I find it interesting how the majority are against gold buyers and bots. They mention that 2 week bans are not enough and should be permanent.
I remember about a year ago, a streamer named SODAPOPPIN bragged about buying gold on a live stream and Blizzard did nothing about it. Then rumors stirred that he (soda) did receive a 2-week ban. Then everything went back to normal...soda kept on streaming, and he still has who knows how many followers/subs, etc
Why does the WoW community support streamers doing whatever they want within the game but have a harsh attitude towards the mediocre average player base when it comes to gold buying?
They don’t, you’re just confused because you talk about the wow community, the wow Reddit community, as well as the streamer watching community as if they’re in any way cohesive in their own right, let alone with one another.
The people who watch Sodapoppin are less likely to care about the integrity of WoW and more about Soda's stream being entertaining. Reddit/WoWHead/Official Forum/MMO-Champion users are more likely to care about WoW's health than they are a streamer's entertainment value.
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u/Orange_Craft79 Jan 03 '25
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I find it interesting how the majority are against gold buyers and bots. They mention that 2 week bans are not enough and should be permanent.
I remember about a year ago, a streamer named SODAPOPPIN bragged about buying gold on a live stream and Blizzard did nothing about it. Then rumors stirred that he (soda) did receive a 2-week ban. Then everything went back to normal...soda kept on streaming, and he still has who knows how many followers/subs, etc
Why does the WoW community support streamers doing whatever they want within the game but have a harsh attitude towards the mediocre average player base when it comes to gold buying?