Asmon has repeatedly gone to bat for the worst streamers, Hasan included.
Truth is Asmon is for Asmon. He’ll be “based” when it serves his bottomline, but he immediately cucks on any issue that requires him to take a legitimately challenging stance.
He will stand firm on any stance that comes from his chat or other randos, in fact he will usually take a contrarian opinion against them just because he hates them that much (this is why he usually ends up saying "based" things).
He will collapse immediately the moment any of his "friends" (aka other, more established streamers) say anything to him. Literally will fold like wet paper.
If you notice, this means that any "authority" has immediate and instant control over his opinions while any "peasants" he will enjoy mocking and dabbing on for daring to speak to him. Its a literal power trip from a guy who grew up as white trash and still can't shake that insecurity.
I've never understood why this guy draws such a big audience.
He doesn't have a likeable personality, he's not particularly funny or witty, he's not knowledgeable or has industry connections (I distinctly remember him saying he "doesn't care how games are made"), he doesn't seem to be especially skilled as a gamer, his "hot takes" aren't all that impressive, and he doesn't have the strength of his convictions to even stand by them.
Every time I've listened to him talk, he comes off as a midwit with an inflated ego.
Momentum and a lot of paying "talent/media agencies" to prop him up.
He literally spent all his money buying mounts in WoW (because he is a shutin neet, he had a lot of disposable income). Then paid for his "mount offs!" to go viral, and through a series of lucky timings made him WoW's top streamer. Which allowed him to pay those agencies to shove his face and name on every media site, to a point where Youtube recommendations had at least 1 of his "clip" channels on every video you watched no matter what for at least a year or so.
And once you become that big, the zoomers will watch you just because you are the big thing (see the Pauls, Beast, etc.) and they will talk about you endlessly to keep you growing regardless of any actual contributions. Its kinda like Hasan in that way, that no amount of controversy can really shake the constant influx of new idiots and the algorithm forcing him onto people.
Otherwise, his streams are just him getting carried by people while he argues with his chat and chugs soda. There is a reason why no one talks about them besides these rare clippable "takes" on politics.
Asmon has repeatedly gone to bat for the worst streamers, Hasan included.
Truth is Asmon is for Asmon. He’ll be “based” when it serves his bottomline, but he immediately cucks on any issue that requires him to take a legitimately challenging stance.
He will stand firm on any stance that comes from his chat or other randos, in fact he will usually take a contrarian opinion against them just because he hates them that much (this is why he usually ends up saying "based" things).
He will collapse immediately the moment any of his "friends" (aka other, more established streamers) say anything to him. Literally will fold like wet paper.
If you notice, this means that any "authority" has immediate and instant control over his opinions while any "peasants" he will enjoy mocking and dabbing on for daring to speak to him. Its a literal power trip from a guy who grew up as white trash and still can't shake that insecurity.
I've never understood why this guy draws such a big audience.
He doesn't have a likeable personality, he's not particularly funny or witty, he's not knowledgeable or has industry connections (I distinctly remember him saying he "doesn't care how games are made"), he doesn't seem to be especially skilled as a gamer, his "hot takes" aren't all that impressive, and he doesn't have the strength of his convictions to even stand by them.
Every time I've listened to him talk, he comes off as a midwit with an inflated ego.
Momentum and a lot of paying "talent/media agencies" to prop him up.
He literally spent all his money buying mounts in WoW (because he is a shutin neet, he had a lot of disposable income). Then paid for his "mount offs!" to go viral, and through a series of lucky timings made him WoW's top streamer. Which allowed him to pay those agencies to shove his face and name on every media site, to a point where Youtube recommendations had at least 1 of his "clip" channels on every video you watched no matter what for at least a year or so.
And once you become that big, the zoomers will watch you just because you are the big thing (see the Pauls, Beast, etc.) and they will talk about you endlessly to keep you growing regardless of any actual contributions. Its kinda like Hasan in that way, that no amount of controversy can really shake the constant influx of new idiots and the algorithm forcing him onto people.
Otherwise, his streams are just him getting carried by people while he argues with his chat and chugs soda. There is a reason why no one talks about them besides these rare clippable "takes" on politics.