Texas Senator Ted Cruz Wants to Talk to Asmongold About Diablo Immоrtаl
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Diаblо Immоrtаl is out of control. Loot boxes in video games need to be stopped. Ted Cruz agrees to talk to Asmongold and perhaps put an end to this.
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Asmon's dad never saw this coming when his son quit college to play video games.
True 🤣
This is why supportive parents are the best, wish i had parents like his.
@@Dontaethefist just be thankful for yours bro, asmongold is an amazing story but just 1 out of 99999 others that failed miserably.
You're on crack if you think Ted Cruz would do anything even remotely moral or for the interest of the gaming community unless it makes him a fuckton of money, he will do literally nothing. He doesn't even do shit when a class full of children are murdered at an elemental school. The fact that Asmongold thought that Ted Cruz would do something because of his "christian values and he doesn't want children gambling" or whatever the fuck.. is an absolute joke.
I’m curious about what his dad thought about this
Hearing a senator denounce pay to win like a player and be shameful of skipping the grind is absolutely surreal
You're on crack if you think Ted Cruz would do anything even remotely moral or for the interest of the gaming community unless it makes him a fuckton of money, he will do literally nothing. He doesn't even do shit when a class full of children are murdered at an elemental school. The fact that Asmongold thought that Ted Cruz would do something because of his "christian values and he doesn't want children gambling" or whatever the fuck.. is an absolute joke. And the ONLY REASON Ted Cruz would EVER come on Allcraft or whatever to talk to Asmongold is to get brownie points with the younger viewers to try to position himself as someone hip and cool and part of the Twitch community
Lmao bro don’t take Cruz’s word for shit
wait until the game industry start lobbying him.
@@sebassg3668 I agree but even if he’s doing it for the image it could still make some progress
@@sebassg3668 Ted Cruz has actually been notably against video game loot boxes and predatory monetization before albeit he also has other shitty video game opinions like "Video games cause shootings" Even though I guarantee it's because his kids spend his money on them constantly
If you thought Blizzard employees hated Asmongold before, wait until he somehow single-handedly ends their loot box gravy train. He's gonna need to hire security.
He'd be enemy #1 for EA
They would ban his wow account
As far as i know most of the people making the games hate these lootboxes as well. It's the guys in the suits that make the decisions to put them in there. So i would guess that most employees would love it as well when lootboxes get banned. (but they would never say it out loud, cause of the suits)
@@DrakenFire I used to work in games for a while and let me tell you, while nobody likes it, actively dislikeing it will just kill your mood and wont stop anything. Most devs that stay mentally healthy just gave up on that bs a looooooong time ago and focus on something else that they can actually do something about.
Until Blizzard drops the bag NRA style on Ted Cruz's bank account
Me: I never thought I'd die side by side with a conservative.
Ted Cruz: What about side by side with another gamer?
Me: Aye, I could do that.
*Ted Cruz flies away to Cancun when the orcs get closer*
Kek
Leftist go sleep,
@@SquidmanMalachar as we all would
Conservative/Liberal who fucking cares, those fake ass words just keep us divided!
@@-demiurge-8398 nah fam, I'm just against anyone under 18 being introduced to one of the most addictive things on the planet.
I'm in support of your right to choose to ruin your own life if you really wanna.
I never would have expected Ted Cruz to have infinitely more understanding of video games than his 30-something co-host
Michael Knowles is pretending to be uninformed to make Ted look hipper.
@@VaporeonEnjoyer1 I don't know tbh, I've watch his show once or twice, Michael has some boomer ideas tbh
As someone who follows Knowles for quite a while, I can assure you that he is 100% oblivious to anything popular in this century. He genuinely lives like If he was in the 70's, in his mind he is Michael Corleone and not Michael Knowles. Even Shapiro probably knows more stuff about games and tech than him. But to be fair, Dave Rubin is probably the guy who knows the most about geek and gaming stuff in the political Right, probably because he was a Liberal for most of his life.
@@Michael-pn4xu Wouldn't surprise me. I've met some millenials and such-and-such whose ideas were _absolutely_ boomer as fuck.
a reactor talking to a politician? this is like a parasite having its very own parasite
Imagine him testifying at a senate hearing against mega corporations like Activision Blizzard.
"Yeah dude, it's fuckin predatory. You know what I'm saying man. No shot your gonna let then keep gettinf away with this" - Asmongold Eventually.
While representing the Army!
What I absolutely love about the thought of this, is I know without any doubt that Asmon would give a clear, concise and very articulate argument in the hearing.
Lol, and he'll be there in sweats and his white tees just like that games awards show lol.
I think is will be like when Dee Snider addressed congress in the 80's. When they expected one thing, and he was clear, concise, and very articulate. Asmodgold has shown he can be that too. One example is when they interviewed Yoshi-P on Allcraft.
What a time to be alive. "I'm quite confident it's not Donkey Kong" is easily one of the funniest things I've ever heard come out of a politician's mouth
You're on crack if you think Ted Cruz would do anything even remotely moral or for the interest of the gaming community unless it makes him a fuckton of money, he will do literally nothing. He doesn't even do shit when a class full of children are murdered at an elemental school. The fact that Asmongold thought that Ted Cruz would do something because of his "christian values and he doesn't want children gambling" or whatever the fuck.. is an absolute joke. And the ONLY REASON Ted Cruz would EVER come on Allcraft or whatever to talk to Asmongold is to get brownie points with the younger viewers to try to position himself as someone hip and cool and part of the Twitch community
That dude is a political commentator, not a politician.
equal but opposite energy of the jeopardy dankey kang meme
@@palwatcher6903 Sorry, Ted Cruz, a senator in the federal government, is not a politician?
@@mynameiscal3478 What? Read the conversation again, you seem confused.
Props to Ted Cruz for actually knowing what hes talking about.
He doesn't. He's been fed the answers.
@@kain9407 Ok. If thats the case, then props to Ted Cruz' team for actually knowing what theyre talking about.
@@kain9407 Wow that's concerning. Any evidence for this?
@@ifirespondiamstupid7750 obviously not lol
@@harrison777ify2 haha 😂😂
What a crazy timeline Asmongold is living in!
This is the exact moment a new timeline was created. And the TVA is coming. We need to protect our variant Asmond.
Are you not in this timeline?
Asmongold is fcn based.
now watch this comment soar into the future, aging like fine wine as the decades go on and we start confirming parallel timelines and accessing/utilising them somehow...
@@pirillomatis Yeah tonight the President of the United States of America will be facing off against the Prime Minister of England who has chosen to play as his alt surprisingly...
Blizzard has become so predatory, even a career senator can sit down and denounce their practices with great shame. This is one hell of a timeline we're in.
hurr durr all senators are bad
@@ChristopherGray00 Senate almost unanimously passed a 20 billion dollar relief bill to Israel. It's safe to say nearly all of them are bad.
How do you expect getting the government involved will fix the industry when the government constantly ruins everything it touches?
@@TheIrishMugFug The government ruins everything it touches. Is just a supporting argument to stop voting for the people who are there. If people would learn from their mistakes and stop voting for these people whom they claim are so incompetent they ruin everything they touch (rather than staying so focused on the good ole days of status quos). Then it wouldn't be an issue. Keep in mind "they ruin everything they touch" is literally saying both parties suck. So if someone starts to claim it is this or that side that's is the issue. Then they too are so incompetent they probably shouldn't be allowed to vote as they too, are ruining everything they touch by voting in the same people from the party they support, who once again, who ruin everything the government touches since they are the government.
Which is why we need to do away with the party system.
Well, though he might want to clean up his own backyard before talking to others.
Blizzard: We don't like Asmongold because he hurts our reputation.
Asmongold: THIS IS NOT EVEN MY FINAL FORM!
Asmongold and Ted Cruz declare war against blizzard arc incoming
that comment made me laugh so hard i spat out my breakfast!
I am so impressed that Ted knows this topic so well.
The fact that a Senator like Ted Cruz would know stuff like Ready Player One and other gaming world shenanigans alone surprises the hell out of me.
You're on crack if you think Ted Cruz would do anything even remotely moral or for the interest of the gaming community unless it makes him a fuckton of money, he will do literally nothing. He doesn't even do shit when a class full of children are murdered at an elemental school. The fact that Asmongold thought that Ted Cruz would do something because of his "christian values and he doesn't want children gambling" or whatever the fuck.. is an absolute joke. And the ONLY REASON Ted Cruz would EVER come on Allcraft or whatever to talk to Asmongold is to get brownie points with the younger viewers to try to position himself as someone hip and cool and part of the Twitch community
Its called staffers telling him what to say to appeal to the youth, nothing new.
@@shard4756 God forbid he may have kids himself and is somewhat interested in what they're doing ?
@@shard4756 yep wasnt he the guy who said mass shootings are video game faults
@Narja Thats why he blamed Mass Shootings on video games, right?
imagine Asmon being the person to end lootboxes
Imagine fucking Ted Cruze doing the legislation to do that too.
This shit is weird man.
Get rid of loot boxes 2023
He malding hero who has come to save us all.
Only he who has bought all loot boxes is able to destroy them.
neither the hero we need nor deserve but we take what we can get
This is the timeline were living in right now: Blizzard, a once respected company, created a product so predatory that a Streamer and Senator sat down and had discussions about changing laws about video games. Imagine if blizzard was responsible for having games with gambling mechanics banned like Denmark and Belgium?
I'm surprised it took blizzard to do it when ea did this s*it blatantly. They had literal slots in 2k!
Once you play the good guy for long and get bored, there's only one other option to play...
If you truly understand capitalism you would realize Blizzard and eventually all large corporations end up behaving in this way. They have to do it to comply to stock market rules and regulations, which enforce infinite growth to appease investors and shareholders. You can only be so efficient, pay employee's the least amount you can get away with, reach the peak of sales you can make in any market, until you have to start to be totally immoral to chase infinite growth. Apple is going through it with the shit they are pulling and so is Blizzard.
@@RACGump why pursue infinite grow ? LMAO , this is the problem with people in the last decades... people are not keeping their greed in check and is predating society grow and quality
abortion should be legal till 18 years old in my opinion
Its honestly insane how people still manage to bash Ted over this.
"Hes fake he's just trying to appeal to young people blah blah blah"
"He's just saying what they're telling him to say"
God forbid someone like Ted play video games or have kids that he plays with because that doesn't align with their hate for him.
While I can't condemn him for this (as far as I know) he is certainly playing with kids' LIVES when it comes to gun control
@@knowledgeanddefense1054 i know. Every child should be armed and get range time in the first grade. Waiting til they're through high school to teach them defense against astranged lunatics is way too long
@@BabsRage I can't tell if this is extreme sarcasm or not
@@imperialcub7071 I learned to shoot at 5 years old. In first grade cub scouts we had a bb gun shooting range during day camp
that's what happens when people treat politics like a sport
People: "haha there's no way you'll be able to take Pay-to-Win / Lootboxes to a government level"
This Timeline: "okay bet"
You're on crack if you think Ted Cruz would do anything even remotely moral or for the interest of the gaming community unless it makes him a fuckton of money, he will do literally nothing. He doesn't even do shit when a class full of children are murdered at an elemental school. The fact that Asmongold thought that Ted Cruz would do something because of his "christian values and he doesn't want children gambling" or whatever the fuck.. is an absolute joke. And the ONLY REASON Ted Cruz would EVER come on Allcraft or whatever to talk to Asmongold is to get brownie points with the younger viewers to try to position himself as someone hip and cool and part of the Twitch community
It works in my country (Netherlands) - If they really see the impact, the psychologic intent of the game makers, the greed and the lack of effort to showcase the game as a moneycow rather than a work of art... that is when both government and citizen come together to a mutual understanding, as it did in my country.
I mean most countries already managed to do it 5 years ago.
Never bet against the craziness of this timeline
@@abstractnonsense3253 It might not be the best o r darkest timeline but it surely is the weirdest.
For all of the crap you like to give Ted Cruz, you better take him up on this. This is a golden opportunity to * actually do something * about the predatory practice of lootboxes and other monetized gambling mechanics in video games.
Better have a good plan to present your arguments…
@@in_significant I mean the guy himself says that he sees the problem what do you mean?
@@mrdisaster5880 if he actually meets with Cruise it’s better to have a game plan for discussion. Plan to win or fail to plan. Choose.
it doesn't matter. Cruz is not going to do anything helpful. At best he's going to waste Az's time pretending to listen, take a whole bunch of photos with asmongold, and use those photos to trick younger people into thinking he's in touch with them.
@@thekazist you must not have watched the video. Cruz is quite in tune based on his own responses and certainly more in tune than other politicians. If As takes your approach and misses the opportunity, then he accomplishes nothing whereas if he takes the chance for conversation he has a possibility of opening other avenues to awareness.
Dude, you not only got mentioned from Walts one of the 5 biggest conservatives shows, you have the attention of your state senator. Your opinions have ascended past entertainment and into politics. That says a lot Az well done man.
the real question is when is he going to run for president?
@@DarthZ01 When he finally shaved his head.
You're on crack if you think Ted Cruz would do anything even remotely moral or for the interest of the gaming community unless it makes him a fuckton of money, he will do literally nothing. He doesn't even do shit when a class full of children are murdered at an elemental school. The fact that Asmongold thought that Ted Cruz would do something because of his "christian values and he doesn't want children gambling" or whatever the fuck.. is an absolute joke. And the ONLY REASON Ted Cruz would EVER come on Allcraft or whatever to talk to Asmongold is to get brownie points with the younger viewers to try to position himself as someone hip and cool and part of the Twitch community
@@greenknightofwar7024 Heresy
@@DarthZ01 I can see the Bald / McRet yard posters now.
When I was a teenager coming home with my first few paychecks, I finally had the money I'd wanted to spend it on the thing's I'd desired. And what were those things? Loot Boxes. I spent over $300 a month from my minimum wage job for several months straight on randomized in-game loot boxes until I had reached my "End-game" for my character. The ONLY thing that stopped me was reaching my goals.
It is undeniable that Loot Boxes and "Gatcha" mechanics are particularly effective at monetizing younger players and those with a proclivity for gambling.
I stopped buying loot boxes when the game I loved stopped its services and shut down.
It made me realize that games don't last forever and I will not spend money on a game unless it's only a one time purchase (a non loot box item) and never do it again.
"Don't hit your kids."
"Someone who spends $45,000 on video game loot boxes is not my kid."
hate the game not the player :'D
@@juliocezarsilva5979 but the player has a choice to spend money on the game so don't hate on the game for having an option for players to buy items which they so please
@@EternalBlackBird both the game and the addict are as bad
16 years old kid stole parents credit card to spend $45,000 a sign of bad kid.
@@jonathonsmith6831 true
Blizzard: you can't defeat me
Asmongold: I can't, but he can
hahahaha 😂😂😂
i’m dead
genuinely impressed how well spoken he is on this topic
that's what happens when politicians talk about a topic that affects them for once.
hes a really well spoken man
Ted Cruz is legitimately insanely smart
Ted cruz is a lunatic who defends gun possession while at the same time blaming violence on video games.
Makes me wonder if he has someone in his ear and that’s why he stalled at first.
“They focus on the 10% of things we disagree about instead of focusing on the 90% of things we agree on. This gives room for malevolent forces to work into the 90%”
This, this right here
bars
The 10%: "Let's stop middle schoolers from getting systematically gunned down"
Ted: "Nah"
No biggie, right?
@@knowledgeanddefense1054 nice strawman
Also you are the malevolent forces lmao
Edit: it is strawman because Ted isn't against stopping middle schoolers being gunned down, he is against restricting guns.
Restricting guns to stop criminals and mentally ill from getting them is stupid, because the US already has laws preventing that. What would help more is preventing bullying, and solving mental health issues that cause these gunmen to do those things.
@@knowledgeanddefense1054 If you want to stop middle schoolers from getting gunned down, stop making the schools gun free zones where the staff and teachers aren't allowed to be armed in case some nutjob or other student wants to shoot the place up. You can't stop people from getting guns illegally, so the only way to stop shootings, is to make it as difficult as possible for people to do harm by arming law-abiding citizens and giving easier access to proper training at a range. There is no chance in hell you're somehow going to stop people that want to do harm by simply taking away one tool by which to do it. You can, however, stop them by arming other people with tools to defend themselves with.
@@AtomicQuares I'm actually in favor of that, but thinking that merely turning the school into an active battleground (with the students caught in the middle) is a good alternative to not arming the evil doer's side in the first place is hilarious to anyone with even half a brain.
"You can't stop people from getting guns illegally"-You can, because the more roadblocks you put the less likely is one to get a MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE VERSION of what we're talking about here.
"There is no chance in hell you're somehow going to stop people that want to do harm by simply taking away one tool by which to do it."-Oh really? You can't stop the murderer by taking away his mass murder weapon and replacing it with something that would at least claim far less lives? (even transphobe Ricky Gervais made fun of this with a joke I quite like "when have you last seen someone kill 15 people with a pen and then turn the pen on himself?") Well then, care to enlighten me why other countries (who also have psychopaths) don't have nearly as many school shootings? :)
He really said “You know, I’m something of a gamer myself.”
And in 30 years, when Asmongold is elected president of the United States, he's gonna remember this as his first step.
His ego is getting there fast
He probably still wouldn't move to the White House
Let's make NFTS, illegal in video games!
@@earendurvoneinzbern7585 : Make NFTs illegal in general. It's a scam offering solutions to problems that don't exist.
@@earendurvoneinzbern7585 I stand by this position!
From what Cruz is saying, it seems to me he'd be very open to at least forcing platforms to put lootbox games in an age-restricted category for gambling. That alone would be a tremendous blow to the potential revenue of exploitative lootbox games.
Yeah, a ban would be nice, but getting this stuff age-gated and put in a different section from the children's games would be lovely.
Just need to dodge gaming/gambling lobbies trying to sell em for funds to sway his vote/stance tho
I've always saw lootboxes and gacha as scummy things to do for the game industry to milk people's wallet dry.
If you're game was rated 18+ or R rated then it okay because it was intended for adults, but when the game was a mobile game where the game was mostly rated for 13+, that's where they have crossed the line.
@@unknownguyindo4356 I think age-gating is the easiest target to reach, but personally I would push it a lot farther. If you take Diablo: Immortal, even if you exclude children, so much of that game is designed around creating dependency and teaching the player to pay for their fix, I think it would be better for gaming to try to aim a bit higher. I don't think some sort of legislation around digital gambling, for example a daily spending cap, is unreasonable.
I think this is largely unexplored territory in terms of laws/regulations, and an interested party would have an easy time finding laws regulating analogous practices in IRL gambling.
He is not open to forcing corporations to do anything money-related, I'm sorry. His reply is basically "yeah, lootboxes annoy me but I'm not gonna do anything about it because I'm a libertarian", which actually means that Blizzard lobbies republicans just as every other corp and he won't shoot himself in the foot by hindering their profits. Asmon heard what he wanted to hear because he was so excited.
On second thought he might do something. Like directing all steam into the whistle and turning it into a culture war, linking it somehow solely to the political opposition and proposing some vapid shit as a cure, for example, go to curch
@@nopenonono AFAIK tech companies in general tend to donate to the Dems and I certainly can't imagine woke Blizzard contributing much to republican coffers.
Even from a purely cynical and pragmatic perspective there could still be plenty of motive for a savvy member of the GOP to hop aboard this no-brainer issue, if only to beat their opponents over the head with accusations of supporting child-gambling.
This shit right here, this is why I watch asmon, because he isn't just a video game andy or react andy. He is branching out in to so many avenues and informing his audience and learning with them. He is a SS+ TIER streamer and it's only getting better
This directly addresses gaming, idk what you’re smoking
the idea of Ted Cruz putting an end to loot boxes is absolutely hilarious if it actually happens
*multiple video game companies donate millions to republican super pacs*
"We see no problem with loot boxes"
Absolutely correct there
I mean this is what's already happening with the other side. Corporate donations are public information and the video game industry heavily donates to one party. I know it's only a problem when the right does something, but you could at least try to be informed.
To further my point, there are things being marketed toward children that are even worse than gambling. And some that aren't, but why target children with ads in the first place? It's not okay.
@@umokwhy2830 A few CEO's might take that approach, switching their current donations from Democrats if they refuse to block this to Republicans to try to get them to stop, may or may not work on some, but the actual devs of most american video game companies are all wild lefties who will likely decide Ted Cruz is attacking their livelihood if this gets any media attention at all, simply because hes Republican.
He said he wasn't in to government control on that. He's taking the Libertarian approach.
My god this left guy is tilting me into oblivion
maybe im wrong but I start to think they put idiots there on purpose so the politicians look smarter in comparison
LOL dont be mad, that was funny as fuck. It's 2022, those types of comments got old 20 years ago. It's just funny when someone tries to be so patronizing at this point=))
I Have never related more
haha yeah its disappointing he turned off alot of people with the condescending jokes about video games. he is really smart and has a great podcast.
@@bradsmith5730 He just has no connection to our interests so we gotta cut him some slack lol, the more important thing to focus on is that Cruz is a fucking gamer in ANY capacity
The interviewer was trying to play off games as being silly or childish and the senator really put him in his place to remind him it is a serious issue. Keep up the good fight asmon
I swear to God your so right.. I hate it when adults in the new industry can't do 5 mins of research to be even remotely on topic... disgusting how the media pushes every agenda with very little info on it. This really suprised me.
@@jaredphilips3007 I have listened to the Verdict podcast and Michael Knowles always plays the idiot in the podcast. It is kinda cheesy but the intent is to ask questions in a way that tries to be a little more entertaining than the dry interview. Many times it falls flat though. He is not actually ignorant of gaming or pop culture its just his interview style for the podcast.
@@beedos08 haha yah kinda obvious that he's playing dumb when he cites pac-man and donkey kong. Even complete non-gamers know more than that
Yeah I was pretty surprised that happened. Kinda speechless.
Like Michael Knowles' book Speechless: Controlling words, Controlling Minds 🤣
(sorry for those who are unfamiliar with the meme)
either someone coached Ted before the interview, or he's really a gamer.
The notion of the latter is simply mind boggling.
He has kids, who are likely gamers.
@@vewyscawymonsta and who he wants to make sure don't gamble away his millions on Diablo Immortal. 😂
Why?
Even if Cruz had talked about the subject with his team before, that's even better.
That means they discussed it, explained it to him and even after all that he decided it was important enough to talk about on his podcast.
Lol too bad he is just your average globalist rino. All talk and no action. Career politician at its finest right there.
abortion should be legal till 18 years old in my opinion
@@franciscopereira5760 I think Switzerland has a good way to handle abortions, maybe have a look at it.
@@franciscopereira5760 modCheck
Please don't hijack my comment to talk about abortion.
Asmon's streams have evolved from taking on WoW bosses to irl bosses. Absolute madlad
Ted Cruz is a more horrifying monster than anything Blizzard could come up with.
@@luchts4547 Lmao, however that's taken Asmon is a beast in the social sphere.
More like turning the wow society into trolls.
Asmongold lets play wow. Ok I need 30 people. And fuck all y'all I'm taking loot. When he didn't tell them he Ninjas it. List goes on.
We need someone to go back 10 years and put together.. The real asmongold. Before he made bank.
@@luchts4547 I'm sorry, but, as someone who knows nothing about the minutiae of American politics, you'll have to explain how Ted Cruz can be worse that _Bobby Kotick._
@@luchts4547 how, what has he done
this time line is so weird
If you thought 82 million votes was a lot for Biden, wait till you see 2024 lol 90m+ votes
@@Sharkweed more like 90m+ votes to come to his funeral
lol you know, with all the "voter suppression" that was happening under trump I'm sure he'd get 90m+ this time around
You're on crack if you think Ted Cruz would do anything even remotely moral or for the interest of the gaming community unless it makes him a fuckton of money, he will do literally nothing. He doesn't even do shit when a class full of children are murdered at an elemental school. The fact that Asmongold thought that Ted Cruz would do something because of his "christian values and he doesn't want children gambling" or whatever the fuck.. is an absolute joke. And the ONLY REASON Ted Cruz would EVER come on Allcraft or whatever to talk to Asmongold is to get brownie points with the younger viewers to try to position himself as someone hip and cool and part of the Twitch community
@@Sharkweed what does this have to do with anything
I need this in my life. Please let this happen. I don’t know exactly how or what caused this branch in the timeline but god we need this conversation to happen. I really don’t think a better person to represent gaming exists than you Asmon.
I found asmon through the Johnny Depp trial, I stayed for the diablo immortal content and now I'm f*cking hooked !!!! What an absolute legend
I do not even play any of the games he does. I am stuck to games from early 2000s but it watch this guys channel every day. Best streamer ever, down to earth and has the ballz to say what he thinks.
me too
If you like wow, i recommend you to watch asmon's transmog challanges
@@kirat666 I play Diablo 2R exclusively lol
He’s aight
Please Engage with Ted and push for it, would be great opportunity to use your voice to bring the gaming industry forward
The gaming industry is pure degeneracy let it consume itself
If gaming brings together bipartisanship, even if only for this one brief, shining moment, I say go for it!
Indie games are the way forward
@@jackreacher4297 I mean a little sunlight wouldn't hurt. A lot of bad practices in games that got like the very abusive schemes that are worse than casino gambling is in part because lawmakers and politicians don't know of the problem because they don't interact with people that run into it or it just is not being brought up at all.
You mad corny 😂😂
Imagine if Asmon actually gets lootboxes banned in texas. Imagine if the companies acutally have to put in a effort to take down a service that is making good money and Asmongold is the fucking reason. The actual literal god.
Will not happen...ever. Aslong as people like Cruz are there, you will not get any GOP movement on something that would require regulation in the free-market and cost corporations alot of money. It is their hokum idea of the 'libertarian' approach.
never gonna happen. all that game companies have to do is toss some cash and slimeball cruz will change his tune real quick.
Please please engage in conservations with Ted Cruz. I feel like it could really be a great first step at restoring the gaming industry to an area that everyone has fun and don't have to deal with crippling addictions/gambling.
🤓
Seriously you need to do this asmon. Change gaming for all of us to the better !
And honestly I feel that ted actually have a lot more he wants to say about this topic, I think this conversation MUST happen!
Government gonna really make change 💀
If you think engaging Ted Cruz on anything is going to amount to any kind of change you know nothing about the PoS.
It might end up as his only accomplishment but that would be cool by me!
Asmongold is the messiah. He will save us all. 👁️👄👁️
@@kain9407 u might be right buddy but the fact that a popular politicians is talking about it it gonna get more people more juST MORE SHIT TO KNOW THE GAMING COMMUNITY isn't gonna be alone in this I don't care if it's Ted or what ever poltecians as long as a governmental someone gets this knowledge we can make a change, this doesn't stop with Ted we can get politicians u care about to talk about microtransactions
This could either go REALLY well, educate the masses and get some legal action started, or REALLY badly, because politicians in general like to screw things up.
I can totally see Cruz deflecting any nuance Asmon would attempt to provide and pivot into a new branch of the "Violent Video Games" schtick. I wouldn't trust that man to legislate a cat out of tree.
As they’ve said on stream if they regulate it it will be to their benefit. They never do work out of kindness. I doubt they ban it, I bet they’d just make a legal age and slap heavy taxes on it.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
@@808master number one in shootings and incarcerated population, lesgoooooo
The good thing with Ted Cruz is if you can appeal to the “gambling” aspect of these things he can rile up the populist base against it.
Is Ted Cruz using this as an opportunity to curry favor with gamers and younger generations? Absolutely, he's a politician. But Asmon can use Ted to start the discussion in political sphere so this is an absolute win.
pretty much, yup
i mean gamers are without a doubt the least likely voters if he was just wanting to win over young voters he would be talking about canceling student loans and wouldn't actually understand how lootboxes are bad
Really cool that this opportunity came to you. Surprising that they were even aware of the issue. I'd think to get through you'd need to educate them with as many clear examples how bad the philological manipulation really is with loot boxes and gambling in video games. You could even use other countries laws limiting loot boxes as an example of how to proceed.
I dont like Ted Cruz but I will applaud anyone actually willing to talk about the lootbox issue in gaming. It sound silly on the surface to have a politician talk about it, but you realize quickly that these companies are making billions off essentially getting kids to gamble in their games.
The fact that this came from Cruz of all politicians is blowing my mind, but the whole lootbox practice needs a hard check.
He'll talk about anything if it brings eyes to his podcast. Doesn't mean he'll do a damn thing.
@@FlowerBot true, but at least it brings the topic more awareness
Electronic Arts and ActivisionBlizzard are just two of the biggest criminals but nearly every big publisher does this shit
@@xplicitmike Which is all the more reason to bring politicians into this mess and start regulating and putting limits on the crazy shit they can get away with. The gambling can only stop in 2 ways and that is by laws and regulation or a complete stop of people playing the game. And one of those 2 is a lot more feasible and likely to happen.
"Most people agree on most shit"
- Asmongold
Spot on!
I love how the interviewer goes “oh I dont play video games, look at me I’m all-serious and all-business, I’m not a kid, what’s a video game anyway” while being 32. Seriously, he grew up in the age of the internet, FPS’es like Doom were a mainstream before he could walk.
hes obviously joking lol he has a dry humor
@@Sharkweed that isn't dry humour, that's called being a wanker
@@EcnalKcin Agreed he is definitely that kid who intentionally gives the wrong answer because being smart is lame and it all comes off as very coy but not in good way.
I love seeing virtual-world Andy’s getting mad at real-worlders
The problem with "not spanking children" is that other forms of discipline often require a lot more time and presence. In a lot of families this is a commodity that they don't have. Imagine waking up at 7am and needing to drop the kids off and be at work at 8am. If your child is acting up, you really don't have time to put them in time out until their tantrum is over. Your options are 0 discipline, or popping them a little and carrying on. Also, can we stop pretending that there is no difference between beating your children and a little pop on the hand/rear?
Heavily disagree with asmongold on this. I wouldn't have learnt my lessons from just being talked too...sometimes I'd be so hard headed all I would do is try to lie and hide doing something bad and I got my ass whipped for it...but the differences between that and actual child abuse is intent, where their hitting them, and how frequent. If you find it cathartic to beat your child often then your actually awful as this type of punishment should also hurt the parent as well. It should be last resort and it should be quick and to the point not extended and super painful
I'm glad Asmongold never had to have that kind of punishment but I'm not asmongold and neither were my sisters and with how they act you'd all think they were never disciplined in their life. People are different and I say I can agree to disagree with asmongold on this issue as there is no use in arguing especially when he made it clear where his stance is but in my opinion such a stance leads to the problem we have of today where everyone is entitled and heaven forbid you disagree with them.
@@shadowlight6084 I agree. It's easy to see when physical discipline is over used and is excessive, but non-physical discipline can also be over used and excessive. Both will affect the child in negative ways.
I was also spanked as a child, and never once was I afraid of my parents. I know I did something wrong and that was the punishment. It's the parent's job to make sure the child knows they're getting spanked for discipline and not simply being hit on as a result of frustration or aggression.
And to your point, not all children are the same. I promise you not all children are easily manipulated. Asmongold thinks children are dumber than they actually are. Some children will throw tantrums just because they want your attention, and that gets their attention. "Oh, Don't give them attention until they stop", alright it's been 3 hours and they're still throwing a tantrum. Now they just think you don't care about them lol. Is that any better than just popping them?
Being grounded while growing up was much more "traumatic" than getting spanked IMO. As a kid your friends are everything, playing outside was everything, It was the only thing that mattered. When you get grounded, your "whole world" is taken from you.
Getting spanked (in moderation) definitely sucked but it's so brief that it wasn't traumatic, I'll take my licks because I screwed up. Then I'll go outside with my friends with my water logged eyes and shoot hoops lol.
Anyways, I could go on forever. But this subject isn't as black and white as Asmongold thinks.
If the right communicator explains it, the general public including older generations could easily and quickly understand this issue. Everyone's grandma understands how the slots work at the casino and probably plays them. Everyone has at least seen somebody play a video game, and the concept of having a character you control and making it stronger than other characters is easy to grasp. Mixing in the idea of money as a shortcut to gain that character's power is easy to explain, people might get lost around the idea of how the predatory practices work, but the basis of this issue can be widely understood.
I think the angle to take is a gambling for children one. Lootboxes only being allowed in 18+ rated games would be the legislation i'd look for. The industry would then have to decide if it want to have kids get into there games and get life long customers or try to fleece adults who should be capable of making there own decisions.
@@jez4900 there's one point where they differ tho, people playing slots aren't going there to compete with all the other people playing slots, people playing poker go specifically to compete with the other players for the money, and only the most lucky AND Skilled wins.
In these pay to win games the game is structured to show you competing with the other players in skill, even though in actuality you can bridge that gap with money against the time and effort of someone actually skilled, i would argue that's a kind of fraud, they're selling you something that isn't
Ted Cruz is a "young" senator (50), which is really important, the planet was a completely different place between when Cruz was growing up and someone like McConnell (80) or Pelosi (82), more-so than any other divide in human history. As the younger crop of 40-50s replaces entrenched 70-80s and begins advocating on these issues, it will be way easier to find the right communicator. That generation still knows enough of what things used to be like that they can serve as a bridge between older people lost in space and the new world.
@@jez4900 Video game ratings never prevented kids from buying a game. If you want to access a casino you have to prove you are of legal age, but you don't have to do that to buy a game online. Casinos also need to have systems in place to help addicts. I don't see why paid loot boxes should be allowed in games. Regulating them properly is too complicated, and they don't bring any more value to a game from a normal person's point of view than simply buying what you want at a set price.
@@jez4900 plenty of games arw 18+ and clearly still get mostly minor gamers
My perspective on lootbox is they don't need to be banned per say, what needs to happen is A have them be recognized as gambling, B force game companies who use them to follow gambling laws and C force game rating like the ESRB to rate gambling as an A rated item, and suddenly game companies will have to remove them from their games to avoid an A rating on the ESRB.
no one gives a shit about esrb ratings bro
Honestly would solve the problem and then some. Truly love the idea
This sounds exactly like CdawgVA on gacha. Forget which ep of trash taste it was but he made some good arguments in it.
Man this whole industry is fucked up even esrb don't do there job cause they corrupt smh
The problem with lootboxes and timesavers is that even if regulated and restricted Game developers will just inflate required game time, they'll timegate, roadblock, add in extreme repetition grindy content etc.. you take away these companies cash cow and they'll just revert back to DLC's with a huge ramp on price, rather than 15$ it'll go to 40$.
Yo please reach out to Ted this is something that needs to be brought to the national spotlight more. Its sick to prey on minors
You're on crack if you think Ted Cruz would do anything even remotely moral or for the interest of the gaming community unless it makes him a fuckton of money, he will do literally nothing. He doesn't even do shit when a class full of children are murdered at an elemental school. The fact that Asmongold thought that Ted Cruz would do something because of his "christian values and he doesn't want children gambling" or whatever the fuck.. is an absolute joke. And the ONLY REASON Ted Cruz would EVER come on Allcraft or whatever to talk to Asmongold is to get brownie points with the younger viewers to try to position himself as someone hip and cool and part of the Twitch community
@@zwojack7285 read the room dude
@@zwojack7285 im republican and i dont like it. there's people with morals towards kids and people without on both sides for many issues
@@zwojack7285 omg give it a rest. If you seriously think that only republicans are the corrupt politicians that do that abhorrent shit I’ve got an awesome new NFT project that will make you millions to show you
@ZwoJackIp If you're gonna make broad sweeping generalizations, at least use more than one example. You come off like a low effort troll.
But I'm sure you're above that and are intellectually honest.
What’s more crazy is a Diablo Immortal ad came up before watching this video lol!
dang, I rarely ever find myself in agreement with Ted Cruz, but he came across rather competent in this topic area and seems to be receptive to understanding its present risks
It’s almost like that’s how he normally is, but the media doesn’t want you see that.
@@mrkennady One word: Yikes.
@@SneggeS You might be human, but you dont pass the turing test.
@@SneggeS I mean he's got a point it's not like the media is a bastion of fairness. Not to say Cruz is flawless though, he's still a politician.
@@SneggeS yikes to you yes.
It's not only kids...I got brain cancer at 29yo. The right side of my body paralyzed didnt left me much choices but stay at home all day....games became my escape...especially the easy browser game that didnt require both hands. I started one game that was easy and there were shop offers popping in my face ...starting with 99 cents...and the rest was like you mentioned in previous episodes...i was hooked...the psychological maneuvers that let me believe im only $xxx short etc. To keep this short...i spent over $8000 and ended up researching web on how to suicide...thx to my awesome fam a friends i live decent life today but ill never forget what that game did to me
Hope you're doing better now friend.
Holy shit that's tought..
What game
That’s fucking awful… I’m glad you’re doing better, friend
Yeah they are predators preying on the weak. Always on the hunt. Sad to hear your story. I would recommend old school runescape to you. Can be played with mouse only, satisfying character development and one of the few games with no predatory monetization. Note old school, not the modern version.
Never in a 1000 years would I expect Ted Cruz of all people to be informed on this subject
He does have teenage sons.
Even more so than that irritating host that's 32. Donkey kong or pacman ffs.
@@eodyn7 so Ted Cruz is a great dad
Unlike most Politicians, Ted Cruz actually is a REAL person. He lives in the real world sometimes, and is not an ideologue , but he knows what the hell is going on in culture.
He's pandering. I would be shocked if he didn't research this subject the day before.
As for the hitting a child talk at the end, a buddy of mine has been through the works in life. I'm talking gang violence, drug addiction, prison time. The works. And to this day he says the most traumatic thing he says he's been through is getting his "beatings" from his mother with a Rally paddle. He's a changed person now but that was one of the biggest reasons for his negative upbringing. She died of COVID this year and he chose not to attend her funeral.
He's on your side. Please use your platform to end loot boxes that give items that have very low chances of getting. These companies will absolutely destroy gaming for a buck.
Except he literally said the federal government shouldn't be the one to stop it, so how exactly is he on our side? Who's going to stop it except forming laws against it? If it's not federal it will just be a mess, I could use a VPN to look like I'm in a state where it's legal.
@@amnesiac7598 You might not stop it but you could still prevent it in games that are rated lower than M
@@amnesiac7598 the question is why would you use a VPN to play a game with loot boxes of all things
Not exactly sure I’d want Ted Cruz as an “ally,” but whatever gets it done
@@azn3715 same question, how would that apply to every state unless the federal government is involved? He said he's approaching it from a libertarian stance, which means 0 regulation from the government, so basically he said he "cares" but he doesn't want the government to do anything about it.
Great-grandkids: “Grandpa I read on my hologram there used to exist something called lootboxes in games.”
80 year old me: “Sit next to me my child, I will tell you a story. It all started with a hero named Asmongold.”
meanwhile dutchies and belgians have banned this trash ages ago
Isn't it supposed to end with asmongold? I think it started with Fifa:p
@@xyr3s the beginning of the end
"Aight kids it all started with something called mobile gaming and its infestation on pc/console."
"Like the flood?"
"Yes child, and one man's crusade against corporate greed."
Asmon is truly one of the best people ever at maintaining a conversation with an audience by speaking into a microphone, he would absolutely kill it as a radio host. He deserves an honorary degree in Broadcasting/communications.
He's good, but imo Josh Strife Hayes is better 😉
I think experience beats a degree, if he wanted to he could get a radio job now
Ted Cruz eats crayons
@@brentsta for lunch money I imagine, compared to yt+tw :d
@@brentsta Indeed. degrees are for beancounter.
i love him. Cruz is anti loot box 😂😂 great video
P.S - gambling is already illegal, just needs to be enforced
If the Twitch community had no problem having AOC on last year, then surely there should be no issue having Ted Cruz come on for a talk about a major issue for many gamers
Twitch is a very leftwing company and these types of companies on the far left do not usually have a tolerance for anyone who disagrees with their ideology.
If Ted Cruz were a young female he would be getting millions of requests to stream. "Omg gamer congresswoman wants to end p2w mommy AWOOOOGAAAA"
Community should have no problem, question is will Twitch staff allow it to happen or come up with some bs reason to shut it down
No because republicans bad and right bad
you think Republicans will be allowed to join Leftist Twitch? LMAO. and you guys thought Knowles was out of the loop hahahaha
Ted's definitely a gamer 😂 You can tell he was annoyed with Michael's quirps
The Michael dude is larping some sort of trad male aesthetic. He is 32 and pretending Donkey Kong was the last game he has heard of lmao.
He's lying to seems more relatable to the active audiance of the pod-cast whiich is in their fiftys/sixtys. you know oh those new fangled vid-yar games. Right Buck? I prefer keeping my house safe with ma shotgun. you wont catch me playing that commy Pac-man.
@@dtho6231 yeah, he knows. he was just making stupid jokes.
@@kylemenos LMAO
“PAC man or whatever” Cruz-“this guyyy🤦🏼♂️” 🤣🤣
The dream: Asmon convinces enough congressmen and senators to pass a bill which heavily regulates children gambling in games. We watch the house vote live on stream, the bill passess, chat erupts with PagMan, Pog and FeelsStrongMan Clap.
I miss RPG gambling like we had 20 years ago in Pokémon.
The Reality:
The only problem is that Ted Cruz is one of those people who blame video games for mass shootings, so he may try to overreach
Why do people keep bringing up "children gambling" ? The main issue is adults gambling, children usualy don't have money.
Loot boxes need to be illegal for EVERYONE
@@Titi-pu2hl this tbh
I'm a conservative so it comes as no surprise to me that Ted would react this way but it was absolutely fascinating to watch someone who (I assume) is not conservative realize that as much shit as Ted Cruz gets from the media (which all Republicans do) he's actually unironically based AF.
Yes! My thoughts exactly!
Cruz actually having a good take is pretty surprising. I feel like the other guy was hamming up his lack of gaming knowledge, there's no shot he couldn't name 1 video game between donkey kong and now.
Don't believe everything the media says about Ted. He is not the monster MSM makes him out to be. The Media survives on making people look more extreme than they really are.
yea thats my feeling on it , he was just trying to sound like self-deprecating boomer. THeres no way he didnt hear about WoW and Halo 3 or fortnite
@@Marklar3 yeah I’m feeling those same vibes from him. I am going to lay off gaming soon but you bet your ass I’m not turning up like this guy.
@@VansireTheBand No, stay addicted like the rest of us.
@@pakaman9101 Candy Crush and Fortnite are virtually unavailable things. This guy being in the news likely would know about GTA as well. There are games that just reach beyond the gamer bubble
I’d absolutely tune into a talk between you and Ted. He seems far more initiated on the topic than I could’ve expected.
Ofcourse he understands. Checkout his donor list. Look into the tax breaks for game dev in Texas. Hell would have to freeze over before you get anyone like Cruz passing bills to regulate the games industry and their bottom lines.
Ted cruz on Allcraft, NEXT week
@@xvandrex Please don't platform that shit stain of a human being, also if you want the person who initiated said topic ask his writers... Surf the wave gents
I did not see that coming
Just wait until the industry lobbyists get to him.
I don't care if a developer wants to put lootboxes in their game. My stance is that lootboxes should be classified as gambling, as they are gambling, and should be regulated as gambling.
The funny part is that games like Pokemon Red with simulated gambling in them, that does not require real money, is classified as gambling. Yet games like FIFA or Diablo Immortal that feature real gambling with real money are not classified as gambling.
Double standards for profit abound but must ultimately be crippled and put out to pasture. A return to rational sustainability is a must.
I had no idea pokemon red was considered gambling that makes no sense.
@@kenyenmusic7548 Yeah, unfortunately. Pokemon Red recieved a label for gambling because it included an ingame casino where you could play slots using in game currency and trade the tokens you won for prizes and pokemon. You couldn't buy the currency with real money, and the casino was entirely optional, but it did get the game an R rating for including gambling. You didn't bet real money like you do in FIFA or Diablo Immortal, yet it still got rated as gambling even though those two games use real money and are not considered gambling.
Diablo immortal has no lootboxes. Crests are lootboxes as much as a weekly dungeon boss is a lootbox. If I buy a new account, I can do another weekly dungeon... If I boost a character, I can do another weekly dungeon... How is that different, besides the extra steps? Such bullshit arguments only hurt the cause. Diablo immortal has predatory, p2w cash shop and a poor f2p experience to boost sales. No need to lie or expand the definition.
Lootboxes should be regulated/banned for kids and should have some form of warning about gambling in general. Calling them gambling would just make them illegal in half of the world, it is silly. There are gambling elements, but if lootboxes are gambling, Magic, Yu-gi-oh and other card games are even more gambling, since they can have a monetary reward instead of just non tradable ingame items.
@@NightZ2_ Gambling is gambling regardless of how big the buy in is or how big the payout is. Crests are lootboxes. You buy the crest, you use it, and you get a lootbox at the end of a five minute dungeon run. The argument that the dungeon run step means this is not a loot box and not gambling could easily be countered by saying that pulling the lever on the slot machine means the slot machine is no longer gambling because there is a step in between the buy in and the pay out.
Yugioh cards, Pokemon cards, they are gambling. Kids are buying packs of cards with real money in hopes of getting high value cards. I grew up collecting pokemon cards, then yugioh cards, then magic cards. I think I have enough experience in the matter to say they are gambling. The key, and important, differences that makes cards a far more acceptable form of gambling are a) cards generally require a trip to a store or a long wait for deliver when purchased. You are not constantly being offered another pack while sitting on your couch playing video games or watching videos. b) Cards are generally purchased by adults for kids, or by kids in the presence of adults. This means that parents can easily regulate their children's purchases. In regards to video games, publishers and even the rating boards will very often take steps to hide the fact that the game has gambling features in it in order to trick parents into thinking the game is safe for kids. FIFA being a prime example with the E rating and "In game purchases" label purposefully hiding the fact that FIFA contains gambling.
Loot boxes are gambling. You put money into a game of chance and hope to get something of value in return. The value of an object is subjective, even if the object is not worth any monetary value it can have sentimental value. It's been proven that people will spend exhorbitant amounts of money for object that have no monetary value because they want to look good or feel good.
For a generalized example, lets say you play a game where you buy in at one dollar and have pick a card where each card is associated with a specific prize. One prize is a used tissue and 51 of the 52 cards will give you this prize. The other one card wins a picture of you with a deceased family member that you cared a great deal about. You can buy in as many times as you want but there will always be 52 cards to pick from. The used tissue is worthless to everyone including yourself, but the picture is worthless to everyone except you. Would you consider that gambling even though none of the prizes can be monetized?
Can you please link the original video in the description? Huge fan but it's really annoying to have to search it up myself when you're using that content in the first place.
You know, when Asmon is going at talking with chat like he does, where it seems like a genuine dialogue between two people in the same room is just mind-blowing to me how he can pick those comments out when the chat is buzzing by like it does. I don't think I could ever do that.
my guess is his mods are choosing comments and send it to him in DMs
@@kokocaptainqc pretty much the conclusion I came to when I was wondering the exact same thing a couple of days ago.
He could be pulling "questions" out of his ass.
@@kokocaptainqc there's no way, he had read some of my comments instantly. He probably has a big screen for chat and pause it when something catches his eyes.
abortion should be legal till 18 years old in my opinion
I'm not gonna lie, Ted Cruz knows way more than i though he would about how gaming microtransactions work.
i mean... he does have 2 relatively young kids... so that makes sense tbh
That's what a politician is suppose to be, they are a proxy for the people that voted them in and thus serve the people. Ted Cruz wanted to talk to someone with a reaching audience about microtransaction issues that are borderline criminal is the perfect way to get the message out. Putting those feelers out and understanding just how damning it all is, apparently they already made 24mil off those transaction, is what a politician is suppose to be.
Most Adults or Older men play mobile games. They experience pay to win a lot. They aren’t as out of touch as you would expect
@@airget to be fair, the stuff youd expect politicians to know about are things concerning the real world, like economics, infrastructure, agriculture and things of the sort... but i guess companies engaging in outright criminal behavior to boost monetary suceess from products does kinda fall into these things...
Guys it was not that I thought he couldn't know , I'm just surprised, I do know other politicians in other countries, and most won't play games, or know stuff about games, but I also do know that some do, it's just that I never did the connection of Ted Cruz and games.
All bullshit aside. I watched asmongold from the VERY beginning. To see him at this place makes me honestly really happy for him. At the start he was a neckbeard WoW player making youtube videos. Now he's a multi-millionaire who is getting attention of Senators and is involved in his own company. He's making strides in changing gaming for the better to remove loot boxes and protect people. I'm not a type of person to fan boy over people but to see him where he's at so cool.
a reactor talking to a politician? this is like a parasite having its very own parasite
I remember hearing the name Asmongold when I played vanilla, no idea if it's the same guy but the top 0.5% of guilds back in the day were a tight community so maybe it was.
same, i was watching asmongold since diablo 3 launched and he was making guides. I wont lie because in around 2016 i started to not like asmongold. he was turning into cdew and i thought he had just a massive ego and was an arrogant streamer, but i started to slowly rewatch these uploads about 8 months ago and im right there with you. I am genuinely proud of asmongold, he has grown so much and come so far. I think i really saw a demeanor change in him when his mother passed god rest her soul. I think that changed him, as expected, but he changed in a positive way where a lot of people could have used that as an excuse to lash out he became better. I hope he continues this glow up, he could be in a very powerful position in gaming in the next 10 years and i look forward to it.
This. This is REAL influence.
He's still a neck beard. Albeit just a richer one.
Not physically disciplining your kids when they need to be disciplined is wrong; it's a form of psychological abuse to let them think they can do what they want without consequences.
agreed, asmon isnt a dad. he has no idea what it means to be a father or what it means to discipline a child correctly. Raising a child is the same as teaching a caveman to stop acting like a caveman. They are literally little monsters that have to be taught everything from how to act, how to talk, how to wipe thier own shit off thier butt. Some kids need a physical presence to keep them in line. The bible is clear on this.
2022 is a legendary year for Asmon. big props!
For someone who said he doesn't play massively multiplayer games, he sure as hell described the process and product of buying a wow token pretty accurately. He plays.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that this is the same guy who left his dog behind to head to cancun during a massive snow storm... this could be his redemption arc.
And just for the record, a broken clock is still right twice a day.
This is sooo sick. Asmongold is a Legend in the making and we will be behind him 100% of the way! Congrats bro
Already a legend! The saga only continues!
There's a certain age where a smack on the butt once or twice is almost necessary as verbal commands do NOT always work, even after weeks/months of repetition trying to get the child to listen and understand the dangers of their actions. My child wouldn't stop running out to the road every chance he could get away. Months of constant talking/timeouts and other methods of non-physical discipline to no avail. One time he took off towards the road as a car was coming (he's two), and I barely caught him in time. I smacked his butt, and sternly told him never again! He has listened to me since then for now when I tell him to stop running, in all circumstances, he stops. The stress of him getting hit by a car is gone, and I can rest assured knowing that he knows the road is dangerous now. So yes hitting your kids is terrible, and not okay. A smack on the ass cheek to snap reality into their consciousness when they won't stop doing something dangerous to their selves or others. In my humbled opinion being a father of two wild (though great) ADHD boys ages 6 - the oldest on medication already even though I wish he wasn't, and the youngest at 2 years old: Butt smacks are a form of discipline to teach these humans in training that things can hurt you, or others severely, and this butt smack is the last warning strike before potential disaster if they don't start to follow the guidance of their elders/parents. The only other thing he has had his bottom smacked for was breaking windows. After throwing toys through 3 windows over 6 months of time of trying to get him to stop banging on/throwing stuff at the windows, he needed a physical disciplinary act to finally stop doing this haha, I cannot keep buying new windows. More importantly he was either going to get severely cut (older windows not safety glass, breaks in large jagged edges), or his older bother would have if I didn't put a stop to his windows breaking habit. Ages 2 1/2 into 3 1/2, controlled "stinger" butt smacks is something I believe certain humans kind of need to realize that we cannot just do whatever the hell we want haha that life can bite back. In this age zone the can now walk/run/climb while always moving fast, and they have no mental guidance on what they're doing. they also will do things over and over again to get attention. Some of these things they try doing are good, and some bad. Some things can be straight up a living hell for the parent worrying about the safety of their kids lmao. It's parents that actually hit the kids with force following through the butt smack, and the parents that want to smack butt after every wrong doing, this is the problem with hitting kids. This overreaction of parents is why in general most parents cannot control their smacks, or their anger appropriately and end up hurting the child physically this in turn causing emotional harm making it bad all together over not. It's a double edged sword that varies per child and the 6 year old vs my youngest, they both have only had butt smacks from doing things repletely that may hurt/kill themselves or someone else. The 6 year old had a problem with climbing to get into cleaner/laundry detergent type of stuff. After getting stuff in his eyes twice, with hospital visit after one of those times... I smacked his butt before a 3rd time of him potentially going blind became a reality. He instantly stopped messing with the cleaners after a butt smack. In my self-observation I can say well maybe I didn't need to smack their behinds at all, but I also can equally say if I didn't would he have done it again causing permeant vision lost? Or for the younger one breaking windows... Would he have gotten a serious laceration from the 4th window broken if I didn't put a stop to it after the 3rd by smacking his butt? So I can agree with Asmondgold in general, but as a parent, until you are a parent, then you have LITERALLY NO SAY in physically disciplining YOUR OWN kids. Your (Asmondgold) opinion is based off emotions you have without having a little mini-me running around, and not of the emotional response and worries as a parent. Things you CANNOT and WILL NOT understand until you are. You may have not been all that bad of a child compared to some others at a younger toddler age. Your rebellion years is different lol. I'll finish with saying that smacking butts of kids older than 3 1/2 - 4 starts to become abuse in my opinion as well. At this age they can understand what you are trying to tell them, and it up to the parent to learn how to word things right for the kids to learn from and follow. Any parent can probably agree with everything I have wrote here, even parents that haven't smacked their own child's behind.
My god man that's a short story right there lol
I know you're speaking from the heart but this is too long and I skipped most of it
@@ryugurena3327 understandable
@@kai-tj3rv appreciate you noticed the swift nature of it
Start the War Asmongold...You have the power to reach the connections that we as gamers and heck, as humans need to correct these wrongs. We are with you.
This is actually crazy I'm so surprised he knows what is going on in the gaming industry
Never underestimate Thinktanks. Imagine you pay a bunch of ppl for informing you perfectly in a matter of hours about a topic on one paper. Like a research butler, that's why performant politicans come off as "knowing everything they talk about right now".
Well if he is a politician I would hope he understands some of the nuances that inspires the need to regulate the gaming industries monetization.
Edit: Especially if he is aiming for a younger vote. It isn't that too far out to believe!
@@Reni3r Nope. He does know what hes talking about. A huge percentage of middle aged or men in their 40s-50s play mobile games, so they experience Pay to Win. They don’t do Console/Pc games so all they know are the mobile games.
It is not far fetched at all to expect an older politician to have experience with mobile games.
@@Reni3r Ted Cruz has talked about gaming for years and playing with his kids before they went to bed. Some lowlifes were recording on airplanes of him playing, until the airlines told them to knock it off.
@@SilentButDudley if a Senator tells you his firstborn's name, there's a 100% chance an aide had to remind him, and a 90% chance the aide learned from a lobbyist or think tank. Even the image that Ted Cruz projects that makes you think he's just like a regular guy was intentionally curated and didn't come cheap. That's just federal politics, tbh. Politicians don't know how much milk costs, but they're to date on issues involving the dark side of mobile gaming? Come on now.
Asmon you gotta push this, even if you just get the chance to help inform the debate it would be such a big thing. Don't just let the corporations who profit massively off the predatory behavior have there say, get in there too.
Be the hero we need!
Edit: If you live in Texas write Ted Cruz and get him to sit down with Asmon, show him taking this seriously would be a vote winner.
@Adam Cosper Damn g, you need to get out and touch grass lol
I think he's from Austin so it makes sense he reached out to cruz
@Adam Cosper I am laughing at the possibility of this scenario.
I used to work for Microsoft doing X-Box support. I can’t count the hundreds of calls I got from parents where their kids stole their cards and ran up anywhere from $25 - $15K. It was ludicrous.
This guy interviewing Tedd Cruz is oddly passive aggressive. He very much knows what they're talking about. He just doesn't want to.
Yeah he's a bit annoying.
Seriously, what some condescending bullshit from the co-host.
Hes trying the Fox News approach and failing
This is not an interview lol it's their podcast. I think you think the world revolves around gamers and that's far from the truth. That dude is 32 with no kids but married and busy
@@Sharkweed You can have an interview within a podcast. Also, little snippy there, eh?
Man, you have to make an interview with him, fully prepared one. I'm sure it would be super impactful and stirr up the pot in the right direction.
My full support!
It would be hilarious if this became a real interview with adequate push back on the policies
@@theLanceInPants It's not even a difficult thing to do, look at Belgium, look at the Netherlands. So it's not like it's this "out of world"-thinking. The problem is Money! Every lootbox is income, income is taxed meaning every loot box is money for the State/Country.
@@lolly166541 not mUh CoooUnTrY! We Do THinGs DiffEreNtLy iN MuriCA, I teLL yOU HuuuWHaT!!
@@lolly166541 I the biggest issue is many people are on board with regulation/banning when it comes to children. But as Cruz indicated, many people (myself included) don't think it's the government's job to tell the entire population "no you can't do this because we think its wrong." It's unnecessarily freedom limiting. There's already a safety mechanism in place for grown adults: if you don't agree with the way it's marketed and delivered then simply don't buy it or participate. I do not give a DIME to any game that employs lootboxes. And if some people out there don't care and want to spend tons of money on loot boxes, then that's their choice. What right do I (or you) have to tell them they're not allowed to spend their money how they want? We're talking about adults, after all. So I think that's proably the position you'd run into most often that would likely prevent any sort of regulation as it pertains to adults.
@@shanesimms3665 I believe that the major issue is we're marketing gambling towards kids with a "you always get something" aspect that makes it SO addictive. Your son comes up to you and says "Can I get 20$ worth of tokens on this blackjack site" that's a hell no but "Can I get 20$ on -insert game-?" A LOT of parents nowadays will in order to keep their kids favor, parents don't understand it and kids are unnaturally pulled into it. That's the major issue and the "step" asmon is looking to tackle with a potential interview.
Seriously if they look into this and how evil and predatory it is I think it'll get regulated.
It’s more predatory than cigarettes
One thing the video game companies really like to bring up is that loot boxes are like trading cards. Coming from somebody who plays five different trading card games I can tell you they are literally nothing like it. And every single trading card game you're guaranteed certain types of cards in every single box. For example, in yu-gi-oh, every core set has two secret rares and three to five ultra rares per box. Cardfight vanguard has guaranteed five triple rares and one SP per box. They define exactly what's in the box, what you're going to get if you buy it, etc. Loot boxes say you have a percentage of a chance to get something, and there is no guarantee in any way. On top of that, you can always immediately go and resell those cards that you pull from packs and make some of your money back. Sometimes make more money back, you can't do that with in-game items because almost every single video game has rules against real money trading. So please make sure to include that if you do end up talking
Asmon if you get this meeting, you need to compile all the stories and studies that show just how out of control the spending is and how it conditions people. YOu need to show this man just how sinister and deep this really goes.
Dude,this is what you have always been wanting in the gaming industry
Dont half ass this shit, write your questions down, go bullet point by bullet point, get teddy on the stream and go ham
This could be really good for all gamers, fuckin do it
Hearing celebrities and politicians say “I’m something of a gamer myself” never fails to crack me up. I would never want to be a gatekeeper it’s just something I never would even think about until they say it
lol it’s surprising got easily it is to manipulate the masses. Ted Cruz absolutely isn’t a gamer, he’s a politician. He just fights in the culture war bs and by extension is able to build a cabinet full of members who could feed him talking points. There’s no way anyone believes Ted Cruz legitimately plays or cares about loot boxes, this was done because republicans have no good policies and only fight on the culture war front. Why do you think he isn’t willing to get the federal government involved in passing legislation to reduce the harm of loot boxes. The Europeans have done it, wonder why we can’t here, but the clue lies in the profit motive for corporations.
Being a gatekeeper is simply protecting your scene from being exploited. Hollywood, Whales, to even some game companies observe them and If they think they can simply exploit people they gotta go.
abortion should be legal till 18 years old in my opinion
@@franciscopereira5760 meaning the kid turns 18 ?
@@ExeErdna No, being a gatekeeper is not allowing other people to join community because you were there before or believe some or all people doesn't have a right to be a part of this community
There are Anime & Gaming union in Taiwan that managed to overturn censorship in anime FYI.
Enough people can actually give gamers voice in politics. A great step forward tbh.
This seems like a big step to a better future for gaming, congrats.
You're on crack if you think Ted Cruz would do anything even remotely moral or for the interest of the gaming community unless it makes him a fuckton of money, he will do literally nothing. He doesn't even do shit when a class full of children are murdered at an elemental school. The fact that Asmongold thought that Ted Cruz would do something because of his "christian values and he doesn't want children gambling" or whatever the fuck.. is an absolute joke. And the ONLY REASON Ted Cruz would EVER come on Allcraft or whatever to talk to Asmongold is to get brownie points with the younger viewers to try to position himself as someone hip and cool and part of the Twitch community
I have always seen Ted Cruz in the context of memes, never really heard him talk, but damn, it is genuinely shocking how much he actually knows about these problems.
The man has been pretty vocal on taking on social media giants in allowing free speech on their platforms and understanding how they work. Its not surprising he has a basic knowledge of what goes on here. Credit to Michael Knowles for throwing the question to him because he could have picked anything else to ask the senator.
Ew, don't compliment Ted Cruz.
@@probablyilliterate stop being weird
@@probablyilliterate if someone does something decent and demonstrates knowledge, that should be recognized even if you disagree with their ideas. Both for Ted Cruz and any other person in any side of the aisle.
@@adolfolerito6744 maybe if it weren't Cancun Cruz, I would.
All you have to do is make games with lootboxes 18+. game companies will drop them in a heartbeat.
I absolutely hate Cruz 99% of the time, but even I have to admit it’s refreshing to see a major American politician acknowledge the massive issues in the gaming industry. Can’t say the same thing abt many others, even those I agree with
it’s okay to be humble and realize hating 99% of the time will make you overlook someone that might be on your side.
@@kaveman_4242 my brother in Christ that man is owned by the NRA, voted against marriage equality (in 2015!), denies climate change, effectively shut down the government (multiple times) which put people working at government agencies out of work for weeks, is reportedly disliked by other senators in his own party, fled Texas to cancún during a storm while leaving Texans (my grandmother and cousins included) to struggle alone, is aggressive anti abortion even in the case of rape or incest, let Trump call his wife ugly without doing anything to stand up for her, used campaign funds to illegally publish and promote his book, and asked a sitting Supreme Court nominee if she thought “babies were racist” instead of asking her any real questions.
Ted Cruz is not on my side.
@Jonas Kolker it’s amazing how easily and quickly these people are duped by Cruz pandering to a younger audience. This is calculated and strategic, there is no good will behind this. Fools.
@@Chimken_nunget that's your spin on it buddy. Name your favorite politician and I could make you a shitty sounding list about them. And half the things you listed, half of America agrees with
@@brandonreed2030 “your favorite politician”…geez dude, this is the reason why american politics suck ass
Feels like the guy on the left stepped into a cryo chamber in the 80s and just woke up. He's like the youngest senior citizen I've ever seen. 😂
It was a lame attempt at self deprecating humor.
I would never have thought Ted Cruz was a gamer 😂
Prob plays a bunch of games when he is running from the cold on his flight to Cancun.
Guy need to destress somehow.
@@dustinnabil798 Yes from the self inflicted stress.
@@1inchPunchBowl most stress is self inflicted if u really think about it homie, except violent situations that are forced on you (could even consider PTSD from war self inflicted seeing as it was their choice to enlist{excluding draftees of course})
Not a Ted fan but he knows what is going on in the gaming. Really appreciate they are starting to see what is going on
I actually can't believe Ted actually sounds like he plays video games recreationally when he also keeps blaming games for societal problems.
I dont think anyone is a fan of ted cruz, but when hes right, which has happened to often in recent times, its a bit insane. We truely live in the dark timeline
Let’s be honest they all know but they benefit from it just like the cartels they all could do something about but behind the scenes they benefit from them.
@@ZergS4uc3 Well surely someones a fan if hes senator
@@RedsHitpostMedia nah its more of "muh team" politics then anything else
ted cruz was never an idiot, but clearly has a complex and when he speaks to a big audience he gets veeery inflated, BUT I am amazed by how well he grasps this problem and how easily he can understand how it is an issue that is both unhealthy and bad for the game itself - he deserves credit for it, he could have just told some BS and moved on but he clearly looked into the issue and he's clearly not new to it. well done sir.
If they do make a law about it, it's clear from diablo immortal that simply banning loot boxes won't do since they managed to avoid the definition of a loot box by adding simple game play. It should be made clear that if you pay for it you must know what you're getting.
Congrats you just made games illegal!
You pay for a game and you don't know what you're gonna get. Depending on how you play and randomness generators, you will get different items.
People don't understand how complicated making a law do what you want, really is.
@@viral.moments.subscribe In many cases you can be refunded for a game and demos exist. That's not the case for loot boxes.
The creation of regulations obviously require dialogue and discussion to get everyone into agreement. It's not as simple as "congrats you just made games illegal".
@@viral.moments.subscribe There is a diffrence between reasonable level of mystery of buying a game, cinema ticket or new food product. You still can read the description and guarantee getting that item. In loot boxes you are promised chance of grand prize while mostly getting irrelevant trash or prize not valuable enough to reason the price. Gambling needs to be regulated at all form.
Other thing is that you can get a refund if item isn't matching the description. In buying a chance it is impossible to get money back
@@viral.moments.subscribe I'm not sure if you're joking or not, I thought it was clear that it means getting what you paid for in the game, I'm not talking about spoiling the game contents I'm talking about getting rid of loot boxes by requiring them to get rid of the RNG for any paid items. You want a specific item, in the cash shop, then buy that specific item no need to go through a gacha and pray to the gods for luck.
I'm so happy he corrected the host. There is no excuse for the level of patronizing, or ignorance he was displaying towards games today.
It was a fucking joke.
especially since he is a fucking journalist, it's his literal job to have at least a baseline knowledge of things he speaks about or brings up.
Some people wear their ignorance as a badge of honor. It's weird. Like it's fine if you don't know something, but to act as if it's a GOOD things you don't know something is just weird.
@@imaran1303 As I said, he either is completely clueless, or he thinks its funny to be condescending towards the community and the concerns being addressed.
@@imaran1303 Was it though... Dude didn't seem to know anything about the topic throughout the entire discussion.
Man.. I love that Asmon uses his platform to talk about this. With him being that big he might really set something off.
Ready Player One I thought was pretty good, despite getting a low rating. Its similar to Free Guy which was excellent! Its not only surprising to see Ted Cruz address the issue, but he also took it seriously. I love when he chastised the guy calling it Donkey Kong.