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Asmongold

Asmongold, also known as ZackRawrr, is an American YouTuber, content creator, and Twitch streamer.[6] His content primarily focuses on World of Warcraft,[7][8] but he has covered other video games and topics related to gaming culture. He is a co-founder and co-owner of the streaming, gaming, and content creation organization One True King (OTK), based in Austin, Texas.[9][10] He is also a co-owner of Starforge Systems, a computer company specialized in selling prebuilt gaming PCs.[11] In October 2024, following industry backlash to controversial comments regarding Palestinians, he stepped down from OTK and Starforge Systems.[12]

Asmongold
Asmongold in 2022
Personal information
Born
Florida, U.S.
Occupations
OrganizationOne True King
Twitch information
Also known as
  • Asmon
  • ZackRawrr
Channels
Years active2014–present
Genres
Games
Followers
  • 3.5 million (main channel)
  • 5.4 million (combined)
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2009–present
Subscribers
  • 3.13 million (main channel)
  • 5.10 million (combined)
Total views
  • 2.82 billion (main channel)
  • 5.11 billion (combined)
100,000 subscribers2015,[1] 2019,[2] 2020,[3] 2022[4]
1,000,000 subscribers2022[3]
Last updated: November 26, 2024

Early life

Asmongold was born in Florida and raised in Austin, Texas. He grew up with an interest in video games, particularly role-playing games (RPGs), and was introduced to World of Warcraft by a friend in 2006.[13] He quickly became captivated by the game and started playing it extensively.[14] Asmongold later attended college but dropped out to focus on his streaming career.[15]

Career

Asmongold began his online career in 2009 by creating YouTube videos about World of Warcraft, in which he shared his insights, strategies, and game knowledge. His YouTube channel experienced steady growth, and he eventually started live-streaming on Twitch in 2011, initially as a hobby, and he began his active streaming career on Twitch in 2014.[16] As of 2019, his content mainly consisted of gameplay, guides, discussions, and reviews related to World of Warcraft expansions and patches.[17]

Upon the release of World of Warcraft Classic in 2019, he surged in overall popularity. He became one of the most popular streamers on the platform in the same year.[18][19] He was one of the platform's most popular World of Warcraft streamers during the 2020 release of Shadowlands.[20] On July 3, 2021, Asmongold started playing Final Fantasy XIV to hundreds of thousands of viewers.[21]

In 2022, he started to branch out into a larger variety of stream styles.[citation needed]

Business ventures

In October 2020, he co-founded One True King (OTK), a streaming and content creation organization, with other streamers and content creators, including Mizkif and Sodapoppin. In August 2022, he announced OTK's new PC building company called Starforge Systems in collaboration with fellow content creator MoistCr1TiKaL.[22] The company was quickly met with backlash due to the high prices of their products, to which they responded by decreasing their prices by $100.[23]

He hosts a weekly podcast entitled Steak & Eggs Podcast along with fellow One True King members Emiru and Tectone.[24] Episode 1 was released on February 17, 2023.[non-primary source needed]

Political opinions

Asmongold's main Twitch account was briefly suspended in August 2017 for a comment he made about survivors displaced by Hurricane Katrina. He later addressed the statement in a TwitLonger, clarifying his point of view and reaching an understanding with Twitch staff.[25][26][27][better source needed]

In 2022, he reached out to Republican politician Ted Cruz on the possibility of outlawing loot boxes in video games, claiming that they are a loophole to child gambling laws. Cruz agreed with his views and expressed interest in meeting him.[28]

He criticized Samantha Rivera Trevino, commonly known as Rivers, who won the fan vote for the 2024 Esports Awards Streamer of the Year,[29] saying "I’m salty because it was obviously a diversity pick because she’s a woman, and everybody knows it. It should’ve been Speed or Kai, or CaseOh, or like three other people... You put her up there because she’s a female. It’s embarrassing, it’s patronising. She’s not even a top female streamer either."[30][31]

In a Twitch stream on October 14, 2024, he called Palestinians "terrible people" from "an inferior culture" that "kills people for their identity" and "is directly antithetical to everything Western values stand for."[32][33] He also said that they "have genocide built into Sharia law right now, so no, I'm not going to cry a fucking river when people who have genocide that's baked into their laws are getting genocided."[34] His ZackRawrr account on Twitch was banned for 14 days due to violating the platform's hateful conduct policy.[34][35] He posted an apology, stating that he deserved the backlash and the ban.[36]

Personal life

Before beginning his streaming career, he worked for the Internal Revenue Service for two tax seasons in 2012/2013.[37] Asmongold acquired a business degree and was preparing to apply to law schools, but had to abandon that plan as he was taking care of his mother.[38]

In October 2021, his mother died after complications from advanced COPD, leading to his temporary hiatus from streaming.[39][40]

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2020 Esports Awards 2020 Streamer of the Year Nominated [41]
2022 Esports Awards 2022 Nominated [42]
The Streamer Awards Best MMORPG Streamer Won [43]
2023 Won [44]
2024 Nominated [45]

References

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  10. ^ Michael, Cale (October 11, 2020). "Asmongold, Mizkif, Esfand, and more form One True King organization". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  11. ^ Hill, Austin (August 13, 2022). "One True King creates new PC building company, Starforge Systems". Dotesports. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
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  23. ^ Miceli, Max (August 9, 2022). "Starforge Systems makes changes to prices for PCs following fan criticism". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  24. ^ @OTKnetwork (January 31, 2023). "Introducing @steakandeggs🍳 Our brand new podcast all about gaming, anime, pop culture and a whole lot more! Hosted by: @Asmongold @emiru @Tectone New episodes every Friday starting Feb 17th!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 24, 2024 – via Twitter.
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  29. ^ "Asmongold and xQc Believe Streamer of the Year Was 'Rigged'". Esports Illustrated On SI. August 27, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  30. ^ "Asmongold cree que Rivers es la streamer del año solo por ser mujer". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). August 27, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  31. ^ "RiversGG vence a 9 hombres en la elección de Mejor Streamer del Año y un competidor reclama que solo se lo dieron "porque es mujer"". Tarreo (in Spanish). August 27, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024 – via Yahoo Finance.
  32. ^ Snavely, Adam (October 14, 2024). "'I don't give a f**k, they're terrible people': Asmongold sparks huge backlash with Palestine comments". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
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  40. ^ Zack [@Asmongold] (October 29, 2021). "Earlier this week, my mom passed away. I'm honestly still in shock, it's hard to imagine that it's even real. I don't know if I'll ever be able to come to terms with it. She was my best friend and the light of my life. I'll love you, always and forever" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 7, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2023 – via Twitter.
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