal to everybody who has money" (so literally everybody, including people who have so little money they have to promote their PayPal on Twitter).

[@pwnerman1717]

Chinese communist party pushed political propaganda. China is where the majority of blizzards money comes from. Same reason almost all advertisement wants to cater to this nonsense. They want to destroy us from within because they can't win an actual conflict. Think about it.

[@kalasmournrex1470]

@SoundwaveSinus9 yep, the protected class of twitter is way more toxic than the people they ban

[@xXRazorbacksXx]

The education system. Look at college professors and teachers nowadays and you don't have to look any further.

[@Pandamonium626]

> "Gender Expert" > "I'm poor and unemployed please donate to my PayPal" The math checks out.

[@steweygrrr]

You forgot to add the fact they call themselves a techno anarchist yet still want money from a system they allegedly hate using a service they allegedly stand against to the equation. I fixed the result for you.

[@kalasmournrex1470]

@@steweygrrr hey, there are capitalist anarchists too! But yea, they “self identify” as far left.

[@wdf70]

No no, you miss understand. Hes a technoarchanist because instead of rioting on the streets like a regular anarchist, they riot with whatever technology happens to be around. And their typical riot grounds is twitter. I'm an idiot btw dont listen to a word I say lol

[@destroyidiots7191]

Same with Liberal Arts degree and other shit nobody gives a fuck about but a very small population. Just because you want it to be true doesn't mean it will be true...

[@stevieoneder8091]

@@wdf70 Ironically that last sentence you wrote is more of a credential than anything the furry technoanarchist gender expert had in their bio. They should have just written "I crave attention and dont have a job"

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

I used to think Asmongold was an asshole when I first saw his videos. But he grew on me the more I watched. His criticisms are valid and he's such an articulate guy. Overall his heart's in the right place. Much love from an FFXIV nerd.

[@profanemagic5671]

awww, spreading positivity

[@Dahlmacco]

Same! But then I realized its just his shtick. Hes not causing anyone any harm. Its entertainment!

[@SilverSkyway]

Agree. His followers and chat are toxic but he doesn't try to be. He love WoW and want it to be great again but he knows when it bad to.

[@ericx6969]

The only thing I dislike about him is he cringes and hates anime stuff but he fine lol think he needs start family though lol

[@Chibipayne]

People are quick to forget that asmongold is a persona

[@TehHAuxaRs]

I never followed Asmon until he started FF14 and I guess he's right, cause up until I watched these videos he's only been positive in his videos. The dude genuinely acts kinder to everyone in the context of ff14 so clearly he has some stress issues stemming from his frustrations towards WOW's development and developers.

[@Ancient_Path]

I’m literally only starting to play wow/FF because of Asmon. “His hate is not welcome here” But their hate apparently is, the hypocrisy lol

[@katomamundara8106]

The irony - that whole message came from a WoW Refugee Streamer, just like Asmongold.

[@AdrianGrave]

You're more than welcome here and so is Asmon.. I hope you enjoy your stay in Eorzea!

[@mord3030]

"what's good is good if it's good for me"

[@ДилянРосенов]

dont play wow its waste of time and money blizzard is just a remnants of once great gaming company

[@Ateeqspecial]

@@ДилянРосенов what do I play??

[@MegaDatboi]

“I don’t hold being autistic against anybody but I do hold being a POS against them.” Truth.

[@amisfitpuivk]

Book of Asmon 8:35

[@UmatsuObossa]

I hold them being autistic against them when they ALSO think they should have a say in how all social interactions in the world are allowed to happen while they themselves acknowledge they have an impairment that literally prevents them from properly or fully understanding social interactions.

[@vixxcelacea2778]

@Umatsu Obossa I think this is a very contested idea. Unlike many disorders, autism is very different in that if it didn't exist, a lot of incredible discoveries and creations would of never been made, because it is fundamentally a different way of thinking. It's also unlike many disorders a massive spectrum. You have people that function better than another person directly because of their autism in specific applications. Then you have kids/adults who can't speak and emotionally struggle and can be violent to themselves from excess stimuli. It's a very mixed bag whereas most other disorders are really not advantageous or useful in any application, like ADHD, depression, OCD, anxiety etc. On communication however there are also some social faux paws that are extraneous. People expecting other people to be mind readers is something that people do that is just stupid. Being clear and concise should be the norm, not expectation of thought trains being exactly alike. Normal ways of thinking and communicating seem inefficient in all directions. Sure, some autistics might have issues with the emotional side of communication, because they have difficulty reading emotions through body language, but it's also erroneous to assume that non-autistics are good at communicating, just because it is normal to communicate in that way. Just as it would be equally erroneous to assume that autistics have a better way. I think people can and should be open to discuss topics that they struggle with or are not apart of. It's a good thing to have someone outside looking in, they see things that others can not, just as those inside see what the outside people can not. Sharing of information and interpretation is the cornerstone of communication. That's how people engage in theory of mind and how out of the box thinking can really explore a topic in a way that an echo chamber can not. Shutting people out of a discussion because they have no or a different experience is not advantageous to finding solutions or coming to agreements. There is also the issue that almost all people don't discuss topics of importance with any relevance. Something I do think that most autistics would lean towards is trying to find studies and research on a given topic before diving in. My preferred method of discussion if the topic actually matters/has impact on society is to find scientific data, preferably as up to date as possible and discuss it's findings. Does it confirm any running theories? Does it debunk common notions? Is it in conclusive? Then to engage in personal anecdotes, experiences and theories, including people with hands on experience and those completely removed from it.

[@UmatsuObossa]

@@vixxcelacea2778 Dude, I'm not reading this novel.

[@dangelnut]

@@YuYuYuna_ i read it and i have adhd but he caught my interest so that helps alot lol

[@graf]

thank you for saying what many people were only thinking

[@molokolo1157]

+1

[@cherboka4856]

​@@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it To be fair if someone famous who isn't "self employed" like Asmongold (I'm an ESL, this might not be the correct word but whatever) says something like this they would never get another job because hiring them would be bad PR for a company A lot of them would practically ruin their career for a single video/tweet/whatever, and that's not exactly a good deal But I do agree that a lot of people who don't fall into the previous category have absolutely no balls, and they don't realize that twatter nutjobs can't fucking influence jack shit if they are completely ignored

[@aelix56]

@@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it lmao hasan

[@marcroy5089]

@@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it all asmon does is bitch about WoW, to have him in a phrase with Hasan is kinda funny

[@grug4207]

@@marcroy5089 all hasan does is bitch about republicans

[@mdmatt2632]

Came back to watch this after the lawsuit, man this is satisfying…

[@thegamingkidder2866]

Blizzard really stepping on toes

[@thegamingkidder2866]

@@BrodyCanuck I just think with the position they are in they should take the criticism and roll with it they mess up everywhere in the games and their business practices constantly and when they are encouraging someone who is already a toxic personality ie that person who said they should spam report it’s not good PR for the company or anything

[@youristevens379]

@@BrodyCanuck "every voice matters" stopped being something blizzard actually cared about years ago. They just don't, Every voice matters is the core principle of the old blizzard, the blizzard we loved. Not whatever this blizzard is

[@SaltareObscurum]

„Every Voice matters“ wellllll what about „free Hongkong guy“ 🤣

[@johnhague3372]

Asmon represents a huge demographic of WoW players. I hope him playing FF this week destroys their 9.1 metrics with others trying FF too.

[@Mattock5656]

Blizzard been stepping on toes forever now...they suck...people should play video games from more respectful companies, that respects your time and hard earned money.

[@MrNoobxs]

Ironic that the FF community flamed that "Gender Expert" for harassing Asmon, while literal blizzard employee is like lol fuck him. 99% of the community I've seen has been positive about the situation (other than being pissed about the servers). Obviously your mileage may vary on that

[@s3er0i9ng]

I mean the server thing is not Asmon’s fault. They just need to add more servers.

[@MrNoobxs]

@@s3er0i9ng it's a double edged sword, they keep the number of servers low so the world never feels empty and do a lot of locking to spread new players out where needed. But it can cause problems when there is a sudden influx

[@nikai_vil3893]

good on the FF guys and gals that called it out.

[@Tralvan]

lol, I recently had a 3000 player login que to get online, seems like this one is a big wow-refugee wave.

[@ButtyArtist]

With Asmon genuinely having fun in FF XIV, it sure seems like the WoW devs have shit the bed multiple times lmao.

[@BertMagurt]

Did he actually have fun? That's great if he did

[@tomebundalevski1872]

@@BertMagurt Yeah and Blizzard devs are basically the fun police. Having fun? Do you have a loicense for tha m8?

[@mos_x_insan3110]

He's been Livestreaming on Twitch he's having a blast he's live now.

[@martinalegre5524]

dont think so, blizz knows asmon will keep playing WoW cuz its his favorite game soo, no, they dont give a shit hes playing the weeb game

[@Varichan]

@@martinalegre5524 asmon might stay. But there are 130.000 people watching the probably most die-hard WoW player in existence having a blast with another mmorpg. Lets just assume only 10% of those people are playing WoW, but are receptive to swapping games, thats 13.000 people. even if just 10% of those decide to walk away after seeing asmon, thats still 1.300 people, or ~20.000$ / month

[@Seoul_Soldier]

God, that Twitter bio reads like a Deviantart fanfiction.

[@Shemp3]

"Asmongold's kind of hatred and rudeness" This person has never heard him speak

[@aiellamori]

Yeah, I honestly would like to know that they were referring to

[@zoroasper9759]

I think these kind of people sadly never have the chance to grow up and become a mature individual. It's sad for them though, the rest of us are not forced to deal with their childish behaviour

[@noggyplays2822]

Yes they have, but they've only heard what they wanted to hear. And ignored all the rest.

[@billymanziel5666]

Honestly people just look at asmon and and see that he looks and sounds like a typical gamer, so they assume he’s toxic when he’s the furthest thing from toxic.

[@aoitamashii]

These sorts of people feel that anyone who doesn't agree with them are the enemy, is why. Questioning their opinions by way of having a discussion is "rude". Dialogue is "hatred".

[@DaGrox94]

“It’s his personal twitter account” doesn’t even work as an excuse, regardless of his verified status. He has his company and position right there in his bio. He’s actively representing his company when he chooses to call a passionate member who loves the game an asshole. If anyone at Blizzard had a spine or any respect for professionalism he’d be fired. So naturally, that’s not going to happen. Since it’s Blizzard we’re talking about.

[@LordMazafeff]

In the Finance Industry we go through quarterly training essentially telling us to "not say shit" on any form of social media. Personal account's are taken into account at the corporate level all the time.

[@kamifuujin]

seems extreme to fire someone for having a opinion, he really didn't say anything wrong not everyone likes Asmon.

[@martinchab1]

Completely agree with you, and if you look at work contracts (at least mine has), there is sometime a paragraph that says that you are liable to anything personal you say that may cause harm to the company name, and thus you may face disciplinary sanctions.

[@tiagoflorensia349]

@@chickenman331 having the right to an opinion is not the right to not get criticized

[@MrSparten177]

we talking about blizzard. -Pretend to be the good one but fire and ban anyone who is against china -have a crazy woman as an author who is mad at white males (but is married to a white man whos working at blizzard) -ignore the players and give them shit -fire employes to feed bobby

[@Helman114]

Imagine dissing on the one person who acts as the literal Life Support System for your dying game. Gee, its almost like the people at Blizzard actually want WoW to die.

[@MrDoggson]

The heart and soul of Blizzard/WoW is gone anyway, they been freeloading on the legends that made Blizzard/WoW what it is for so many years

[@tynao2029]

they want it to die in the USA yes. They have China and that's all they need. That's all the NBA, Apple, etc need

[@северныйкролик-ш8л]

Exactly. If i come back to play wow for a month it's because i watched something from Asmon. And i'm a 40 year old :)

[@evarchavex4800]

@Trash Person That's not something to worry about.

[@barrybondz4483]

Asmongold is for the people. Its a damn blessing that this dude criticizes devs and their shady practice. Hes a voice when others with the same views are never heard.

[@RonoMorph]

This video is basically 11 minutes and 44 seconds of Asmon speaking pure facts the entire time

[@AttorneyGamer]

It is also 11 minutes and 44 seconds explaining how he doesnt care while actually caring about one guy calling him an asshole.

[@TheGamefreak346]

@@AttorneyGamer ----------- The point of the video -----------> Your head Seriously, did you just literally not watch the thing, or is this a Black Friday discount trolling attempt?

[@virtueofabsolution7641]

I just wish he would pick a side. Because I guarantee it’s the same insane people that hate asmon that are the same ones whom are “being sexually harassed” at blizz. So when he criticizes these people it’s the same people he’s “defending” in other vids.

[@scorpioneldar]

@@virtueofabsolution7641 there is a big difference between not wanting these people to ruin his game and wishing actual harassment and assault on them. the harassments and Assault is bad and should be stopped. their harassments of him is also bad and should be stopped. these comments are not both sidesism. they are one side. stop shitty behavior that can hurt people. besides you and I and he all have no way of knowing which blizzard employees are being spied on in the female bathroom or moletsted in the lactation chambers. but I would bet that it isn't the Male department director that is boosting this harassment campaign and whom he is talking about in this video. given that director status this person is far more likely to have the power to be doing that shit than having it be done to them. in short. I think you are the one who has no idea what the sides are.

[@natashagalaxy7228]

Crazy how Asmon cares more about WoW than the actual developers

[@spellsnare]

We care all about WoW but the upper management in Blizzard don't

[@natashagalaxy7228]

@@spellsnare In this specific scenario for this dev calling out Asmon is why I addressed him specifically and not the entire community

[@BjornTheFearLess]

Bro its always about the game! and it should be about the game all the time! that is why you make a game, its to make it so that other people would love it ^^

[@Hypno_BPM]

@@BjornTheFearLess that’s not how developers make games now. that’s how it used to be like in the 90s , games were made by gaming nerds, now it’s all corporate.

[@lNerdzerkerl]

yeah anyone with a passion for the game can make it better, if all the devs got removed from the team and got new fresh ones in that actually cared about the game and put for the time and effort, wow would be the go to game hell i would love to play wow again, but i cant because ion hozzacraptass is too restrictive and hates fun

[@patrickftw8464]

It's crazy that blizzard would hate on Asmongold, he's the only streamer keeping wow alive on Twitch lol. I wouldn't be surprised if he's brought in tons of players, new or returning to come to the game at some point. I can't name any other wow streamers that have a reach as big

[@TheMeekMingeMaster]

they saw the viewer count fuckin TANK after he switched and they couldnt stand seeing ff14 have like 5x the viewership

[@F_C...]

Asmong has been the only streamer keeping wow alive for at least 3 years now.

[@McDiezel079]

panic at the shareholder's meeting after the viewership on twitch tanked

[@totallynottrademarked5279]

@@McDiezel079 They literally don't care. They make zero money off of Twitch.

[@Fmasterss73]

He got me interested in going back, then I saw what retail was and played classic instead, until I got bored atleast.

[@TheMthuber]

Looks like Blizzard was not only promoting harresers in ff14...

[@drugl0rd]

My respect to this guy, he actually has the balls to talk about it on Live. Unlike these other guys who just hide behind a tweet and private they’re accounts when they’re getting backlash from it.

[@Altair1243WAR]

My thought is, why use your public Twitter to make those statements if you're not prepared to back it up. If nothing else, I can at least respect someone who stands up for their beliefs, even when people reveal flaws in the logic Obviously, even more respect to someone that can can admit when they were wrong and/or apologize when necessary

[@vethir]

@@Altair1243WAR honestly yeah, i was waiting for any of them to give proof of his asshole-ness. aside from bashing on blizzard/wow for letting their communities down

[@walther89]

if you know rights and know that you have right to speak, no harassment involved

[@whitestorn4088]

Have to say, I never really liked Asmongold. But this is beyond disturbing and just plain childish. I fully agree with what he says here. I'm amazed how much blizzard is throwing themselfs under the buzz, and never in my life would I see blizzard turning against him. (In case he read this) For what is worth. I hope you will have a better time in FF14. And in case I see you there, I'll give you a warm welcome!

[@darknight602]

You and everyone else

[@Ruukasu97]

Blizzard got infected with a virus long ago and it isnt covid its Activision

[@marktwister432]

Twas just some random employee tweeting it. They probably get a lot of stressing workloads because of the unhappy community and took it out on him, its actually funny because the things that Zack critisizes probably stem from the same problem, having to fulfill a money quota. And seeing as the game is kind of dying that must spell doom for some of these developers, only difference is that Zack never tries to blame the devs when theyre not at fault.

[@Ruukasu97]

@@marktwister432 i wouldnt call the lead product manager a random employee

[@DustGamezX]

Blizzard died to me some time ago, they are no longer the same company since vanilla, bc or wrath. They have gotten more and more disconnected from the players and make dumb decisions that players do not like and dont enjoy in the game. And also the writing team has declined, shadowlands really shows that.

[@MadOrange644]

If Blizzard are straight up attacking you this means you’re in the right path.

[@Knightkavichan]

Facts

[@paulos9900]

Blizzard isn't attacking him. Some guy who happens to work for Blizzard is. He probably thought Asmongold was an asshole before he worked for blizzard.

[@Knightkavichan]

@@paulos9900 either way that kind of behavior shouldn't be tolerated in a work space. And he should be fired.

[@rieyuki]

@@paulos9900You are correct, and I’ll add that this employee is representing Blizzard when he spouts off like this. Bad PR. Had he said something racist, he’d have lost his job easily.

[@DraconasTenZHG]

Blizzard at this point are the 9 year old kid saying "this teacher is stupid because he gave me bad grade". Yea Blizzard, because the job you are doing is an F.

[@LetsGoExplore]

Don't know who this guy is, but he sounds more sane than anything I've dealt with as an adult who casually plays Overwatch sometimes. Blizzard is just running cults in each of their games and not for the benefit of the players.

[@valaquenta220]

It's kinda hilarious how on point this is honestly: people are giving a lot of attention to ff14 all of sudden, and the people at blizzard are getting mad. Kinda comforts me in my choice of not touching wow again, and eventually trying out ff14.

[@AmorrSummerstorm]

I hope blizzard takes notes... who am i kidding 😔

[@riotangel4701]

@@AmorrSummerstorm Why would they need notes; Ion's already collected the statistics and calculated mathematically what a good fun game is supposed to be like.

[@AmorrSummerstorm]

@@riotangel4701 "The risk i took was calculated, but boy am i bad at math"

[@Nirniien]

As a FF player i hope you'll enjoy the game if you ever give it a try :)

[@thersandersm1363]

dude/dudette, a few months ago I was really bored of gaming so I took a break. I started playing other games, even some other mmos like ESO or GW2 and I realized I wasn't bored of games, but I was bored of WoW and their bullshit. the game is dying, the only people left that are actively playing are wow fanboys/girls and streamers.

[@Asrael5125]

"The people that are the most outspoken and the most unhappy about toxicity, the people who are the most unhappy about the way other people are talking on the internet, are the first people to resort to the most vile and vitriolic and personal insults that you can possibly make the second that you step over their invisible line." - Asmon, 5:32

[@231swift]

whose quote ?

[@captaindanthefireman]

@@231swift Asmon himself 5:38

[@CyberFraming]

@@christophermcne THE BALD'S BOOK

[@AngelaMerici12]

And with time stamp 😊👌!

[@captainscrotie]

@@CyberFraming Book of the Bald

[@RPGmvp]

“At least he cares enough about me that he’s willing to start a dialogue” 😂 I love Asmongold

[@gee6740]

Yo, THIS!

[@sirnicholibraden86]

LOL, the SHEMAN'S twitter now says "You can stop now. I get it." and has set everything to protected. Fucking slapped with the D!ck of truth and contradiction!

[@FakeHeroFang]

@@sirnicholibraden86 Yup, talk big but backs right up into that hidey hole as soon as it starts to feel like their dumbass opinions are getting backlash lol

[@Kariakas]

Seems like that guys pedigree includes everything but gaming. No wonder Blizzard is on a downward spiral, this is a far cry from the Blizzard I grew up with. Miss those guys content, sure they may not have been gender experts, but they knew how to make a game.

[@Velinious]

I love how Xy's twitter is "you can stop now, i get it". but they themselves said "hatred and rudeness is not welcome" and "it is every decent player's responsibility to run them off quickly".... hypocrite....

[@Nobody-vr5nl]

That's every person I've met that's anti-fascist or some fantasy gender. They just want to belong to a club and say 1 thing but do another.

[@wyzkun]

@@Nobody-vr5nl they think just because ffxiv community dont mind furries they can represent the whole community.

[@willow5204]

@@Nobody-vr5nl being trans or nonbinary isn't a "fantasy gender" you can call someone out without bringing identity into it

[@karavalentine920]

damn it's almost like ppl are ppl and disappointing at times.

[@whywhy8324]

@@AllWillBeRevealed957 "All of that is going to change" Lmao 400% right wing grade A copium

[@oORoOFLOo]

Holy shit the Queen person is exactly the type of person I dont want in any game.

[@coolersnoipah173]

It's the type of person you also don't want in real life

[@griever_viii5318]

Sad thing is a lot of these type of toxic people try to worm their way up to mods in communities or some position of imaginary power so that they can shut down people they don't like or disagree with to feel good about themselves. I've met a few 😂

[@shaheedk.3386]

@@griever_viii5318 This happened to Warframe. You literally couldn't say "Siphon trap", the name of an in game item, without getting chat banned.

[@wanderingmiqote9606]

@@shaheedk.3386 wtf?

[@ProjectMaelstrom]

@@coolersnoipah173 no worries they dont step out in real life anyway. They just live in basements

[@Animo2006]

Holy shit, Asmon actually destroyed this dude and everyone with his line of thinking in less than 10 minutes. I can't remember the last time I've seen a roast that bad, AND its true.

[@stefan4123]

No he didn't. He sprouted a bunch of big words that impress less inclined. Asmon subconsciously insults more people and products than the next person, then he calls other people patheitc for doing the same. And you buy every single word. lol

[@Guy-rv2vl]

I don't see it. All I see is a streamer boy crying, he needs to get out of the house and interact to understand the world a bit better.

[@Gumboz]

@@stefan4123 you one of them gender experts too?

[@technoviking2415]

@@NateTheScot its amazing that these sort of people dont see they are the real fascists.

[@Trashbull]

@@stefan4123 look like bunch of people today are snowflakes and can't handle insults, even from Asmon. Grow some balls and man up.

[@chuckchai6544]

You articulate these points so well, a lot of us is thinking of this but don't have a voice in the public forum to represent us. Thanks Asmongold for being that voice.

[@zrifepsych]

"Gatekeeping is bad except when it's to people that *I* don't like"

[@mrfreeman2911]

those people are all projecting. They see racism/sexism etc everywhere, but they are the actual racist etc. Kind of funny, but at the same time it is really sad.

[@RealmDesigner]

@@mrfreeman2911 It's very stranage to see. I think there is also a desperate desire by many of these people to find some kind of "identity" as they have no idea who they really are. I think that when you are able to remove so many of the actual real hardships of life. People feel kind of lost and don't know what to do with themselves so they start lashing out, grabbing onto something, anything that somehow "defines them" no matter how superficial and latch onto hashtags and "movements" to feel like they belong to something. Most of these little Twitlers don't have the first Idea of anything when it comes to the topics they profess to be so heavily invested in.

[@mrvex6695]

"gender expert", actually the guys bio is probably the most ludicrous part in this whole thing, he thinks he is some sort of gatekeeper or something ? Asmongold is someone you should have in your community because he aint another Yes Man and will call out things that are wrong.

[@sustainna]

Asmon has a very brash personality, but thats a good thing from where he sits. hes not afraid to speak out on what a game does wrong instead of toe sucking the good things and kissing up to the community.

[@kalasmournrex1470]

I imagine “gender expert” was meant with a bit of irony, but then again, this person is entirely toxic.

[@dimitarangelkovski9877]

Rebuke is better than secret love! Thats what everybody need to practise

[@EmberwindTale]

I enjoy constructive criticism when it comes to any game. Some of his criticisms I may not agree with but every player is different and has different experiences. There are things about Final Fantasy XIV I love and there are things about it I hate the same was for World of Warcraft when I played it but as it is currently there are more things I hate about World of Warcraft than I love because blizzard is really just letting go xD

[@catqueensina]

Why attack the identity and not their comments? I know tons of trans people that aren't hateful. When did we stop judging individuals? Asmon was super wrong with that generalization.

[@TheALEXiSounds]

Just imagine being 31 years old, and typing out that Twitter bio unironically.

[@matematie7711]

thats the kind of people that work at blizzard nowadays

[@Fiveth0us]

#actuallyautistic

[@jamestomlin5525]

And apparently #trulyautistic is something to be proud of, fucks sake

[@drueger]

@@matematie7711 that wasnt the blizz employee bro

[@alextheguy6232]

well that dude has like 200k tweets in 4500~ days. they really do be tweeting 50 times a day over the course of 12 years. That much twitter exposure has to have some bad effect on one's mind.

[@supern0is349]

when did gender become such a complex thing you can actualy become an expert at 😂😂😂

[@PeterDivine]

Leave it to humanity to take something as incredibly basic as sex and sexual attraction, literally millions of years of natural history and evolution behind it, and needlessly complicate the fuck out of it.

[@LuxFuxx]

Dude, I'm trans and this shit just confuses me way more then when I didn't think I was!

[@godhand2018]

Idk man these people spend their time making up ficitonal genders because they don't wanna do something actually useful I guess

[@Zurie]

@@godhand2018 And yet, here you are bitching about them, something that is even less useful.

[@Paradox1411]

2020 was a weird time for us all.....

[@SmugCanadian]

It's actually super unprofessional for an employee of a company to use their social media account's that advertise their jobs to say comments like this, I work for the government and this would get you fired I'm not even kidding.

[@kalasmournrex1470]

Absolutely. Unless you are in congress, then you can say whatever you want on Twitter.

[@enzy6434]

This guy may as well start packing his things and cleaning out the cubical once he gets back into the office after the US long weekend.

[@itstime5138]

Have you played WoW recently? Shit is getting worse with every patch. Unprofessional? They've surrounded themselves with cretins. Clowns as you might call them. Ruining the game with their incompetence? At this point it seems quite deliberate. Lore writers need to be fired and sued for mismanagement and ruining the company's intellectual property. Systems designers get booted immediately after.

[@SentientCatfish]

“Asmongold perhaps our top fan of all time has tried final fantasy 14 today, should we maybe take some time to reflect on the problems our game has?!” “Nah nah call him an asshole and drive a bigger wedge between us and our community” incredible

[@ooczzy]

Its kinda stupid that people use “its his personal account” like its some sort of defense. Literally everyone who talked about this situation used “Lead Dev from Blizzard” instead of his name, so it doesnt matter what account he used. He’s still representing the company.

[@ammox4683]

I don't think at this point that anyone at Blizzard doesn't think Asmongold is an Asshole, he's called their developers and game designers incompetent on a consistent basis despite him not having an ounce of software development or game design formation in his life, so yeah I don't think it's an impopular opinion it's only logical.

[@SiljAidirsk]

I wouldn't feel comfortable supporting a game if I found out their senior devs, not only supported white supremacy, pyramid schemes, people who serve drinks with more ice than drink, or any other near universally horrible thing in their free time, but also promoted it shamelessly on a public platform. If you are a public figure in association with a brand then you don't truly have carte blanche to belch your own private views to the world and expect people not to notice. Separating the art from the artist isn't really a necessity when there's more art out there to find and enjoy.

[@XenoSpyro]

@@ammox4683 Appeal to Experience fallacy. You don't need to be a chef to know a steak is raw.

[@naejimba]

I agree... either you have a personal account that says NOTHING about your job and doesn't discuss anything related to your job on it and a company shouldn't be able to do anything, OR you do have that and you are acting as a representative of the company.

[@naejimba]

@@SiljAidirsk , personally I feel as long as you are on your own time and are not acting as a representative of your company, you should be free do to or say whatever you want... otherwise a corporation owns every aspect of your life even when you are off the clock. They have enough power as is, lets not give them more.

[@aa-tx7th]

"noboby wants to be lectured to ny someone who draws pictures for a living." *looks up from cintiq* true

[@duvade1]

*closes procreate* P a I n

[@LiveLXStudios]

Cringe that a streamer made that comment though. He lacks self awareness. He tends to preach ideas then proceeds to directly do the stuff that he whines about others doing.

[@duvade1]

@@LiveLXStudios is only joke, y u hev to be med?

[@LiveLXStudios]

@@duvade1 I’m not mad. Want to respond to my point or just want to deflect with cliche jokes?

[@duvade1]

@@LiveLXStudios you should talk to Oogway in the spirit realm. You need inner peace. If Po could do it, so can you. All the best..dragon warrior.

[@Bambor]

I truely hate it when these "tolerant" people show their real "tolerance". I don´t know Asmon, I often dislike his attitude or impersonation, when playing games. But I really appreciate his takes on the things going on even if I don´t agree. Stay real, that´s the way to go!

[@Mithguar]

All "tolerant" people are full of shit. If you want absolute tolerance, you would have to tolerate everyone, that includes all the scambags of the earth. It is impossible to love everyone. You can hate everyone equally through and that is a pinnacle of being indiscriminate.

[@pietiever]

Yeah real tolerance. Imagine being all for people not getting put in 2 gender boxes and then calling yourself a gender expert, an expert in putting in people in gender boxes.

[@heftymagic4814]

@jo tr funny how hes right, weve seen it time and time again nothings gonna change that meanwhile youre obsessing over trump, someone no one mentioned in the thread. But since were making assumptions here, seethe hasan viewer, seethe. Also if thats what you mean by "attacking" u need to go touch some grass loser

[@bigbangattack97]

@@heftymagic4814 its kinda easy to assume hes a trumper. Or at least alt right; maybe tucker carlson, crowder or shapiro. Love how you attack hasan fans then use one of his most used insults. I guess you're a low key fan? hahaha. Gtfo nazi fuck. Not gonna be tolerant for nazis.

[@bigbangattack97]

@@heftymagic4814 but sit in your echo chamber and dont learn about cross referencing. Really; fox news loves you and has your best interest at heart!

[@vishalnigam4946]

I have zero in common with Asmon in real life, have never been a fan, but this bothers me. If they don't care enough to at least respect what he has done for the game, something's wrong.

[@OgpBosnia]

Why the fuck are you here if you not a fan stfu n gtfo

[@kwando472]

@@OgpBosnia Lol you're basicly doing the same as the twitter poster.

[@Imeggscelent]

@@OgpBosnia Imagine Gatekeeping, lame

[@Eisfalken]

Oh, it's worse than you think: when Asmon announced on-stream he was going to try FF14, SquareEnix themselves tweeted back a welcome message to him. Blizzard has never ONCE contacted Asmon about anything related to their products. So yeah, Blizzard won't support their actual fans who signal-boost their products, but SquareEnix does. Doesn't take a genius to realize why Blizzard has gone to crap. This behavior doesn't even have anything to do with Activision; this is 100% a marketing thing that should be a no-brainer, but they're just like, "Naw, we'll torpedo the one guy keeping folks interested in our game..."

[@rodrigobogado8756]

@@Eisfalken to be fair, probaly that tweet from SE added presure to Asmon, even if that was not their intention, but yeah it was nice and the chocobo promotion was a great movement, SE knows what they are doing, they had even sponsored some spanish streamers a few months ago and people are thinking they maybe will translate it. While Blizz is launching tiny and BUGGUED patchs and insulting their players....

[@michaelcapurso1099]

ignore the asmon hate and the unprofessional manner. i would fire him for intentionally creating bad PR for blizz, as a lead product manager he should know better

[@F_C...]

He'd definitely get fired if he was promoting political motivated witchhunts but in the other direction.

[@JstaChillGuy]

"I live in their head rent-free" Actually a good one!

[@Kaidyr]

"i think they would think i was less of an asshole if they did their job right" TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@hamadahli4345]

I swear to god... Asmon is like a drink of cold water in the scorching desert

[@ziggarot]

Uhhhh... I feel uncomfortable

[@amerlock2169]

True Dude

[@blitzlight679]

True and real

[@DrJellyFanguzzz]

That sounds really bad. Very Hot and Very cold makes you feel like you're on fire.

[@wanderingmiqote9606]

@@DrJellyFanguzzz actually the hotter you get the colder you feel, and the colder you get the hotter you feel. Shits nuts

[@yoshimitsu8922]

Asmongold: 'Nobody needs to see the tweet, nobody needs to know who it is' Editor: Let me zoom in on that for you KZbin watchers!

[@notmousse]

Three cheers for the editor!

[@guard_dog613]

🍻🍻🍻

[@ye7625]

Based youtube editors.

[@jat6758]

They've put they're tweets on protected with the bio line "You can stop now, I get it" lmao

[@morgansloat]

Ty CatDany, very cool

[@unbreakablelag]

“I live in their head rent free.” - Had me dying.

[@Khranok]

I think Asmon probably wears people calling him an asshole like a badge of honour at this point but in all seriousness it only adds evidence to the fact that Blizz's team are out of touch with their community

[@giuseppe9653]

You trully are the voice of the people

[@KoninjaX]

@@ElementVoidX bruh they ain't even in the galaxy anymore

[@travismcdonald2713]

We should all wear it with honor. i can act like an asshole it means i care.

[@MrDazzlerdarren]

Surely gonna sting a little though; imagine putting so much effort into something and loving it then someone from that company saying something horrible, for me would be like getting sucker punched in the gut!

[@ericx6969]

Same situation with league and community those pussies deleted the boards and forum they snowflakes also they rather ban toxic players that know how play game and do well over trolls and game has gone down hill they cater noobs now

[@OiiRobbi3x]

anyone with techno-anarchist in their bio resembles gollum irl.

[@simpioustv4882]

They even spelling Anarchist wrong... lmao

[@OiiRobbi3x]

@@simpioustv4882 i feel sorry for them really they dont get how real life works and just want to bend reality to fit them and their ideals but if they actually educated themselves maybe they could spell.

[@mitchelrowe6915]

@@OiiRobbi3x They just desperate for attention to feel important so they gotta make up all these titles to give themselves. Then they have to defend them with their lives cos... Their egos can't live without them 😢

[@Raquya]

And the kind of stuff she's saying is the exact opposite of what any actual anarchist would do.

[@StannyObelisk]

Dude I love techno

[@WaLLy_]

Zack really is good with his words and with how he expresses it. One of the qualities he has that I like watching him. You don't always have to agree with him, but he does make valid points and stands up for what he believes in.

[@BugbugAdventures]

thats because hes sits on the right side of the fence and doesn't speak with emotional outbursts

[@XOnetyOnex]

Troo dood

[@Mado]

@@BugbugAdventures there's some emotion there but yeah he's very nice with his words.

[@drizzy6302]

He is natural on giving speeches he was valedictorian

[@PsychoMachado]

The only part i kinda disagree is when he says "no one wants to be lectured in a condescending way by someone who draws pictures for a living". Not bevause of the lecture and condescending part. It's the "someone who draws pictures" that gives this a weird tone for me, and here's why: The fact that someone doesn't have a PhD on a subject doesn't mean that person's opinion is shit. Some people study various topics outside of their career. You can have knowledge on a topic and not work with that. It's more relevant when you work with that.

[@Russtick92]

Asmongold is incredibly astute, this really is him as he is, at his best. Say what you want about the pronoun stuff but his assessment of the situation titled here is just absolutely spot on.

[@jameskim1505]

"Zack moment"

[@amped333]

What impresses me is that he manages to express it so clearly and directly. I would have to sit down and write out a response to come up with what he manages to say off the top of his head.

[@taden2007]

Yep. Zach is an amazing entertainer… and he’s incredibly intelligent and great at articulating his points across extremely well.

[@tigerfestivals5137]

@@IAteYourSandwich yeah it's less that everyone with pronouns in their bio is crazy, but most crazy people on Twitter list their pronouns

[@AnaseSkyrider]

@@tigerfestivals5137 Kinda like how being traumatized doesn't make you a serial killer, but most serial killers have some kind of trauma. There's patterns there.

[@soulie2001]

"I live in their head rent free" really hit from a different angle

[@SoSedatedSoSecure]

Say that you don’t care, but shit is super unprofessional of him. You are a huge source of income for them, and they should respect and own that.

[@kalasmournrex1470]

Far leftists don’t care about income until they can’t afford their lattes

[@Fr33mx]

Well they don't view those types of people that he brings into their games as someone who profits them much. He's very outspoken about buying shit in the ingame store and actively tells people not to do that, while that type of microtransactions is the primary source of income for Activision Blizzard when it comes to WoW. Not the game sells, not the sub fee but the ingame store. So nah, he's not really that profitable to Activision Blizzard.

[@allighast9714]

Imagine instead of trying to earn their customers back they literally insult them to the world lol good company

[@WoWUndad]

@@kalasmournrex1470 your obsessed freak

[@christopherandersson5082]

If I flipped off anyone while employed and while representing my company and any of them knew about it it’d be considered “assault” and I’d be fired let alone call someone a slur and promote their harassment. The fact this happened is ridiculous. Absolute double standards for higher ups which ironically ruin companies

[@Nightwalk444]

They hate Asmon because he wants them to do their job right but they're too incompetent to do so.

[@DoorknobTheOgryn]

"They would see me less of an asshole if they did their jobs right" .... underrated quote

[@sirbeast9726]

took 14 years tho

[@ElmntFire]

The "Gender Expert" claims some level of authority in the FF community while having a WoW avatar and zero public facing proof of even being involved in the FF community. Whether they are in the community or not, no one needs to behave in such a matter. Be respectful, report people harassing others and help new players. That is all.

[@Miss_Hi_Jinx]

@@Nukerunin I actually agree here, if you don't like or agree with someone either block them or just leave the FC. You're playing with thousands of other people, you're not going to get on with every other single person. If you're a nice enough person, saying ''LGBT Friendly'' shouldn't even be needed. I actually came across a FC that only accepted LGBT members, which is fine. But on the other hand.. who I have a relationship with shouldn't even come into effect with my FFXIV character. In the game, i'm married to another woman. But behind the character that same person is my IRL boyfriend.

[@Tomoka51]

@@Nukerunin You're right, it SHOULD go without saying that they'd be friendly to all types of people regardless. Unfortunately, that's not always the case, and it can be difficult for LGBTQ+ folk to find spaces that are welcoming to them, especially if they've experienced situations in which someone was initially friendly and then turned toxic the moment they found out the person was queer in some fashion. FCs advertising as LGBT friendly isn't for their own benefit, it's to help those people easily find a space they are welcome in, same as an FC that focuses on Raiding would want to be welcoming to raiders.

[@TheDragonageorigins]

@@Tomoka51 I get what you're saying, but I still find it weird to advertise as that. Someone being gay is their own business and shouldn't be their entire personality. Like yea it sucks that people will be treated different for any personal quirk or preference. But then again those people that are homophobic or w/e are assholes anyway. If I talk about a boardgame I like and someone else says it's trash, I really wouldn't care, and certainly wouldn't try to find a "boardgame-friendly" guild to join. That's why every mmo has an ignore list.

[@EmberwindTale]

Yeah this person does not speak for the whole of the Final Fantasy XIV community. As somebody who plays Final Fantasy XIV I welcome Asmongold in his experience and hope he finds it enjoyable despite the amount of harassment he's getting from the sad people with nothing better to do in their life.

[@dr.eckschwein1062]

I wholeheartedly agree. Nutjobs like that are an extremely vocal minority that unfortunately reflect badly on the entire community. Even if you don't like Asmon it's one thing to be weary of him and another thing entirely to call for people to hound on him and try to get him banned in some sort of witch hunt. If you're not even willing to give someone at least a chance you're absolutely no better than the "toxic" people you're claiming to fight.

[@MarkoArillius]

As a newbie in the FFXIV community (a month in with my fiance) that person is ABSOLUTELY your community in a nutshell. Passive aggressive, holier then thou, a shit stirrer who targets someone they think is a problem and incites harassments against them. And a lot of your community tends to then defend people like that when they do it in game, against a fucking sprout, if the sprout finds the courage to call them out on it. They don't want to deal with 'drama' or 'whiners'. I have been booted for asking someone to stop harassing me or asking people how to blacklist someone. So get over yourself. Your community is nothing special. it's just a different kind of toxic that prefers to victim blame.

[@chelsthegameruiner8669]

I do to. Granted I wouldn't follow him around if he played in my data center but I would've sent him a tell welcoming him to the game

[@dr.eckschwein1062]

@@MarkoArillius What datacenter are you on? I haven't had to deal with too many people like that in my time so I'm wondering if it might be a difference in culture between regions since they are largely isolated.

[@Shiirow]

@@MarkoArillius kind of funny, Ive been playing this game for years, on several different servers across multiple data centers and have never seen that sort of behaviour. Ive even instructed people how to use the blacklist on multiple occasions. Ive booted people from Novice Network, the sprout channel, for harassing new players. Sounds like a made up scenario so you could insult people yourself. Ive seen this quite frequently on WoW though over the 16 years I played since vanilla, the scenario someone makes up in their head to play the victim so they feel like they have precedent to be vitriolic towards other players.

[@VoiceNerd]

Videos like this is why I love this guy. Unfiltered, doesn't care about being politically correct, just being himself at the same time not wishing for violence or hatred like the rest of the internet. Let's continue to get more people like him like trash taste and moist critical

[@jordan8199]

"Injecting yourself into a community and making it worse" is how I feel about all these twitter weirdos.

[@notbrad4873]

Yeah cuz they arent interested in the fucking communities, they're interested in policing them and appointing themselves as the Morality Advisors

[@Ahmetfusta]

Especially visible when they're telling you how wrong or offending you are to a certain group of people even though they don't belong to that group and don't know how they perceive it. The whole cultural appropriation thing is part of that premise.

[@Steamroller-ot2gm]

Asmongold: "i dont want to show their info" Assertonsin, catdany, or whoever runs the channel: "ima just expose every single person" 🤣

[@zariel9896]

Lol fax

[@exod4]

they blured the handle

[@Steamroller-ot2gm]

@@exod4 its not that hard to find now after those screenshots 🤣

[@kraakelol]

@@exod4 Both handles are in the thumbnail :)

[@Nugget_prime]

lmao

[@AkshayKumar-vn8ot]

feels like blizzard just lost the plot there. That guy needs to be demoted at the very least. Its not about asmon not wanting the guy fired. I would fire that guy on principle.

[@sitikini4508]

Agreed, that guy should get fired.

[@imchipjames]

@@sitikini4508 out of a cannon

[@wo3fullyin3pt0678]

It's more than just that guy that needs to be fired at blizzard

[@MrDazzlerdarren]

Imagine working at Walmart and you call a customer an "Asshole", I'd think you'd be sacked on the spot!

[@jello4479]

The rot is so deep at Blizzard. They need to clean house. Will never happen but it needs to if WoW is to have any hope getting out of the current slump it’s in. I’d fire this guy and anyone like him based on their Twitter activity alone.

[@nuller87]

"Gender expert" "Furry" "ActuallyAutistic"... It's like creating a creature for a nightmare.

[@amanawolf9166]

Please, that thing is just nature's failed experiment.

[@isbilen1000]

Asmon: "I think the game improves with criticism." Holisky: "I disagree"

[@Kittsuera]

maybe because all the criticism hasn't managed to get him to improve the game? ;D

[@KARZOKIN777]

He doesn't criticize it, he SHITS on it in a very rude way. There is a massive difference between level mindedly criticizing something, and tearing it down very emotionally with no suggestion on how to make it better what so ever. I believe the reason he doesn't suggest how it could be better is that asmon doesn't even play the game anymore and when he does, he gets carried through difficult content and have everything trivialized for him. It's just very sad to see honestly.

[@teutatezify]

@@KARZOKIN777 you don’t watch his content do you?

[@bozy420]

@@teutatezify he does, how else he could describe this so well

[@soulgamer6507]

@@KARZOKIN777 wrong, he often makes excuses for blizzard to the point that his chat gets annoyed by him, he only goes in on Blizzard when they deserve it. Usually after some massive community blunder where blizzard showcases again how disconnected from their playerbase they are.

[@ThaumaturgistGuard]

Blizzard: insults Asmon and treats him poorly. Square Enix: happy that Asmon tries their game. Gee, it is really hard to decide which mmo to play, not gonna lie.

[@decemberferret]

100% I haven't played FF14 in a couple years. Wow is a chore now. Cancelling sub, going back to ff

[@eugeneflores6153]

different strokes, different folks. As long we enjoy what we are playing ^_^

[@4922jack]

Whatever you enjoy and not what someone else does..

[@monsterhunterrivi6303]

i quit wow 2 years ago , largely due to the general vibe on the server. Would i like to have Asmo on my server? rather not, but not because of him personally. but ALL of the dang toxic fanboys that'll probably follow him to bash on FF. regular folks that just give the game a try and don't start any shit? hey WELCOME :D WoW's been on the outs for years...but some dude that's halfway up the chain in Blizz doing shit like this is just....unprofessional Best of luck to you Asmo , and we'll see you in Eorzea !

[@monsterhunterrivi6303]

@@patriklundberg307 my advice: give it a shot :) i had over 12 years invested in wow, and FF a bit on the side. but i've fully switched over now. we'd be happy to have you !

[@Kakerate2]

"If they're sitting there calling me an asshole, that means they care enough about what I say to have a fucking opinion about it" PREACH

[@joshc5839]

Dude I’m not even a huge fan of yours but you do make some outstanding points and you are very articulate in your argument. Moreover, you can intensely express your point with obvious common sense practical frustration. Good for you. Great video