Diablo 4 Creators CAN NOT Be Trusted...

[@dmdiablo4]

live now Witcher 3 Blind Playthrough: www.twitch.tv/darthmicrotransaction some points I agree with for sure, some points not as much. appreciate the conversation from made biker and hope for success for him.

[@OutdoorTraveler]

I know you're just trying to be positive but as far as hoping for success for him, I think it's a detriment to civil conversation and society when people that say, "Because you're not an outsider, you must be corrupt". I seem to remember a recent US event in the past 2 weeks that likely had a lot in common with that kind of mentality. Very damaging and people eat it up like candy.

[@dontsupportrats4089]

Um. I trust your opinion. Didn't you catch Cvd when you went?

[@count0nz]

Same the Don\t jave the DLC but Loveing the Hords. got some good geat last night and had a LFG that didn't suck we where getting good Runs. Went from 120 ish Paragon to around 138 also :) was great. Realm Walker is lol I try to do it at times but no one else is doing it. so lol.. But if you want the Tree of Wispers fast. goto PVP do 1 event. kill the Boss and collect Cinders. can do all that in literly 5 minutes.

[@RobertMcMasters-s9e]

You guys are so quirky and fun it's like The Fellowship of the Shills up in here

[@GrownOutMyJeans]

DM keeping it real 💯

[@deankilminster5430]

Here's my thing. If you're going to call people out then be man enough to leave your comments on.

[@MelodeathMassacre]

He deleted my comment on another vid for calling him out lol. For a "biker" guy sure is soft

[@count0nz]

@MelodeathMassacre I seen his video I was like who cares thay get publicity and streamers can give there views feedback most streamers are happy to point out weak points in S6 etc

[@liber_null]

And as DM said... if you're calling people out, show us some examples... not just that "D4 streamers says this is the best thing since sliced bread". And leave comments... and IMO you just come off as soft and/or you wanna create drama.

[@Diopside.]

@@MelodeathMassacre Should rename his channel to "Soft_Biker"

[@georgen5882]

As soon as I heard the comments were off I knew what this was about. He knew he would be eviscerated in the comments. You don’t do a video like this and not know why you did it. He can lie to us but he can’t lie to himself. This was clickbait to try and grow his channel. I find it funny channels do this thinking they are the first one that’s ever thought of it.

[@melvinmellyway9118]

Raxxx is pretty damn honest and is often a harsh critic to Diablo 4 underperformance like with the recent holiday.

[@LeaveChildrenAlone]

Yeah he brings the numbers. Lately he basically was like why do I give this type of feedback and they don't take my advice. Not that he wants to have them do it his way but he tells them what is wrong and they don't listen.

[@hotprints]

my favorite Raxx video was like a 40 sec video when he was describing what the halloween event was. He was like "that's it." end of video haha

[@TimMaddux]

17 damage :|

[@bayousurvivor]

This is true

[@Helmikopter]

Love watching raxx content❤

[@bobothebob4716]

"Everyone else is lying to you, and only I am telling you the truth"... Where have I heard that before. Well, if I think of it, I'll come back and post, but I need to check in with my cult leader.

[@YeaNo.]

🤣

[@hoofhearted4]

@@lordaizen8004 All politicians lie to you. dont matter who you like.

[@virgo4200]

@@lordaizen8004and you believe every thing the government nad the media tell you ?

[@XathexX]

I immediately hear echoes of conspiracy theories here. The idea that people who really WANT to like this game MIGHT have a biased opinion... I have a biased opinion so does this streamer. His opinion is still important it is how we balance bias. I think he has a bias of anti establishment attitude. The fact comment are turn off shows he does not want to discuss his views. I have seen plenty of bias the other direction... people who just focus on the negative.

[@ropika8154]

No wonder why he`s comments are turned off...🥸

[@kobal_666_2]

He's mad he wasn't invited lol

[@UnderPressureGoat]

That was my first thought while watching it.

[@valentim.mp4]

Exactly

[@gaijinozi7002]

Soo true, micro was pumping at launch ... rob has fun playing Diablo darth has fun complaining about Diablo

[@Hrivera585]

I am too fuck blizzard lmao( as Im play d4 )

[@zankheal]

@@kobal_666_2 that was brutal 🤣

[@salvadorscar6057]

How can you trust ppl who give this game a "Last chance" on daily basis?

[@Blisterdude123]

It's not just D4 creators is it, it's just Blizzard fans in general lmao

[@VegetaIsMe23]

ppl play what they want...i don't see why ppl so mad at someone else for liking a game lol

[@salvadorscar6057]

@@VegetaIsMe23 read again lol.

[@YeaNo.]

Anytime someone does the 'im the only truthful one' thing. I think they're being disingenuous. Theres so few times it's true, and there's so much proof it's untrue. In reality someones mad they didn't get to go to an event and thats it.

[@JGComments]

Yeah, it’s a giveaway that they aren’t seeing reality clearly.

[@zankheal]

I watched this guy streams before. He just retired, but apparently he found a new job…”streamer police”

[@thearcadeforum]

😂😂

[@smarac]

Ahahahaha "streamer police" 😂😂😂

[@a-_-Kuja]

😂 streamer police lol

[@ThisIsMeArnold]

Just retired? He's streamed since Season 1.

[@bledeamark]

@@ThisIsMeArnoldJFC! from his actual job, bro….maybe touch some grass?

[@SanityPotion776]

"comments off" on the original video by MadeBiker already tells me what I need to know about the individual. Edit: And there it is. MadeBiker’s pinned comment on his most recent video “Cry babies from other channels coming to my channel to cry. Keep coming you all, you’re making me money 💰💰💰💰💰”. It’s a pathetic that someone of his age is acting like a prepubescent teenager having a hissy fit because he can’t stand on the accusations he made about others. Not to mention deleting any and all comments that question his accusations. Edit2: He has now removed the comment and instead added it to his original video's description. He also seemingly has "like botted" his video to make it appear as if the ratio of likes to dislikes is positive - the ratio was overwhelmingly negative the day before to suddenly getting over 1k likes. He really is going above and beyond here considering his usual videos get less than 10% engagement metrics when compared to views.

[@KidIcarus45s]

Bobbypopoff of Warzone refuse to let comments on his videos... after he was banned live.

[@maxime669]

Thanks for letting me know of this. Will make sure to block and tell youtube to stop suggestions His video. Don't want to give any penny to a hater that doesn't provide fact and just try to bring view with hate/jealousy video or KZbinr that are popular.

[@CedricDur]

I mean, he literally says he did it to have people come and make him money. Content creators gonna create.

[@AndrewYu-zo6ui]

@@CedricDur Can't we give him a thumbs down? Not sure how u-tube algorithm works.

[@wzt9376]

Not at all surprising from my experience most people stop growing but keep aging.

[@Trblmkr07]

I watched and commented on his video. He responded back to me, and when I went back to address his comment, he turned off comments. So I"m "assuming" that a lot of people like me came out and called him out for his BS, and he couldn't handle the truth. At the time of my comment, he had 25 views lol. In my comments on his video, he named about 20 different streamers, Raxx, was the very first one on the list. I wish I had copied them, but the coward has turned off comments so I can't see them.

[@Jeremiahx79]

Are you a Blizzard defender? A diehard white knight and okay with Blizzard shitting out a game instead of making it what it should be?

[@motleyflux]

Same and I think it said something about the creator.

[@arcazon2485]

That's hilarious he named Raxx considering Raxx is very critical of everything Blizzard puts out and has no issue telling it like it is.

[@whaatgamer6673]

He put up a new video today, and comments are open at this time. Just in case anyone wants to ask for clarification...

[@NeoNaito]

@@arcazon2485 Raxx is top of my list of people who are intellectually dishonest about Blizzard. "Blizzard has only paid me once", yet at the same time doesn't admit to the fact that blizzard runs "subscribe to twitch streamers and get in game stuff" as something he profits from. VERY intellectually dishonest.

[@Nelepseo]

Going through that dude Facebook he advertises gold and game service selling sites, so instantly lost more credibility there......

[@valentim.mp4]

He’s complaining because he wishes to be in any of these streamer’s shoes

[@Nelepseo]

@@valentim.mp4 100% the case. Just trying to rage bait.

[@mythik4840]

Where do you see that? I only see his videos on his FB.

[@Nelepseo]

@@mythik4840 in the comments on the videos on the facebook he has linked on his youtube page. I just clicked to see and wanted to see a few comments and the first one on some of the videos advertises the gold/game services selling site.

[@AvengingN00b]

I honestly haven't seen a single streamer/youtuber praising the season itself...not once

[@xRaptorScreamx]

Rather than "Diablo 4 Creators CAN NOT Be Trusted", I'd go with "Diablo 4 Creators hype up the game every time they do a small good thing, but then complain they fuck up 90% of the time and wonder why?" Stop giving the devs/Blizzard a pass every other season for a bad game

[@doubledigital_]

they sold a brand new game and every idiot bought it!!! you cant make it up how stupid people are.. DLC?? errr NO.. its not a dlc LOL i didnt spend half my life doing 3d graphics to be a sold a con.

[@mightythor-9286]

Except Rob… he really cannot be trusted.

[@jamesnail7183]

Always been a firm believer in "If you aren't going to bring the receipts you should probably stfu" .

[@verdantbabble5498]

If there is anything I know, it's that Darth is a genuine person giving their honest opinion.

[@stubect]

Exactly. Completely out of order to accuse him of anything untoward.

[@KeanuChrist]

If you listen to any KZbin channels that farm negativity every single day, Madebiker uses the same points. Purely speculative, add nothing to the conversation. These type of people will shout “game bad, fix your game” but when you ask them for feedback, they just repeat themselves.

[@ECHO-Gaming]

How do I NOT watch this video with that title and Thumbnail.

[@huddleaw]

I swear to God, people on the internet just keep getting dumber and dumber.

[@robsafari]

It's not just the Internet 😂

[@Yurtskees]

You're not wrong. I grew up with the internet and... yeah. It's a little frightening

[@huddleaw]

@robsafari very true lol

[@huddleaw]

@@metallboy25 oh here we go lol why is that?

[@robertlefeaux]

Just because you English dumb not mean me englosh dumb.

[@wolfdenaquatics3996]

This video is a masterclass of how to properly debate an opposing viewpoint. Professional, Substantiated, Congenial, and Nuanced. There was no anger, what-about-ism, or personal attacks in the response, and it was very refreshing. Bravo, sir. Much respect earned.

[@V1C10US]

I don't know what streamers he's watching... Pretty much everyone has been vocal about the problems with this season/expansion.

[@travisbouwer4221]

Truly. If anything, streamers have contributed much more to negative perceptions of the game than positive.

[@thesoffen48]

He comes off as jealous as hell and wishes he was invited to Blizzard. He's a coward for repeatedly saying "multiple streamers"; just drop names and turn your comments on if you really stand behind your statements.

[@Galantus1964]

Holy f.. he is not the sharpest tool in the shed...

[@Jak0vas]

Thought the same thing, he comes across... slow

[@HubertTheMad]

You know who CAN be trusted? The Crones of Crookback Bog!

[@Pokdemon]

for sure

[@indonesianjim]

agreed

[@andrewduncan468]

The whole season mechanic just felt like an annoying grind. It just felt like a chore I had to keep doing before I could keep doing what I wanted to do.

[@silureswarrior6045]

Honestly I play my 4 or 5 days get the season content/pass done and a lillith kill done and I'm finished for the season, no different to d3 really Can't complain I've had my money worth but by the end of that 5 days im done, next season may be the first one I skip as I didn't feel it at all this time.

[@JemuzuKICK]

The fact that they let you pre-test the new class and limited it to level 30 is the entire problem. Had they just given these people invited a max level max paragon character and let them go nuts with it, they would have found these issues early and would have had zero excuse not to address them.

[@douglaura2652]

They should've already tested at max level before even having this invite event. Blizzard has no concept how to test anything

[@breakupgoogle]

funny most of the d4 creators i follow i trust. Darth Micro, Rax, Wujito, rob. etc

[@nicholaspontillo5554]

You basically listed every single one, none of which are positive about the expansion. They were very cautious in their reviews

[@xxcffff8275]

Typical grifter content for views. Waste of time reacting to imo

[@ckrxx644]

Streamers need to talk about how fucking shit the game is in some aspects. Ryker needs to man up. He's way too soft on blizzard.

[@motleyflux]

A grown man acting like a 9-year-old. It's not fair!! Linking bugs to streamers is just plain dumb.

[@khronick3596]

Only person I’d say is a Diablo shill is Rhykker. He will praise the game or new updates and than a week later make an honest thoughts video. Its deceiving.

[@jon_says]

I would argue that it might be only after a week that the flaws start to show. But I totally agree with your sentiment about deception as usually I am skeptical of game reviewers who offer no criticisms. It just comes off as biased to me as well

[@IXxhpnotiqxXI]

Rhykker is WAYYYY too soft on Blizz

[@parakek390]

i just love it when somebody makes a video and has comments off but then somebody reacts to it, talks about it and has their comments on. really funny stuff

[@HeautontimorumenosEx]

Rhykker is one of the streamers that every week video he says that this is the best Diablo 4 season. I also think he is being payed by Blizzard.

[@sammo1152]

The way blizzards use streamer to push the game, and shows how easily manipulated streamers are with payout

[@stefan.antonio.]

Love you DM, and I appreciate your points, but it's not that streamers are shills, but rather the heavy influence streamers have on the development of the games by being in person in the game studio and in private discords with the developers absolutely means y'all have your thumb on the scale. It's not actually you, but some of the other streamers with their feedback to Blizzard have been pretty off the mark compared to community sentiment this season. My $0.02 anyways.

[@Voltairus30]

You can't even remotely be serious about this if you actually watch those streamers closely. The top blizzard streamers, for every game, have repeatedly pointed out how little Blizzard listens to their feedback when initially given. Its only months later, multiple patches later, do they finally cave on some topics and give the community what they want. Raxx specifically has repeatedly tackled the Diablo genre from every level of gamer and what those groups have as their priority desires. Even those that are more skewed towards the one extreme like Quin69 have had very little impact on getting what they'd prefer as the years have gone on. Even the closest streamers to being a chill like Rhykker is pointed out flaws in Blizzard's approaches for years despite clearly trying to be respectful and glass half full towards Blizzard for the sake of maintaining good relationships. And those examples are just from Diablo. The countless WoW creators from every aspect of the game, have years of videos going on about the lack of innovation and the unrealistic levels gate keeping, etc. Hell, even Kripparian, who's played all of these games while being a large content creator has repeatedly ripped all of them including Hearthstone. Blizzard has repeatedly proven in every game that they arrogantly believe they can do whatever they want but have been forced to eventually cave on concepts after the community finally catches up to how bad these systems are once they play through it despite being warned months in advance by the top end players and content creators that get early access.

[@Nomoon777]

The thing is, even if you are correct and the streaamers have such influence, Lizzard is still the one at fault, directing any backlash on the streamers because they "liked the wrong things" makes no sense, the streamers are no suppoused to be union representatives, they are just players with a audience. the one to blame is the stupid fucking company that keeps making the game shit (and maybe the "fans" that keep giving them money for slop)

[@Casual_Andy]

On a side note DM’s reaction is completely unedited the whole way through and I think thats really cool and authentic. Thanks man I learned a lot from this.

[@stonefolk2778]

It's difficult for D4 streamers... Especially if they are only streamers for D4 and nothing else. The game is garbage but they have to promote it, play it, force themselves to enjoy it, as it is income. The narrative every season is, D4 is better now! The Devs have got to hand it to the streamers who make their game seem better than it is. I mean the new DLC is totally underwhelming, overpriced, focused on fleecing gamers through cosmetics, still has barely any skill customization, rehashes things from 20 years ago because it is totally out of innovative ideas, has everyone playing the same 5 builds, awful campaign, don't even fight Diablo etc etc... You can go on for days. BUT! streamers be like, "D4 good now." So lots of people go and pay the 100 bucks for the trashy expansion. I don't blame the streamers. There's a conflict of interests because they need D4 to be popular for their channels.

[@Superawesomegeekshow]

one of two things going on here. He is unhappy because either things in his brain are not like reality and it becomes a circular argument in his head without actually talking to anyone involved OR he is a bit jealous because his channel hasn’t been invited. If a person has been streaming since launch, they might be wondering why they didn’t get an invite as well. Makes one feel unaccepted and unappreciated in the community, so one might have a tendency to lash out as a result. DM -I think you delt with this as an adult and with a level head and you proved to be very understanding. good on ya. You’re one of the good ones, man.

[@aN1njaKyzerz]

That fly at 14:24 had me looking in my room for something that isn't here. 🤣

[@olmrgosh1128]

I truly love the campaign on Diablo 4 vessels of hatred with my necromancer but for the season 6 only issues where the realmwalkers where pretty hard to find it in the map

[@TheShamefurDispray]

I mean he's right. Blizzard wouldn't be offering anything if they hadn't identified you as a reliable fanboy/shill; likely for psychological and non-monetary reasons. The goal with the trips and stuff is to create an unconscious gratitude and debt, etc. it's a known tactic openly talked about in other industries, particularly automotive. The appearance of impropriety here is really just as bad as the reality. There's also an access journalism thing going on where you know if you don't keep your mouth shut and go a little too truthful with criticism you won't have any future opportunities for trips and etc. and you want to keep that avenue open in case some good opportunity in the future presents itself. Really think about it; they could have just had their little preview screening event remotely.

[@RAW1714]

Nice video. It’s fun to see behind the curtain, even if it’s only a small glimpse. Thank you.

[@GothicCinderz]

It's not just D4 Blizzard has dropped the ball so many times

[@snookat]

I am very proud of how you handled yourself in this video!!!! I don't think I would have done as well as you. Keep being YOU!!

[@polterghost_]

Ubisoft organized a trip to Disneyland for reviewers to play SW Outlaws for couple hours. It wasnt recieved well by the public. Why here it should be different?

[@adstanczel10]

exactly

[@jprec5174]

because this time its their parasocial friend.

[@thE_SkinneR]

I am a new Diablo 4 Streamer From South Africa, and I can tell you, even in my streams with my amazing audience (Like 10 legends watching 🙂), I still compliment D4, even through all the negatives. In addition, I am truly grateful for all the D4 streamers like you DM, whom I actually love following and listening to your opinions, as in the majority of cases, what you all say is true, even with your involvement with D4 etc. At the end of the day, its about focusing what brings you as an individual the enjoyment, and for example, when I play, with all my legends, we create a positive environment, to try just enjoy what ever we do ingame. YES, we do want improvements and are not blind to the issues. Thanks DM also for being awesome dude! Wish you all the best from a noobie new streamer in SA 🙂

[@darsynia]

Welcome to the party, I wish you all the best!!

[@thE_SkinneR]

@@darsynia Thanks friend!! I truly do appreciate it. It has been such a great time, despite all the challenges we face in D4 now, I have had so much fun with the community that has given me a chance. I wish you all the best too friend!! 🙂

[@MarcoFrancescoVivaldi]

The man with white moustaches is probably Hawg's uncle

[@unlearningify]

Dude is basing his (flawed) opinion solely off of KZbin thumbnails without actually fully watching a video to see if there is a nuanced take. He's just as much of a problem as the "over-hype & clickbait" algorithm that plagues KZbin. He's, in fact, doing the same exact thing that the algorithm is doing, just doing it from the opposite side of the coin, as it were.

[@duckseatbread104]

This is the worst type of person. States shit as undisputed facts then refuses to allow anyone to challenge him.

[@Tristansuclin]

love how lowkey smart this guy is, just casually explains the difference between an NDA and Embargo super coheirently

[@dayhjawk]

riker has been saying it's the best season every season like he's trying to get trump's approval for a spot in government. unfollowed him and refuse to watch his stuff anymore.

[@ShadyHarbinger666]

Riker is the most narrow minded, short eyed streamer ever along with Raxx. These both are really Blizzard shills. They eat all the shit Blizzard serves and praise it.

[@exisfohdr3904]

Just had to mention politics, huh?

[@gzayas08]

I hate it when people have blanket statements about "those other people" without data. Cult mentality.

[@marcinsobczak6051]

0:19 was that a Kerning City theme from MapleStory or am i tripping?

[@TiesThatBind513]

Indeed it was

[@Blacklisted87927]

I appreciate the transparency. And to reiterate the not shitting on the community, I had to completely abandon Reddit because the community was just becoming so toxic and negative that they were ruining my experience.

[@hoofhearted4]

Honestly, Diablo 4 is so far from what I wanted, and is only going in the wrong directly. I HATE the whole seasonal reset BS. they did it with D3, cool, been there done that now, and i hate that they did it again with D4. They had a wonderful idea making D4 an MMOARPG. Getting to 100 taking a long time, grinding for low drop weapons, all great ideas but NOT if you're going to do seasonal resets. Instead of supporting their original idea though, they made leveling easier and quicker (and shortening the level cap), they made drops easier to get, and its just a different game that what it set out to be. And whats the point? if the leveling is now designed to be done in a day, and the gear designed to be gotten as quick as possible, and you're going to to do the same thing every season, getting the same gear for the same builds, why bother with the resets? Should just do seasonal content, without the resets, so we can have long term progression characters. When you see a level 100 with a Mythic it should be a testament to the time they put into it. Everything in the game is devalued because it resets every 3 months. And literally all the mechanics, world bosses and events, would actually matter, instead of everyone skipping them because you have to do the most time efficient things since its all a crunch before the next reset. Only really makes sense for short attention span players and content creators whos income depends on the season resets, so they can make the same videos every season. but thats what Diablo devolved into I suppose. Sad to see.

[@DanS436]

Play eternal realm. Seasons have always been in diablo. Stop crying.

[@Yurtskees]

​@DanS436 it's A valid take.

[@PsykOGamingYT]

I am only halfway through the video and It impressed me how much you seem to be aware of the concept of bias and have the amazing capacity to completely leave it out of your reasoning ergo: said reasoning being much more acurate and free of judgment. Does it come naturally or do you willingly make the effort to do just that? I've found it to be no easy task! 🤔

[@PsykOGamingYT]

Finished the video, stand by what I said and also the perfect manners ans politness you kept throughout. Sorry if this seems like a review which I am in no way someone with the right to do one; it's more of a necessity to admire and let you know (if this comment is even glanced over) from human to human that I was impressed at how clean maybe would be the term I found your response becouse I rarely see such attitude. Anyways, rant over... XD

[@georgegrammatopoulos2669]

Every single streamer hyped the expansion. The expansion was shit. So is S6. And with the exception of S2, the game has been shit since launch. But then again, in every other profession in real life, the benefits streamers are accepting from companies would be called bribes. But I guess getting inside information and exclusivity on new content to create videos and make more money is more important than valid criticism to actually help improve the game. The ONLY time streamers are criticizing is when the grand majority of players are fed up with Blizzard shit so they want to appeal to that crowd.

[@KingAmbicatus]

Man. I really appreciate your demeanor here. I really respect your stuff

[@HerpaDurpVg]

im surprised Diablo4 is still being played.

[@dusty52267]

And yet here you are commenting on a video based on Diablo 4. Make it make sense.

[@HerpaDurpVg]

@ well I didn’t watch the video you dumbass. And I’m not playing the fucking game either. I’m just surprised some dumbfucks like you still sucking blizzards dick.

[@fuzzywinkle8310]

@@dusty52267because we’re still upset that the game we loved is shit and people are still eating it up. It sucks

[@zardify_]

@@dusty52267 We're not watching / commenting for D4... We're watching for DM...

[@thekvng201]

​@@dusty52267You can avoid gatekeeping consumers who comment just like you on a video about D4. The game is bad right now AGAIN and bashing someone else who has that opinion is not the way to go.

[@KingSwaeLi]

Great breakdown and response DM

[@Hoigwai]

Every D4 streamer that I have watched clearly stated that they were flown out to try the class and how much time they had hands-on. This is a nothing burger. I have not crashed once. I had 2 disconnects and I have not seen a single streamer singing praises about the season. Everyone has said it's good but not perfect. Dude is click-chasing. I play on PC.

[@IXxhpnotiqxXI]

All the people crashing are on console. Typical PC gamer who thinks their platform is all there is. DM (who is PC by the way) agreed with made biker about the crashes. You're glazing Blizz and your PC so hard I can see the cum dripping down your lips HOLY

[@jomokous]

I'm crashing with cross play on, but not when I turn it off.

[@aceman5125]

Thank you for this video Brother..stay real😎👍

[@draklordd]

worst part is you can't trust any steamer there support blizzard there games have become trash so much lately diablo 4 is a joke overwatch getting banned by leave a quick match like wtf starcraft is dead even that many players want it to continue world of warcraft it's the same over and over and the keep nerf the wrong specs/classes all the time and now the will give us a remaster/remake of warcraft 1 and 2 where is warcraft 4 at people have be ask for all most 20 years now!!! blizzard have become a failer company

[@Kroclo]

Always nice to see your balanced approach, interesting points but agree can not label other streamers for having different opinions or assume it is due to a flight out or hand shake agreement.

[@MrT-hs6su]

I played for 3 weeks straight for this season. Longer than I made it on all previous seasons other than game release. Only reason I enjoyed it, was because there was finally a class that just felt so good to play. The bugs made the class even more fun. Like yeah, way overtuned compared to other classes, but it is so much more enjoyable to play when you’re rewarded for your grind.

[@chiefkikyerass7188]

Free advertising and marketing is definitely a form of payment, so yes. your getting paid !

[@Electrichead64]

He aint wrong.

[@Jeromi1i]

I don't blindly trust anyone that aren't my family or personal friends. But I highly respect your opinion because while watching your videos one thing is perfectly clear and that is that you try to be fair and honest and are open to conversations. I mean even in this video you're doing your best to be transparent and trying to have a conversation with someone that clearly isn't interested in having one. The fact he's turned comments off is evidence of that but also within his right to do. I don't wish any ill will towards him but I also wouldn't take his criticisms seriously. You keep doing you man, much love brother.

[@LonestarPogi]

None of these streamers can be trusted.

[@johnmaynard3245]

FWIW, always appreciate your balanced perspectives. Keep doing your thing DM!

[@CryptoKeeper36]

He turned comments off because he can dish it out but can't take it. He couldn't handle his errors being pointed out.

[@jrwoiderski]

Wow. Really, REALLY good content and discussion. Well done.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

I feel like if that guy has a monetized channel and is making ad revenue on HIS videos.... then using that same arguement, you can just say he is saying whatever to get views and ads.... I don't have any problem with Darth at all... Always has seemed to be pretty straight-up to me. Going to events or receiving merch or whatever to review doesn't mean you've been bought. Thanks Darth... love ya, bud.

[@DanielMillband]

Love how you take this head on, much respect DM 🤙

[@Matt88g]

I watch a lot of diablo streamers and they have all criticized the game every season, I dont know a single streamer who says everything is great.

[@seraphimipx2611]

i love how cool-headed you go into these things! very polite and smart. just cut the guy some slack, he doesn’t know better and in the end it is also his frustration that gets through. in reality we all know how messed up d4 is and that it is a mere shadow of what it could have been. we all know the reasons for that and we are all dealing with it individually. in the end it is an industry and we know that the industry does not care about us individually. wether you are a developer, a streamer, a 50+ year old traditional gamer or a 13 year old roblox player… we all just play a part in not being able to change the gears behind this game.

[@AoElena]

You handled this so well. 🎉

[@kolbyprime]

The DLC campaign had so much potential. I wanted to like it. But beyond the cinematics, it was underwhelming and hated the fact it ends on a cliffhanger.

[@Alexanderthegreat159]

I love how your thumbnail says don't trust them, and one of the arrows are pointing at you.😂

[@thehighestcree]

I love how honest you where about this

[@domnicneo3891]

We of the social media must be responsible for our own opinions and behaviours.. I declare that I willingly chosen to be a customer of blizzards Diablo franchises.. no one other then myself can be responsible for my participations. Streams offer information for me to consume and to make my own choices. I do not and will not support justice by social media as it is and will be a kangaroo court if anyone decides to shift their responsibilities to others. Thanks all streamers for your good work on your journalism. It had helped me as a consumer to make my choices. loves !

[@phzx]

I expected him to start with "You know what brother"

[@QQWoLPHie]

I don't know what people are saying this never happened on other seasons. I've had memory leaks since the launch. a 4090 no other game has a problem.

[@rickfowler273]

No one online told me to play Season 06 or buy it. I did that all on my own and was excited for it. Didn’t know about SB being so OP until a week into the Expac.

[@Clevo89]

I'm glad you explained things from your PoV. Streamers can't win in this symbiotic scenario . However, there is gossip going around the Maxroll streamers are paid beyond a free trip. The same arguments are made about journalists on Commercial Mainstream media where they need to be careful about what and how they report on certain topics if it could jeopardise an income stream. Politicians come under the same sort of scrutiny when it comes to upgrades on flights and other gifts (donations) from interest and/or lobby geoups (current topic here in Australia). The point being...if you offered free trips, sent gifts etc one is less likely to give blunt assessments. At the end of the day streamers are going to do what attracts their audience. I do have to say that D4 streamers tend to be seen as the marketing arm of Blizzard. Not sure if I completely see it that way as there's a bit of scratching each others backs in a sense that streamers use Blizzard content for profit....something not usually allowed in other sectors for copyright reasons. Blizzard see the benefit of streamers having fun playing their games so turn a blind eye to that. Anyway....you explanation does put my cynicism to ease.... or...did Blizzard pay you to make this one (just jokin'). Cheers.

[@D2modplayer1]

Rhykker is the only streamer I see in the thumbnail regularly. He does great ARPG news so is a must see, he even covers stuff other creators miss. He is somewhat of a fan boy, but he always announces the community dislike of things regardless of his own opinion, and I find him consistent and reliable. He isn't guilty for any of the things this guy mentioned. He did say that D4 is in the best state ever, and he was excluding crashes and seasonal content. I haven't even played and objectively I agree, as the game has come along way. He specifically said the expansion is half baked when it comes to content and he and others are disappointed in that regard. One of the reasons I've not played is watching Asmongold and Rhykker talk about the inconsistency and growing pains of the game and how it is a new game every 3-6 months. I may skip the expansion and play more than 10 hours total next year on that expansion regardless of what people say about it to get a full experience of the 2 originally planned DLC's (we may not get more and Blizzard claimed not long ago D5 is in the works or will come alot sooner than we expect). And then I can pickup the title on sale. I got 30 dollars off the base game. Right now I want to purchase the Warcraft battlechest! They are supporting Warcraft reforged again to make it better and it includes remasters of WC1 and WC2!

[@chiefkikyerass7188]

The main reason D4 sux and always has. Is the streamers have too much influence on the game content..Facts people

[@Faenwolf]

Worked as a games journalist for a couple of years myself. You get invited all the time to events online and offline. This is nothing new. I also did attend events by Blizzard back in the day. They are usually pretty chill and do not try to influence your coverage so directly. I have seen other publishers trying to pull off such things and have heard of bribery but I think that in this specific case the content creators do a fine job of conveying their honest opinion about the add on and new season without being biased by their exclusive event. Just my two cents.

[@Muppet-kz2nc]

i think you're missing part of the point on going on trips is to meet the developers and build 1on1 relationships, which can be of higher value long term that the immediate value of the trip.

[@procrastinathor4594]

"Tell me you are salty about not being invited to the spirit born, without telling me you are salty about not being invited to the spirit born

[@scottishmau5]

I’ve had game crashes since launch and the whole rubber banding across the maps still happens from time to time but still absolutely loving this game, also biker mentioned the walkers not showing up i also get the world bosses timer showing but boss not showing on map unless i log in and out Also i love your channel but only know you through Diablo 😅

[@Coooley]

Just because Blizzard offers incentives to streamers doesn't mean they can't be trusted. I was offered a paid promotion from Blizzard, but wasn't able to release the full video because of controversial subjects mentioned in it. So, I just turned it down. But the content that WAS released was fully true to both Blizzard and my own team's standards. The real truth here is, people think that other streamers are ONLY successful because they've done something devious. When really, they're just good at what they do and know who they are. They're real. They're relatable. And that's why people like them. Streamers need to look for inspirations and not excuses.

[@indigoeadie6169]

Thought I was tripping when i heard the Kerning city theme in the intro lol

[@strolenswifttoranzo9528]

I started watching your content because i saw a clip of the end of one of your videos saying "I don't care if you subscribe do what you do." or something of that nature. Keep killin it DM. I DL'd twitch just to watch you. glhf.

[@MrGeneralScar]

I was going to comment on that guy's video, but he turned off the comments by the time the algorithm showed it to me. I am not a streamer and therefore I can only go off what I saw from those who did get to test the Spiritborn. Firstly it was a level 30 character with a pre defined build, presumably with only enough skill points to cover 30 levels plus all the Altars of Lillith and those new shrines in Nahantu from the zone rep thing. So what is that, about 38 points maybe. I dont even think that is enough to unlock the key passive, or if it is you can only just barely get there. How many of the bugs with Spiritborn are linked to paragon points and legendary nodes and how they interract with other skills? If you were to take away half the skill points and not spend any Paragon at all right now in the game. How many of the bugs could you even possibly trigger to make the Spiritborn OP? My guess is very few if not none, so how the streamers could have seen those bugs on a level 30 capped Spiritborn character with a predefined build is beyond me. I guess that dude who made the video didnt think that far through before dribbling his nonsense all over youtube. As for the crashes, yeah the game does appear to have a memory leak, but I think its had some form of memory leak since launch. My rig doesnt run out of RAM, but the game often gets to a point usually in a load screen at some time where it just crashes, this happens at about 15GB RAM usage. For my system of 64GB its nowhere near close to maxing the RAM, but I guess the game engine just cant handle it. Often when I go to login, when you get to the Logging in screen with the round swirly animation, most times that feezes at downloading data and the game stops responding (I have 1gbps fiber internet). If I am patient it gets past it after 30 seconds or so. That said, sometimes it just doesnt get past it and the game refuses to use more than 400MB of memory and doesnt load in. At the beginning of Season 6, it almost always never got in and the game would crash. But as the patches have rolled out, it seems to get past that point much more frequently and faster, but it still hangs there for a bit and sometimes still gets flagged by windows as a not responding application. Its clear they have some pretty inefficient code in the game, and garbage collection isnt working properly. But its likely because during development the higher ups forced the coders to push the game out fast and the core base of the game is so horribly inefficient that trying to fix it post launch is really hard as they have to recode large chunks of the underlying framework which has to be done very delicately as to not destroy the inner workings of the game. Its always better to take the time to code things properly and not have to go back, but bean counters and share holders/executives dont understand that, they understand lack of coin from seasonal content only. The best seasonal mechanic I have played so far for me would be Season 2... The green helltides, man I wished they just kept those in the game as permanent events. I know they changed helltides to be a lot like them, but what I found fun is when the vampires started stalking you, and they kept stalking you even in other content like nightmare dungeons. I found that the more of the shards that I piled up on my toon the more I would encounter those tougher vampire packs just spawning on me in a NMD. Once I got 2 packs of those spawn on me when I was fighting the Butcher, my build at the time was an AOE build so the butcher after all the trash died was taking a bit of time to get down, then 6 of those things jumped on me and all of a sudden I firstly almost died as I wasnt expecting it, then with the extra targets I ended up smashing both the butcher and those other guys, but was left with 0 health potions left. It was a load of fun, other than that one thing (probably the only thing) that I miss from D3 is the kill streaks that give XP bonuses, and the contrainer smashing streaks, that feature alone made me want to go out and smash demons more, and it made conduit shrines more fun to zap containers... That said the D3 conduit shrine wasnt as ill conceived as the D4 one.

[@sagacious-nv6zt]

Classic case of someone calling people out without actually knowing how the base business structure works and making assumptions and throwing around terminology that they don't really understand. You were very nice and charitable about it.

[@rdbuckels]

I play on a laptop, and I haven't noticed any increase in crashes. They seem to be in line with most online platforms, imho.

[@PopeyesBiscuit-c6n]

Having exclusivity for some streamers is a cancer. Give access to everyone to these early access events to make everything transparent.

[@crossfitnerd1085]

I think he’s salty that he didn’t get the invite.

[@wkeyski5455]

That guy’s video is so absurd to me because my biggest issue with Diablo youtubers has been that I feel like they are overly negative about a game I enjoy. That’s actually one of the main reasons I gravitated towards your content in Season 0, DM. It pissed me off that some of these other content creators were dunking on the game for things I enjoyed about it, and I disliked how it was ruining the enjoyment of some of my friends who were more impressionable. To name names: Asmongold basically left me with no friends on the game because he convinced them they should dislike the game and not aspire to hit level 100. When I discovered you, you were just innovating with the Druid at the time, and I thought that was cool. Keep doing you, DM. I’ve only had 2 crashes on my Series X thus far this season btw, so I feel like he’s blowing that complaint out of the water a bit. Obviously I’m excited for the Spiritborn to be fixed so I won’t feel like I have to play it, but if I’m feeling down on the game I’m not going to be seeking out content for it, so why should content creators just shove negativity down my throat when I’m seeking out said content?

[@mtrapani68]

Sounds like he is trying to appeal to Blizzard to include him in future trips.