Twitch Streamer Asmongold Briefly Banned from World of Warcraft
Popular Twitch streamer, Asmongold, talks about his recent ban in World of Warcraft on a YouTube video,calling it an obvious mistake by Blizzard. The most-watched Twitch streamer in June got a one-month suspension for real-money transactions in WoW. He doesn't take it very seriously, though, and for a good reason.
Asmongold, who came to prominence in World of Warcraft, was issued a temporary ban by Blizzardearlier this week. The streamer was surprised to find his account locked, but called it «a glorious day.» In his YouTube clip, Asmongold thanks Blizzard for banning him and doesn't seem too worried about the consequences. That is until he realizes that this might result in him losing a Gladiator mount if he indeed broke the rules. Even then, the gaming star continued, rather light-heartedly, since he would have no reason to break the rules.
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The suspension email suggested that Asmongold had used real money transactions (RMT) to either buy or sell game content for real money. The email also said that the company doesn't take suspensions lightly, and they only take action after a careful review of the evidence. According to the email, the support staff won't respond to appeals or overturn penalties. After joking about the situation, Asmongold explicitly denied doing RMT. He went on to explain how preposterous it would be for a massively popular streamer, content creator, and part owner of the gaming organization One True King to cheat with RMT. According to the video, he was confused why Blizzard had him banned but not the ones he was allegedly cheating with. Asmongold got quickly unbanned by Blizzard, but that did not stop him from commenting on
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