Asmongold returns to Twitch and comments on previous behavior

The popular streamer Asmongold has returned Twitch following a recent ban that took him offline for two weeks. As he resumes his streaming activities on Twitch, Asmongold takes the opportunity to reflect on his past behavior and take a look at possible changes for his channel.

Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt is one of the most popular streamers on Twitch and has over 3.5 million followers on the platform. He began his career creating in 2009 World of Warcraft Videos on YouTube and created a Twitch account in 2011. Asmongold quickly gained popularity and opened a second account, zackrawrr, on the Amazon platform. Millions of followers have never stopped Asmongold from sharing his opinions, even if it sometimes led to Twitch bans. During a stream on his alt account on October 14, Asmongold made a comment about the Palestinians, calling them “horrible people” from an “inferior culture” and stating that he has “no compassion” for the population. Following these comments, Twitch decided to suspend Asmongold's Zackrawrr account for 14 days.

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Asmongold thinks about his past behavior

With Asmongold's ban on Twitch now over, the streamer began his first broadcast post-ban with a chat with his viewers. Asmongold addressed his past behavior and acknowledged that his previous comments were a misstep. In addition to recent comments about Palestinians, the streamer also previously criticized the Esports Streamer of the Year award won by Twitch streamer Riversgg, saying it was only given as a diversity selection because she is a woman. In his most recent stream, Asmongold mentioned that he has become the “worst version” of himself in recent years and explained that while he wants to continue streaming the same content as before, he wants to change the tone of his streams to create one that is more positive and entertaining experience for its viewers.

While away from Twitch, Asmongold decided to clean his house, a recurring theme in his streams as he often joked about the messy state of his home. Asmongold shared the progress of his cleaning project on social media with before and after photos of his kitchen sink, which was first filled with dirty dishes and then completely cleaned. While this image may not seem like an impressive achievement to the average person, many of Asmongold's fans celebrated this milestone while waiting for the streamer to return to Twitch.

After returning to Twitch, Asmongold talked about future ideas for his channel. Asmongold plans to stream Dragon Age: The Veil Guardianwhich came out on October 31st. He also mentioned that he would like to do an IRL stream with Esfand and Nick, with possible plans to travel to the Middle East.