Go back to tv if you think people can only take in media through retinas.
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SSHHHHHH donât say anything positive about content creators here! Donât you know theyâre the devil and (checks notes) greedy flip floppers and (checks notes again) toxic!!
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It just comes across to me as gimmicky, and I never much cared for those sort of things.
Iâm older though too and donât have the desire to spend my time keeping up with the cool kids.
Let us get things for our game in our game.
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Respectfully, I disagree. However, none of this has to do with the OP. And Iâm gonna cease talking about it before we derail further.
Diablo and hearthstone cross promotions say hi 
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Thatâs just how modern business works. Content creators are pretty big in the gaming industry because it helps sell the game more.
Watching people play video games is silly to me as well, yes.
However, rewarding it gives Blizzard a very tangible advertising boost, so thatâs kind of a no-brainer.
news flash, you do not have to sit there and watch a stream unblinking for 4 hours and only doing that. you very much just turn it on, turn down the volume, and then tab out to something else
Upset about something so trivial?
If you want the stuff, just reduce volume and minimise a tab at 160p.
Worst case scenario, you forget itâs there and that dreaded streamer gets a little more view rating out of you.
Either way, not a big deal and you got your stuff.
Or just donât worry about the stuff and not have a twitch account period.
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To be honest, i can see where youâre coming from, i much rather these loot drops be in the game via by secert vendors and such, tbh.
The thing is, Blizzard do this because of free advertising. (Iâm not saying thatâs a good thing for us gamers, itâs a good thing for them, Blizzard and the content creators.) Personally to me, if i donât see a tangible benefit of spending my time (Even if itâs free) on something like that, i wouldnât really do it. And i donât consider getting a mount (an item to a game) to be a real tangible benefit.
Until the day where watching Twitch gives me a monthâs worth of Free Gamepass, no thanks.
Thatâs still creating content for people to watch.
Unless youâre also dismissing the guide makers for the sake of consistency, since by your logic, they are just simply copy/pasting a written guide into their video.
Well that is your subjective opinion. 
No, I think this post and anyone with this mindset is ridiculous
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It generates interest in the game, I guess, as promotional material. I donât have a problem with it (considering that I benefit from it).
Rewarding players for watching someone else play the game is a bit weird. Wouldnât it be better to reward the people actually playing the game? I understand itâs an advertisement but I feel like having a special/secret questline would be kind of cool.
Others have posted here about setting it up and tabbing out to do something else, theyâre not watching it but getting rewards, which is pointless just give the rewards to those playing the game directly.
Iâm not sure how blizzard are getting an advertising boost. People who play wow know about it and those watching the streamer tabbed out doing something else.
Twitch metrics track how many people are watching streamers play any given game.
More people watching WoW streamers = higher ranking for WoW on Twitch = free advertising
I watch some streams, and thereâs a variety of reasons! Either theyâre entertaining, provide a level of insight or are very skilled at what they do! (Speedrunners, challenge runs, etc.)
I understand to some the concept of streamers is an unusual one. Iâm certain the TV was treated to the same sort of scrutiny when it was first released! Streaming is, more and more, becoming a mainstream method for virtual entertainment, and that trend is going to continue going upwards!
As for rewards being tied to these streams, I think itâs fine, and maybe youâll like the stream and itâs community too! Wow!
I think itâs because there are so many old people that play WoW that feel the need to trash everything they donât personally like or understand.
Indeed. But why? This is pointless you really havenât earned the rewards all you did was +1 on the persons viewer count. That shouldnât be rewarded.
Make the rewards based on achievement score or hours played per character or something, not on something that someone else is doing that you need to watch them do to âearnâ a reward.
They should put redemption codes in AARP magazine for the mount and offer senior discounts on subs. Enough advertising to young people!
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