Can you please make a streamer discussion forum

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Streamers were not around during vanilla. As a sane, reasonable adult I will never watch a video of someone else playing playing a video game. This forum has been taken over about a factually non-classic thing and actual, relevant and pertinent classic discussion is being smothered.

I’m not saying they should be banned, or not allowed, or anything. I am just saying enough is enough. Give these kids their own forum to where they can discuss people tapping themselves watching video games, and the people who watch videos of people playing video games to their hearts content. Just separate from this forum, which is supposed to be about discussing Classic WoW.

Please, for the love of God - stop this insanity.

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Yeah, only punk kids watch streamers!

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Why so? Just because streaming wasn’t a thing back then doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be discussed.

Are we also going to ban the use of Discord in classic guilds and force everyone to use Ventrilo? Force people to use Thottbot for quest guides? We don’t have to be stuck in the past about everything.

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All you’ve really done here is just add another streamer complaint thread to the forum.

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I got a better one. Let us in the game so we can play it and get off the forums.

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Don’t blame the kids. It’s Blizzard who made the beta all about streamers. Besides the 72 hour stress test period over the course of the summer, Blizzard has designated the streamers as the gatekeepers of Classic WoW content.

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Really? I remember watching YouTube compilation videos and pvp videos on Warcraft movies.

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Discuss them in the Streamer forum. Why filth up Classic discussion with this nonsense when you could have your own special forum for streamers and their special audiences?

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I feel like this is more of an attack on people who enjoy watching Twitch than posts on a forum lol.

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If you idiots would stop posting about them we wouldn’t be discussing them. It’s only people complaining about them who make these childish posts.

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I suppose you don’t watch sports either. Why watch others play when you can play yourself, right?

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I definitely wouldn’t call them punks. They would be the opposite of punks. I think special is more accurate.

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you idiots realize streamers make up a small percentage of beta testers right? like the minority…so small in comparison to everyone who was invited…its a beta, not a full release, get over it and stop crying like a little bi@#h. I didn’t get an invite but big deal, it comes out in august. If you cant wait that long and want to complain on a forum online about it rethink your life.

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Not gonna lie…I’d be down to use Vent again…Thottbot was ok, but WoWhead was always my preference :stuck_out_tongue:

In all seriousness…I’m tired of all the anti-streamer/pro-streamer threads too…but they and their watchers have as much right to come on the classic forum to discuss classic stuff (even if it’s about a stream that their preferred streamer did of Classic). Now if they come in here talking about BFA or another game, then yeah, you have a leg to stand on. Freedom of speech works both ways.

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I watch sports. What I don;t watch is pee wee football players, or a softball team of slobs play. I watch actual professionals do things I never could. Or, my kids - I watch them for support because I would be a sucky parent if I didn’t.

The amount of videos of pro-level competitive players going toe-to-toe is factually far less than 1% of all streaming videos. And that stat was from years and years ago, so it is probably a fraction of a percentage now.

I smoke, I’m in my 40s, and have dad bod out the wazoo - just thinking about exerting myself playing sports is exhausting. I can easily play easy video games myself. I enjoy playing video games - so like an sane, reasonable person I do what I enjoy.

Your analogy is false, bad, and silly. What you guys do is the equivalent of watching someone watch a movie or read a book.

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People who watch streamers do so for the streamer’s personality more than the actual gameplay.

The main selling point is the streamer, not the gameplay.

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I don’t really agree with the OP, but this is untrue. People often make posts, more than one usually, when a streamer does something “major”. Its true that any piece of news will often be posted, and reposted, but a lot of it isnt news at all. Its not just “i hate streamers” threads.

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So, instead of playing the game you presumably are interested in yourself, you watch videos of someone with a better personality do it? I guess that makes sense. Wait, nope. It doesn’t. Playing a game has nothing to do with anyone’s personality besides maybe a character in the actual game.

And before people tell wow is in beta so they can’t - most of the videos of people playing video games are not in beta, and this will continue after beta, and a million other obvious things.

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It’s almost as if old quotes come into play even in this discussion:

“There’s no such thing as bad publicity .” - P.T. Barnum

Meaning " The trick is to generate enough publicity — bad or good."

And you’re doing it splendidly, I think Asmongold got another 50 subs just from this thread. :laughing:

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Well, good for whoever that is. I hope Blizzard rewards him and his special fans with their own special forum where they can watch each other walk and chew bubblegum, and then type about it.