 This may not be so tragic, depending on how social you are.
Asmongold's next job was a Cafe Associate at Sam's Club. After finishing his first day of work there, he stayed up until 3 A.M. applying for colleges and other jobs. Asmongold hated the Sam's Club gig so much that after his probationary period, he quit without telling anyone. He only stepped into the store again to collect his small paycheck.
Asmongold also could have been a lawyer. According to Asmongold, he had acquired a business degree and was preparing to transfer to a law school at one point. However, he had to abandon that plan because he felt his mother absolutely needed his assistance.
When Blizzard initially launched "World of Warcraft," not only did audiences love the game, most fans still loved the company without question. As time went on, expansions were released, Blizzard merged with Activision, and fans learned about the shady sides of both. However, while many gamers fell out of love with Blizzard in recent history, Asmongold was ahead of that curve. Sadly, it seems Asmongold loves a game that does not always love him back.
Since Asmongold's livelihood has relied on "World of Warcraft," he has been understandably invested in the game and its quality. However, in his eyes, the game took a dive around the release of "Warlords of Draenor." Not only did he think it ruined Warriors, but he openly remarked that he felt Blizzard made a huge mistake by hiring Madeleine Roux as a writer. He's also intensely criticized many recent "WoW" expansions, including accusing "Shadowlands" of killing the game outright. And whether or not you agree with Asmongold, his refusal to mince words regarding Blizzard hasn't won over its employees.
One self-proclaimed Blizzard dev argued on 4Chan that Asmongold was hurting Blizzard's sales and engaged in "cyberwarfare" against the company (per Game Rant). Admittedly, this sounds super suspicious, but since Lead Product Manager Adam Holisky also called Asmongold an "a**hole" on Twitter, it's hard for fans to completely discount that this could have been a legitimate Blizzard employee.
No matter where you go on the internet, opinions are divided — and the way that people feel about Asmongold is no exception.
It's no secret that Asmongold loves "World of Warcraft." And even when he's criticized Blizzard, he's still supported the company overall. During a stream with fellow content creator Mcconnell, one viewer asked if Asmongold would ever stop supporting Blizzard. Asmongold responded by saying that no matter what he thinks of their games, he would probably always support Blizzard. Mcconnell took that as a sign that Asmongold was addicted to "World of Warcraft" and raised some valid points.
At first, Asmongold argued that he wasn't addicted because he streamed "Dark Souls" for a month and only played "WoW" during his off-time, but Mcconnell claimed that proved his point: Asmongold was still playing "WoW" even though he wasn't streaming it. Then Asmongold shifted to the claim that he is only "addicted to winning," but Mcconnell pointed out that Asmongold's definition of "winning" had deteriorated. It used to be, as Mcconnell put it, putting together the best gear, mounts, and mythic kills. What was Asmongold's metric for winning during the stream these days? A measly staff.
While Asmongold refused to accept Mcconnell's rationale, the audience was much more open. Mcconnell likened Asmongold to a nicotine addict, especially since he kept saying he could quit "WoW" anytime he wanted but chose not to. While Asmongold eventually relented and admitted he was psychologically addicted to "WoW" and liked the dopamine rush, his viewers chimed in to note that dopamine addiction is also a very real thing.
Many fans like Asmongold because he always speaks his mind. If he has an opinion, no matter how controversial, he's going to voice it. However, he doesn't typically extend the same kindness to his viewers — and for good reason.
Since many of Asmongold's opinions are controversial at the best of times, he's acquired quite a few detractors, and while some stick to Reddit, others post their opinions of Asmongold's views on his videos. Recently, while streaming "Diablo Immortal," he decided to ban anyone who criticized the game and his playthrough, which included his purchases of the game's many microtransactions. When content creator and flat-earther Greekgodx participated in a livestream with Asmongold and insulted him for believing the Earth was round, some audience members reached out to say they felt like Asmongold hadn't properly defended himself. This won them a swift ban for their concerns.
But while Asmongold has banned plenty of people from his streams, it's easy to forget he's just as vulnerable to bans himself, although he's usually banned for situations beyond his control. During one of his "Diablo Immortal" streams, he was banned for showing the a racial slur on-stream — because a troll posted it in the in-game chat while he wasn't looking. Twitch suspended Asmongold for supposedly not "adequately addressing the situation," which didn't seem fair to the streamer or his viewers. Because of this, Asmongold has argued that Twitch unintentionally rewarded bad behavior by demonstrating anyone can ban a streamer they hate by spamming offensive comments during a livestream.
Asmongold has earned a ton of money thanks to his career, enough to co-launch an entertainment conglomerate: the One True King Network, or OTK for short. Asmongold is a true rags to riches story, but the state of his living situation didn't reflect that for a while, and it may have cost him his girlfriend.
In August 2018, content creator Pink Sparkles announced she was in a relationship with Asmongold. They had initially met online after Asmongold spammed her videos until she DMed him back. The two bonded over "Fortnite," and Pink Sparkles moved in with Asmongold, but they broke up two months later in December, a little over a year into their relationship. According to Asmongold, there's a chance he might have driven Pink Sparkles away with his personal hygiene, but the relationship lasted longer than he expected. Pink Sparkles may have backed this up when describing the breakup in a series of now-deleted tweets (per Dexerto). According to her, she became depressed while living in Austin, but she hoped she and Asmongold could continue to be good friends.
Asmongold explained that for a long while, he rarely cleaned up after himself and showered sporadically. He was, in his own words, "an animal" and lived like "a fiend and degenerate." Since then, he has taken major steps towards cleaning up his act. Last July, he decluttered his room, and audiences congratulated him for taking steps towards a healthier lifestyle.&gt; Sony has always outpaced Microsoft

Not at the start of the PS3 generation. It was a massive comeback that Sony managed to regain their lead. Point being, a lead now does not guarantee a lead in the future, these things swing

&gt;And if Microsoft is still going to put Acti/Blizz games on Playstation, it's not really going to change anything, "exclusive content" be damned.

What makes you think they'll do that? They made the same vague statements about cross-platform when they bought Zenimax, then when the dust settled, of course they announced that new games won't be coming to Playstation. They don't care about the lost income from CoD on PS, they want market dominancedate: 27 July 2009
embargo: 00.01hrs Tuesday 28 July 2009
A new survey of agency workers published by the TUC today (Tuesday).
The YouGov survey, commissioned by the TUC, interviewed over 2,700 people who are temps or who have done agency work in the past year. It is not possible to construct a representative sample of agency workers in a straightforward poll such as this and better paid and higher skilled workers will be over-represented, while low-paid and low-skilled workers (including migrant workers) are under-represented.
The poll explodes myths and stereotypes about agency working. Far from being women office temps who enjoy moving from job to job every few weeks:
- There were almost equal numbers of men and women in this sample who work or have recently worked through an agency (1,065 men to 1,051 women);
- Less than one in four (23 per cent) said they worked through an agency 'because they enjoyed the lifestyle';
- Nearly one in three (32 per cent) said they would rather have a permanent job but couldn't find one;
- Only one in four (26 per cent) said their assignments were usually four weeks or shorter;
- One in four said (25 per cent) said their assignments were usually six months or more.
The survey is being released as the Government consultation on giving agency workers equal treatment to directly employed staff after a 12-week qualifying period closes on Friday (31 July).
Respondents were asked to write their message to a Government minister considering giving temps better rights. There were 1,138 responses to this particular question and the TUC's analysis of