Asmongold under fire for \u201cchanging\u201d stance on Blizzard controversy Twitch \/ BlizzardThe popular World of Warcraft streamer got some unwanted attention from the community when he responded on stream to a request from Blizzard to change one of his character\u2019s names. It\u2019s all good until someone messes with the character name. But people on Reddit and YouTube are quick to point out the discrepancy with the replacement. On his October 11 stream, Asmongold quickly pointed out that his Warlock character of 13 years named \u2018Krakmonkey\u2019 had its name flagged, and would require a change. Out of protest, he named it something topical to spite Blizzard. With \u2018Krakmonkey\u2019 flagged, he renamed his character Freeh\u00f5ngk\u00f5ng. \u201cBlizzard, if you want to play this game, I\u2019ll play all f*****g day. You want to start this s**t with me? You want to report my Warlock\u2019s name and say that now it\u2019s a problem? Well, you know what else is a problem? Hong Kong.\u201d Asmongold said he would \u201cnegotiate\u201d with Blizzard, and said if he could have the Krakmonkey name back then \u201cwe can call it even.\u201d Until then, he says while laughing, \u201cI\u2019m a revolutionary.\u201d But viewers on Reddit and YouTube have jumped to point out that Asmongold isn\u2019t actually trying to stand up for Hong Kong, having just days prior to his October 11 stream, defended the decision Blizzard made regarding the blitzchung controversy. In recent days during streams and on Twitter, Asmongold has said that Blizzard were in the right regarding their decision, saying that blitzchung willingly broke what was stated in the contract and thus should be punished. To be very clear, Asmongold is in no way siding with China or disagreeing with the message that blitzchung is communicating, but is siding with Blizzard\u2019s choice on the matter because the Hearthstone player willingly broke the contracted rules, and because he believes Blizzard is willing to take some bad press and boycotts in America rather than risk losing their entire Chinese market. Because of this, his decision to name his character Freeh\u00f5ngk\u00f5ng as a form of \u201cprotest\u201d has not gone over well with people on the internet, who are upset that he has now only changed his tune when one of his character\u2019s names was flagged. On Reddit, several users criticized him for the new character name. User realshottgg wrote \u201cFakemangold cashing in on tragedy for attention.\u201d Other users mocked him for trying to \u201cstick to Blizzard\u201d while still streaming their game to thousands of people. On various Asmongold highlights YouTube channels, such as Daily Dose of Asmongold and Asmongold Moments, the videos where the streamer discusses his views on the Blizzard controversy are some of the most downvoted, with several comments referring to him as a \u201cshill.\u201d The controversy regarding Blizzard, blitzchung, China, and Hong Kong is likely to come up again in some form at BlizzCon on November 2. Stay tuned to Dexerto for all news up to and including the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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