Blizzard Bans Biggest WoW Streamer For Real Money Trading: “I Didn’t Do Anything Wrong!”
Blizzard has banned Asmongold in World of Warcraft and for a long time. The streamer knows exactly why this happened.
Every now and then there are waves of bans in World of Warcraft, in which numerous players are blocked. Most of the time there are scammers, unfriendly players who tend to be insulting or those who offer boosting for real money in the game.
Now it has just caught the biggest streamer on WoW: Asmongold was banned in World of Warcraft.
What is this ban? In his stream, Asmongold stated that he was banned from World of Warcraft until September 13, 2022 – exactly 30 days. According to an email from Blizzard that Asmongold reads in the stream, he was banned for involvement in “Real Money Trading” (RMT) — paying or performing in-game services for real money.
Such RMT services are forbidden – other than boosting against gold, which is allowed.
What does Asmongold have to say about this? Apparently he is quite relaxed and seems to be very sure that his account will be activated again. In the stream he emphasizes several times that the allegations against him are quite absurd. Although he often “memes” around, he was never involved in RMT services.
In fact, he even jokes about the whole thing:
I want to thank you Blizzard. Thanks a lot for this. This is awesome clickbait to use on YouTube. You guys obviously screwed it up and really didn’t mean to ban me, but my editors are going to take advantage of that and cannibalize it for views on YouTube. Exactly how I’m doing it right now.
Later, Asmongold also reads Blizzard’s email. It says:
This account has been suspended for promoting or being actively involved in the purchase or sale of PvP or PvE achievements or achievements with real money.
Asmongold had to grin quite a bit when reading the mail when he quoted that “this decision was not taken lightly” and that it only came about “after examining the evidence”. In the stream he mocks it clearly sarcastically:
Can you imagine that? ‘All the evidence?’ I’m sure they have, um… I’m sure they have a lot of evidence. Absolutely.
After that he becomes a little more serious and speaks clearly:
I don’t run an RMT. I know I’ve joked a lot now – but I don’t and never have RMT. That didn’t happen and there’s absolutely no reason why I should do that.
His reasoning goes on that he never needed to pay real money to put himself at risk like this – he makes so much money that he could have just bought WoW Tokens to convert them to gold and then legally use gold for such services to be able to pay if it had been necessary.
Asmongold’s biggest concern seems to be losing his gladiator mount, which he has spent many nights earning. Asmongold is considered one of the greatest mount collectors in World of Warcraft, and collecting his mounts is something he’s clearly proud of. It is always a big topic for him in the stream.
How likely is that? Even if Asmongold continues to divide the community and many hope that the ban will remain in place, that seems unlikely. In the stream, Asmongold already showed the reactions of some experienced PvP players in World of Warcraft, who were also wrongly banned and whose ban has already been lifted.
Asmongold’s argument that he will probably be the last person to ever run “RMT” also sounds valid – as one of the largest streamers with numerous subscribers, several advertising contracts and even his own computer company, he is unlikely to depend on such deals be. After all, he earns about $60,000 a month from his Twitch subscriptions alone – plus advertising revenue and donations.
So it can be assumed that Asmongold will get his WoW account back in the next few days, should it not turn out that he was involved in real-money deals.
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