The great streamer Asmongold is joining FFXIV

[ReynTime]

So wait a second.

Some people were telling me some time ago that Asmongold was this "trash human being" and "they were making fun" or "saying horrible things about Soken's speech". So knowing that there is a side of the internet that loves to do witch-hunts based on hear-say that they don't bother verifying themselves I went to check the vod personally.

And guess what... Asmongold LIKED the speech, genuinely pleased and shocked by how the staff handled the situation, thought the story was really cool, and even commented on how he liked the way they addressed the fans in how they acted in the stage.
So where was these "horrible" things? Well... so, Asmongold's chat rolls at like 50 miles per hour. Obviously, when you have like 50k+ viewers. I had to literally PAUSE the video to find said horrible things. Sent in the chat by random stray people here and there.

So basically, it had nothing to do with him. Because good luck trying to spot every negative thing in a ludicrously busy chat even if you're a mod. Asmongold didn't read it, probably didn't have time to notice it, and if he did, he didn't even aknowledge it. And that makes him a trash human being?

Honestly, so far, and I don't know much about him prior to all this, he seems to be enjoying the game, positively impressed by the PR and the passion of the staff, and generally having a good time. I really don't see what's so terrible. He can't babysit his viewers. He already tries to tell people not to harass anyone.

[Rae88]

So wait a second.

Some people were telling me some time ago that Asmongold was this "trash human being" and "they were making fun" or "saying horrible things about Soken's speech".

Anybody who says Asmon was saying horrible things about Soken or his speech is flat out lying to push an agenda. It's not even a small lie either.

[Kolsykol]

Anybody who says Asmon was saying horrible things about Soken or his speech is flat out lying to push an agenda. It's not even a small lie either.

Sadly this is true in a lot of cases.
One of my favorite streamers who does a lot of political debates was labeled a Transphobe because he used a Trans slur *when describing how someone might use a Trans slur without realizing it*, and they left that VERY important context out.
Same person who spread that lie that everyone believes then proceeds to casually use Trans slurs against someone else actually meaning to be offensive themselves lol.
Same thing happened with the N-word for the same person, and now it has been framed as '' he says the N-word all the time ''.

The reason why that happens to this person is because he has a lot of enemies because he doesn't align with either of the extreme and obnoxious '' sides '' in the US political terminally online climate.
So everyone wants to tear him down including screwing him over and causing problems irl too.
I think it's sorta the same with Asmongold too, a lot of Twitch streamers have jumped on that bandwagon because it's good for networking and exposure.
And there's this mentality of '' you can only be with us or against us '', so those people view him as some crazy alt-righter or something by default.