Ok so when blizz announces server names we can set up a spreadsheet. We'll recruit volunteers to watch streams at launch and record which servers streamers select. Some streamers with guilds will probably announce their server before launch.
I’m not bothered myself btw about all this - streamers may come to your server for a bit but they won’t be around forever! They’ll move away with the other tourists.
This is actually one of my biggest concerns. If you think playing with a popular streamer is annoying, playing once he moves on for the next big thing will be worse. The server population and faction balance will be skewed by the presence of the streamer, and it will dramatically shift once the streamer leaves. I remember ghost town servers in vanilla quite well; people were begging Blizzard for server transfers to increase their population and adjust their faction imbalances so they could actually play the game properly. Streamer servers are at high risk of being in this situation.
Ok so when blizz announces server names we can set up a spreadsheet. We'll recruit volunteers to watch streams at launch and record which servers streamers select. Some streamers with guilds will probably announce their server before launch.
I'm ready to volunteer! We might resurrect this thread one or two weeks before release to coordinate our work.
I’d be up for volunteering Too, I was planning on starting a day or so later anyway to see if I can avoid the biggest of the crowds. Would also prefer to play on a server where not everything will seem to revolve about them. I’m a EU player though, so maybe I’m already avoiding most of em that way?
I also wonder what the experience on the opposite faction is like on a big streamers server? Would it still be greatly affected by them?
I can imagine people streamsniping them on pvp servers, constantly spamming general with their whereabouts by example.
I'm not going near that side of YT or Twitch within the first couple of weeks/months of Classic's release. The amount of memeing, cancer and otherwise toxicity is going to be absolutely unreal and I want nothing to do with that.
I'll watch some esfand for sure leading up to and during classic, I can handle staysafe too, and I can put up with asmon in short bursts. I'll avoid the servers they're on (easy for me since I'm Oceanic anyway) as the servers they're on will be horrible.
I've got plenty of time for esfand, although twitch chat is so spammy when you get to those sort of viewer numbers it's better to hide it. I'll probably watch more Kevin Jordan streams as he is an original class developer from vanilla and is super chill with a small amount of viewers. Very laidback and knowledgeable guy.
In Sodapoppin's defense, he has changed quite a lot over the years, and is more mature overall. That clip is over 3 years old.
Otherwise, I agree, and I will too try my best to avoid joining a server who has a popular streamer. Luckily, however, is that I'm in EU. The big streamers are all NA, and I won't be playing on NA servers.
Since I intend to play on a PvE server I would imagine it not being a big deal for me. I don't watch streamers and I could care less for them, I'll just enjoy the game anyway with or without a streamer being on the server I'm playing on.
In Sodapoppin's defense, he has changed quite a lot over the years, and is more mature overall. That clip is over 3 years old.
Otherwise, I agree, and I will too try my best to avoid joining a server who has a popular streamer. Luckily, however, is that I'm in EU. The big streamers are all NA, and I won't be playing on NA servers.
Fully agreed, he has changed alot this years.
However his viewers is kinda same, could see them as the main problem.
Perhaps RP servers will be free of streamers. That would certainly be a good argument to get RPPvP servers in at launch.
Perhaps RP servers will be free of streamers. That would certainly be a good argument to get RPPvP servers in at launch.
Iirc, Esfand RPs, so even a RPPVP server wouldn't be safe. Although, admittedly, he's not even close to the worst streamer you could have on a server.
Watching a bit stream yesterday to see what's what, he was stating that by chosing your name early, you chose your server at the same moment aswell.
If he's true, then dodging big streamers and the flow of fanatic followers will be easy.
I saw yesterday some famous streamer got between 20k to 70k viewers while streaming WoW Classic beta. At this rate, you don't even want to play on a streamer reroll server
Good for me I'll be playing in EU server and most likely French servers. Here streamers have around 200 to 3K viewers, and I don't think they'll stay on Classic very long. Yet, I'll still avoid their servers !
Since I intend to play on a PvE server I would imagine it not being a big deal for me. I don't watch streamers and I could care less for them, I'll just enjoy the game anyway with or without a streamer being on the server I'm playing on.
Streamers do have an effect on any server they play on. This has nothing to do with PvP only.
Since I intend to play on a PvE server I would imagine it not being a big deal for me. I don't watch streamers and I could care less for them, I'll just enjoy the game anyway with or without a streamer being on the server I'm playing on.
Streamers do have an effect on any server they play on. This has nothing to do with PvP only.
I agree, but the thing which would by far bother me the most are the "fun" world PvP events these players introduce to servers. Since you have to willingly enable PvP on a PvE server this is mostly not an inviting server type for these type of events thus making it less likely for it to happen. But you'll never know for certain of course.