An important note, Asmon has way more hair than me.
This video is purely for fun and entertainment purposes. Im actually a fan of Asmongolds and i wish the best for him.
Join me as we delve into the intriguing world of Final Fantasy XIV and explore the contentious relationship between the FFXIV community and popular content creator Asmongold. In this video, we’ll uncover the reasons behind the animosity and delve into the various criticisms leveled against Asmongold by FFXIV players. From controversial opinions to perceived slights, we’ll examine the nuances of this ongoing debate and offer insights into the perspectives of both sides. Whether you’re a seasoned FFXIV player or a curious observer, this deep dive into community dynamics promises to shed light on an intriguing aspect of the gaming world. Tune in to discover why the FFXIV community has such strong feelings about Asmongold, and join the conversation with your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!
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From what I see it's just either another phase/game hopping from one to another, which is pretty normal for a streamer. Or dude just like playing other games while not streaming.
Asmon just wants to chill. It's why he literally barely ever uses the Asmongold channel anymore and just plays unmonetized on Zackrawrr. He doesn't need money, or any game. He hardly even plays WoW anymore, either, and WoW andies have always held the majority of his audience.
I'm glad he tried FFXIV. I don't think he was ever going to be a FFXIV streamer, tho, nor do I think the game needs a savior so to speak. Hell, FFXIV fans literally just crashed the Dawntrail preorder site with sheer overload. The game is still growing, though it would be dumb to not give the man his due–Asmon playing FFXIV triggered this growth. If he wasn't the pilot light, he was the gasoline that set everything ablaze.
If he never comes back to the game, he still had a tremendously positive impact on it. If he does, it'll be on his terms and at his pace. Either way, I don't think we'll ever see Asmon become a one-game andy ever again.
FFXIV did one thing to repay Asmon for the bump, tho: it set him free to become a true variety streamer. He now knows that he doesn't need WoW, XIV, or any game to draw an audience, and it seems like he's happier that way. XIV showed him and everyone else that his appeal can spread beyond a single community, and that he can draw in the numbers he wants no matter what he plays.
dude im still playing FFXIV since I come in 2021 because of him, I love this game, but he plays multiple games I love his content to
I don't play FFXIV of WoW so I don't have a dog in the fight between the fandoms. I think the reason is mainly he ran his mouth talked alot of shit about how good he was then became a full time react streamer. To be fair it's hard to blame him since everyone would do the same given the choice. Being a react streamer and stealing other peoples content and making millions is everyone's dream job so between doing that and getting shit on all stream for being bad at a video game you can see which path is more desirable between the two.
Damn I forgot Lost Ark even existed. Whew those were some boring ass streams. Even doing the regular amount of react content and playing other games like Elden Ring… if that trash(lost ark) wasn't wasting so much of his time he prob could have gotten over that Stormblood hump and finished the MSQ. Done some ultimates, and then could hop on the game every expansion launch and do his typical two week grind before bouncing like he does for WoW.
It's totally normal to just chill on FF14 with it in the background while you're doing other content like reacts. So I don't "hate" him for doing that. Other FF14 streamers do the same thing. If all you do is just play one game over and over it will always be boring. So my only issue is that he didn't back up his promises. Talked all this talk and didn't walk the walk. The devs, other FF streamers, and the community rolled out the red carpet for him and he just ghosted. Yeah there are some rabid FF control freaks around (like how dare he enjoy the golden saucer or not give a shit about some npc dying) but every mmo community has a trashy toxic side to it, you just ignore em. I don't buy the excuse that the "toxic" crowd scared him away. Half his chat is toxic and obnoxious no matter what he does and he still streams.
I never hated Asmongold playing the game. If he ever wanted to come and nobody was gonna tell him otherwise. I'm glad though FF14 helped him try other games and broaden his horizons. FF14 and WoW have very different design philosophies though and different communities. Both have good qualities and bad qualities. I just prefer FF14 over WoW.
The FF14 community suffocated him. You guys were so oppressive and hateful just because of how he played a game. And don't forget the furry community who wanted his head on a stick b4 he even touched the game.
About 5 months into Endwalker the Johnny Depp / Amber Heard Trial happened. Like a lot of streamers at the time Asmongold covered it. The audience he picked up from that trial tends to lean more right wing and you can see in his react content now he caters to that. The money is less in actually playing a video game now and in watching the videos covering the various "woke" controversies that come up with each new game being released.
He made a business decision once the Endwalker hype fell off that it was more lucrative to be a react streamer in the culture war and controversy section of gaming. Furthermore people who actually make the videos he reacts to in that space make money by churning out a large number of videos very fast so there is always something on Stellar Blade, Sweet Baby, Gaming Journalism bias, Translators vs AI etc for him to watch.
if someone gonna hate on Asmon the last thing should be the FFXIV streams, he says some wild or controversial things on stream every now and then and refuse to acknowledge
He was so sure he was going to get the Necromancer title, tried multiple times, couldn't do it, and rage quit shortly after that. Check the timeline
The man was literally the reason the devs had to get more servers
he stop playing ff because it wasn't toxic enough. he only thrives on toxic games
The MSQ vampires are the most insufferable turds this game has ever dookie'd out and this game dookies out a lot of dookie. Their mentally unstable and obsessive desire to see reactions to their favorite moments or live vicariously through them is so suffocating that I wouldn't blame any streamer who said they never wanted to touch the game again after getting ambushed by all those slobbering gremlins. They don't have any patience and are so bored that they'd rather sit around on stream instead of doing something else more productive and just watching the VoD later. I love the game but people are so weird and gross.
I think i speak for the FFXI fans when i say i love asmon. Glad hes not playing XIV.
I hated the comments about him just wasting time both in game and out. In game, he is a newb. He was learning a new game and trying to find enjoyment in the small things. This is just what newbies do. People were so rabid for him to get to their favorite parts that they ruined his new player experience. Those complaining about him wasting time outside of game are also dumb. Nobody is making you watch him. If you want to see him do something in Heavensward and he isn't even done with ARR stop wasting your own time by complaining that he is doing something other than getting back to the game you want him to play. He is a busy man and can do whatever he pleases. I would not be surprised if he never touched this game again. This community acts like addicts about this game. When they get what they want they are on a high and when they dont get it they go rabid and attack.
I was one of the WoW refugees that tried ffxiv around the same time as Asmon and I still play the game to this day.
I started a few weeks before him after listening to the positive videos from Belluar that he made on the game. I am fairly sure some of those videos also was the reason Asmon decided to try the game. So It was kinda a bizarre but positive experience to just be a little ahead of him and then see him react to what I had just seen a few days later.
Those days was some of the best and wholesome streams he ever did and the community both in game and in the chat was for the most part awesome.
But as someone that was there I completely understand why he stopped playing the game and why he won't come back anywhere in the nearest future since as time went on there were several factors and "factions" in chat and the community that grew worse with time.
Some of them being the following:
– Angry WoW fans.
– Overzealous FFXIV fans.
– Angry WoW fans pretending to be overzealous FFXIV fans.
– MSQ fans constantly telling him to hurry up and continue the msq.
– Raiding fans that told hi, to hurry up with the msq since they wanted to see him complete the current extremes/savages and Ultimates (he made himself the goal to do them all before the launch of Endwalker).
– The rapid approaching release of games like New World, Elden Ring and the launch of Endwalker he had set on his list to play only made the last two and the pressure to rush even worse.
All these things combined made it not a very pleasant environment even though he enjoyed the game itself. You can still see it to this day in his chat when FFXIV is mentioned there is always a few angry/hateful comments towards the game from people who still feel "betrayed" that he played it.
There was also not much hype to see him play it anymore since he actually did return to the game and started on Stormblood but it barely made a splash.
Asmons criticism is jsut what Xenos and Arthas said too and they have kpet criticizing it since they started playing. And guess what,? Yoshi P acknowledged and addressed that criticism and are aiming Dawntrail to provide solutions to that specifically…because they were right.
I think everybody who isn't directly his fan hates him. I hate him. Everybody I know that knows him hates him. What is there to say the man is a POS and being a react channel really doesn't help the idiot.
Another video claiming Asmongold did nothing wrong, why would the FFXIV community hate him? Fuck, I came from WoW, I liked the guy, but he's a little bitch. Talked a big game, acted like he was above this thing he came into, then got butt hurt when people didn't kiss his ass enough. The biggest thing he ever did was FFXIV and it will remain FFXIV. You can quote me.
Don't hate him, disappointed that he didn't get to the end of Endwalker but it is what it is. Whatever he decides to do I hope it goes well and he finds enjoyment with it.
I had no clue ff14 hated him and still didnt see a reason they would in this video.
I don't follow FFXIV social media or anything so I can't say for sure, but I think saying FFXIV players hate Asmongold is pretty hyperbolic. I imagine the vast majority don't even know or think about him on any sort of regular basis. And when they do, their opinion of him either way may not even have anything to do with his time in FFXIV.
I don't know why anyone would care if he plays FFXIV. It's not like they get a cut of the profits the game would make from the attention he would bring it. I mean, I get wanting to share something you like, but he obviously wasn't into it in one way or another. Either the game itself or the community he had to deal with. If it's the game, he's just not into it, that's just how it is. If it's the community, maybe it's 10 people or even 1000 people, insignificant to the total amount of players, but enough to sour the experience.
As a gamer I don't really hate Asmongold, I pretty much don't care what he does, he's free to play whatever game he wants and I'm happy for him if he does; I think he's pretty smart and talented obviously enough so to make a pretty decent career out of streaming.
But as an influencer I kind of find him irresponsible with the things that he says and often times he talks on topics that he's not really equipped to deal with, or doesn't really understand the full context of. I also think he cultivates a community of people that are very rabid about the topics that they enjoy and is sort of irresponsible in how he handles them. Like I don't necessarily hate the guy, I don't think he's the worst person on earth, and sometimes I even agree with him; I just think he could probably do better.
I love Asmon but I don't like WoW. His opinions on basically no MMO existing before WoW and they're all garbage is the dumbest shit ever. FFXI and EQ were both masterpieces and they both have a lot of the gameplay mechanics, elements, etc he constantly says he wants from games and he'll never get to experience them because WoW has completely rotted his brain. WoW was the worst thing to ever happen to MMOs.
As a FFXIV player,
Who's asmongold?
This myassisgold guy makes is just a sad sad man but your right. It's a business First
IT IS WHAT IT IS ASMONBALD BALDGOLD
i started playing 14 because of my friend (wow player) who started playing because of asmon. I'm still going strong xD
Mmorpg tribalism is absolutely nuts. Its remarkable how easily people are triggered by someone disliking something.
I love the shade at the desperate stream ladies 😂 1:36
What shit video.
He caused me to have que times for logging in when i did not have them before . Is that not reason enough to loath the man?
That was sarcasm for the stupid people in the back btw.
i wish asmon would play the game again ofc, but he has no responsibility towards it and can do whatever the frick he wants. i love the game, but talking to people who play other MMOs after trying ffxiv, the game just isnt for everyone and THAT'S FINE.
As part of the FFXIV community, I like Asmon ^_^
This is the first time I heard FF14 players hating Asmongold, of course some would like to see him play again but most people are grateful he brought an injection of new players along with him.
I don't think anyone hates Asmongold, and those that profess that they do are more than likely trolls. The only thing I'll say is that Asmongold is the only creator I know who will say in one stream "I don't give a fuck about story" and then bitch about the writing in WoW in another stream. It's like for fuck's sake, which is it? The man is at best inconsistent in his views, and that can leave one such as myself as indifferent to the guy.
I think Asmongold really likes talking about shit he doesn't understand, and for some reason people watching him try to take those opinions seriously, like he isn't a moron in literally every subject except WoW and maybe, being a streamer. He played FFXIV as a business decision, with the purpose of making content. Problem is base game is the most single player portion of the entire thing, and it's normal for people to advice WoW players to skip along until at least HW, where there's more content to do with friends, but he insisted on playing every small bit of the oldest and least MMO player friendly segment, because if he doesn't he's just wasting content opportunities, then got tired and instead of just being like "hey man it's just not for me, I'm not enjoying it" he proceeded to, as previously mentioned, speak a lot of shit about things he does not understand, trying to dress his opinions up as facts, and that pissed people off. Cos if you really like something you don't want to see it misrepresented by someone you respect. But once more, he's a moron with a platform that loves sharing his thoughts, and for some reason people try to take those thoughts seriously outside of the two subjects that he's at all reliable about.