Blizzard Permanently Bans Players Griefing Asmongold In WoW Classic Hardcore

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Activision Blizzard has a lot on its plate at the moment. With the UK's CMA blocking the company's acquisition by Microsoft, all hands are probably working on appealing the decision. You can imagine that everybody at the company is on edge, as, should the appeal fail, the deal could be blocked for the next ten years.

While it's the lawyers and the top brass that are primarily working on the deal and the appeal, the stress and anxiety will no doubt be felt within the rank and file. So, when World of Warcraft: Classic players started giving streamer Asmongold a hard time, Blizzard's moderation team didn't hesitate to dole out capital punishment.

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WoW Classic Hardcore is a community created challenge, where players must permanently delete their character, should they die in-game. The challenge isn't official yet, so the whole thing is based on the honour system. But the community has been using Bloodsail Buccaneers in North America and Hydraxian Waterlords in Europe as servers for this challenge (thanks, PCGamesN).

So, when Asmongold decided to attempt the WoW Classic Hardcore challenge, he was obviously met with other players griefing him. As you'd expect, dozens of players followed the streamer around for the entire run. Many even sniped enemies from under him to deny him the experience. Others changed their names to something untasteful.

However, Asmongold's hardcore run finally came to an end when a player summoned an enemy too strong for the streamer, whose character was killed in one shot. He was relatively calm about it, but spoke about how Blizzard needs to improve its moderation. He himself used to be a griefer and got away with it many