Zack "Asmongold" is one of the most popular MMO streamers on Twitch. He is a veritable giant when it comes to World of Warcraft.
With over three million followers under his belt, the content creator has maintained a staggering 72K average viewership on his main account in the last year.
Asmongold has been a vocal critic of Blizzard's policies, especially those that hamper gameplay. However, he was surprised to find how easy it was to get the new Frostbrood Proto-Wyrm in the new update to Wrath of the Lich King Classic.
The new pre-patch to the the expansion allows players to gain access to the brand new mount for free regardless of their rank.
While reading the blog post on WOWHead, Asmongold could not believe that Blizzard, known for monetizing every ounce of its game, could put up such a good-looking item for free.
The OTK founder joked about the anomaly, despairing about the fact that he has nothing to complain about anymore:
Asmongold has been a longstanding critic of the developers of World of Warcraft. He turned a lot of heads in the community when he called out Blizzard for nerfing the flying ability in the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion Dragonflight.
The Austin native was also highly critical of Blizzard when they blacklisted Peach Gaming from Dragonflight Alpha.
When the American streamer came across the patch notes about the mount, he was initially skeptical. He said:
Not reading it thoroughly, he assumed that it was a promo for their boosts:
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Up until now, Asmongold thought Blizzard was actually driving monetization up by trying to get players to spend money to get level boosts. However, the theory crumbled when his audience pointed out that the first Death Knight was already spawned at level
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