New xpac is coming out and Blizzard is trying to get us to watch other people play it instead of us playing it ourselves?
Edit: and PAY other people to watch it…
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It is amazing how they even come up with this crap.
Srsly, wth?
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I don’t really care at all about the gifting/sub requirement… it’s 10$ and a pet… my only complaint would be that list they posted is massive and full of people that don’t even seem to stream anymore. It’s definitely going to be easier to just open twitch on Nov 28 and find a good one.
So stoked to have been chosen and so happy to see so many familiar names on the list 
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Oh good, so Now I have to waste bandwidth for 4 hours AND give money to some insufferable twunt who has no real life skills
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Pet isn’t free.
Why is there streams on the list who haven’t recently stream wow, I thought we were supposed to be supporting streams who are streaming Dragonflight/wow Content. I don’t mind Supporting a Streamers, I do it all the time. What I do mind is seeing that some streams that were selected to do not stream wow.
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Not just talking about the pet.
Sounds a lot like RMT…
Drops is one thing; requiring you to buy from a third party is another.
Edit to add:
Don’t forget the fine print -
Please note that the campaign will begin on November 28, 2022, at 3:00 PM (PST). Any subscriptions purchased before the above start time will NOT be counted towards the campaign. Any subscriptions purchased while the channel is not live streaming World of Warcraft with the category set to “World of Warcraft” also will NOT be counting towards the campaign.
Make sure the channel is on the list, currently streaming, AND set up right or you get nothing.
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As one of the streamers that made the list, being very small and streaming for fun and when I can. I literally screamed when I saw I got accepted into it. I hope everyone does decide they want the pet enough to watch whoever got accepted, this only gives smaller streamers just a slight push and maybe you’ll find someone you enjoy watching.
~Thanks Blizz <3
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I was the same I scrolled down the list fingers crossed that I made it… And I did (Thank You Blizzard!!!). I am a very small Streamer with only 97 Followers and I average about 5 to 11 Viewers Per Stream depending on the game.
Like I Play a lot of games (So Technically I am classed as a “Variety Streamer” not a “WoW Streamer”. But I do play some WoW on Occasions. So We should all enjoy some wow content and earn the Dragon Mount for watching 4 hrs of a WoW Streamer and if you can Support an Eligible Streamer to get the Pet 
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Congratulations to all the streamers who got on the list, big or small, full time or hobby. Many of them are actually great people who have built communities and provide entertainment for very little return. For those on here being toxic, you would be surprised how wrong you can be about some of our streaming community out there. They love the game just as much as you do and it’s nice to see them supported.
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Happy to see smaller streamers being selected. Only thing I’m not a fan of for this campaign is that they tied into the same timeframe as the feldrake mount drop. Already seen people confused on if they needed to subscribe or follow for regular twitch drops. During the time period for the sub pet, I hope people actually read the article and don’t think they’ll receive it by just selecting any streamer for the subs.
$10 is not free.
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Some of these responses are so bad… people would rather pay $25 for a pet in the store instead of spending $5 on a sub or gifting 2 to the streamers community. I was looking forward to this opportunity as a streamer who has been live since 2014 but still averages 1.1 viewers with me being the 1. I’ve streamed WoW content for thousands of hours for the simple reason of letting people see account progression and cosmetic unlocks while just chilling and having a good time talking to literally myself… after seeing these replies and how sh*t the community is, I’ll pass on this opportunity. 95% of streamers don’t make anything and just stream for the community.
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How about we support MVPs, community council members or people on the forums. Like hey respond to 100 questions by a supported member of the online community here and get a XYZ gift
I watch twitch players sparingly and only recently because of the drops and the title.
It’s my understanding with how Twitch Drops works is that it’s a transaction between the two companies/organization/whatever, Twitch doesn’t let people do it for free. They want their cut for the deal.
Blizzard putting up a pet that you have to give subs to Streamers to earn (therefore Twitch takes a cut and makes profit) fulfills their part of the agreement.
… and that’s without getting into the absolute crap fest that happens every friggin time Blizz does a charity event, like always being accused to pocketing the money, last time was the “best” with people on a crusade to prove Doctors Without Borders was a fake charity Blizz made up in order to take everyone’s money.
As a Twitch affiliate I can say your view makes the average streamer $0.0001 an hour. Ad revenue is absolutely negligible unless you’re a 1k+ average viewer streamer.
And yes this is marketing, a lot more people watch Twitch than play WoW. Incentivizing and boosting streamers that play their game means the game gets more exposure, especially from people that don’t already play. It’s a lot more efficient use of a marketing budget than say television ads.
Because it’s about marketing. Doing it for MvPs or anyone else on the forums doesn’t get them new/returning players.
Oh wow, do folks still get like 50% of the subscriptions? I recall one streamer saying (awhile ago when I used to watch) they got around $2.5 for a $5 sub.
Yes that’s obvious, but the general audience of Twitch is gamers. If this is about getting folks eyes on WoW, well, lots of streamers stream World of Warcraft without any incentive from Blizzard because they love the game. World of Warcraft is typically near the top of games being streamed because it’s one of if not the largest MMO.
I think this is an experiment to see how many folks get this pet to see how successful the program is. It’s Blizzard trying to get more folks streaming WoW, but of the streamers I clicked on (a whole five of them), most seemed to already have WoW as their primary game.
Regular twitch drops already drive traffic to streamers. But having to subscribe or gift two subs to a streamer to get a pet? I don’t see how Blizzard is benefitting.
They could have made this a regular drop and the streamer would already benefit from folks going to their channel to watch for the drop.
I mean if I just want the pet and have no interest in watching streamers, I pop into a stream, gift two subscriptions, get my code and then head out. Did that really benefit the streamer? I’m not certain how engagement metrics are for twitch. But you’re not getting a recurring viewer. It’s a one time purchase and then they’re gone.
That doesn’t seem like it’s benefitting the streamer aside from a short term thing.