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Mar 4, 2021 AsmongoldTV took a break from streaming. "A lot of the reasons I took a break, especially towards the end is, I mean a really big reason is

burnout. I think that I was just extremely burned out from screaming and this had been kind of building up for a while."

His IRL friends and friends that he knows online could kind of tell that he was getting fed up.

After playing World of Warcraft for 15 years, Asmongold said that he probably felt like he was wasting his time for only about 20 days.

He says, "I think that taking breaks

does give me the ability to mentally reset and then also to redirect myself and the direction that I want to take my content."

In a recent video, he addressed some of his reasons and said this: "One of the big reasons why I took a break is I've had a lot of really bad, personal (**it) going on in my life and I've tried to keep a lot of this offstream."

Asmongold said that he was having fun, but over the past few months he was feeling aimless and directionless - wasting time and not doing what his audience deserved.

During his break he talked about the fun of playing games like Valheim (playing 200 hours) . "I want to try to step outside of doing my normal content and actually trying to do things a little bit different and really try to give it the old college try - actually try to make good content about other games - really try to enjoy other games."

Ashes of Creation:

"I've found that whenever I take these breaks, I'm always surfing around trying to find that next game that's going to give me that feeling. By the way, guys, it's going to be nice because in just a couple weeks now, we're going to have Ashes of Creation Alpha, which is going to be non-NDA. I will be playing

that on stream and I'm very excited about that!"

Asmongold, we are looking forward to your streams!

For more:

"Why I Took a Break From Streaming and What My Plans are Going Forward."

Asmongold's Twitch

AsmongoldTV Ashes of Creation Playlist

WolfheartFPS is a content creator that covers Ashes of Creation.

  When he was 15 yrs old he discovered World of Warcraft and became addicted;

even faking being sick to skip school and play. As an adult, he starting his YouTube Channel in 2011 with vocal covers.

 In 2015 he joined the Thailand  based band, "In Vice Versa".

2016 found him traveling to Bagkok, Thailand making videos there and in other parts of Asia as the band toured.

 In 2018 he released First Person Shooter Videos and later Coop and MMO's.

He is best known for his Baldur's Gate videos. 

Of the Content Creators for Ashes of Creation, not including the big players; AsmongoldTV and TheLazyPeon, WolfheartFPS comes in at the number 7 slot for the most views of Ashes of Creation videos at 141k views.

 His "All Classes & Races in Ashes of Creation MMORPG | Explained" video from Nov 2020.

You will enjoy his recent Ashes of Creation News series.

WolfheartFPS Ashes Playlist

The Ashes of Creation release date for the live launch is yet to be announced. The Alpha One Playtest Schedule is as follows...

ALPHA ONE PREVIEW 

 PRE-TEST 1  NDA

December 18 - 21, 2020  (4 days) Full Wipe

PRE-TEST 2  NDA

February 19 - 22  (4 days) Full Wipe

PRE-TEST 3  No NDA

March 19 - 26  (1 week) Full Wipe

ALPHA ONE

April 6 - May 6  (1 month)

ALPHA TWO (Persistent Alpha) TBA

BETA ONE TBA

BETA TWO TBA

GAME LAUNCH TBA

Alpha 2, Beta 1 and Beta 2 can be purchased here. 

Feb 7, 2021 

Crafting will not be available in Ashes of Creation Alpha One.  According to Steven Shariff, CEO and Creative Director,  "Crafting, honestly will not come online in any sense of it's true form until Alpha Two."

In an interview with the Ashen Forge (Ep 46) Steven said:

"Alpha One has essentially what are intended to be the core loop of crafting meaning the collection of materials, the translation of those materials into processed goods, and then the use of those processed goods into item acquisition." 

"That's the core gameplay loop that's currently present in Alpha One, but those are mostly facilitated, kind of piggybacking the merchant systems right now, and not actually using the real crafting system and that's just because crafting hasn't been completed in a form that can be implemented in Alpha One, but it will be for Alpha Two. So what's present in Alpha One doesn't really scratch the surface of crafting."

One day in Feb...

Steven Sharif - four years ago on Feb 26 -  gave an epic speech as Sorcerer, guild leader of The White Order in Archeage, to an alliance that included Tea Time For Kittens. He gave the speech before a siege battle. ..

RPG

In an interview with The Lazy Peon in May of 2017 Steven said, "I will admit, I like to RP a little bit. RPG is a huge part of the MMO experience. That's why it's an MMORPG genre. I think it's fun for my community, my guild, to experience their leader doing a little RP speech before the battle. Actually I took that speech from Independence Day; I just kinda changed it to be more reflective of the game."

Why Create Ashes of Creation?

Steven Sharif, Creative Director, said: "I spent the last 25 years of my life being a gamer. The genre that always interested me the most was the MMORPG genre. It's something about the aspect of that massive community that you really don't experience anywhere else in any other game. The ability to interact with thousands of people from across the world...  People who you would never have gotten to meet or spoken with before."

"As my gaming history progressed, I got to play pretty much every MMORPG under the sun and I just loved, always, that community aspect of what made MMO's great.

 Over the past several years I was kinda upset with the way that the industry was treating this genre. It became like super pay to win and this total cash grab atmosphere and it felt like they were not putting in the tender love and care that the genre was deserving and I wanted to change that. I wanted to represent the gamers' passion from a developers perspective."
THE SPEECH (DarkPirate)

THE INTERVIEW (TheLazyPeon)

For those of you hoping to play New World while you wait for Ashes take note... New World announced that they are moving the Launch Date from  Spring 2021 to  August 31, 2021.

  "We considered this decision very carefully but need to take the time to add new features, tune, and polish. We are committed to delivering a high quality experience.

  With this launch date, closed beta will begin on July 20th. Please visit our development blog at the link below to learn more about our roadmap and new features such as five-player Expeditions, the 20 vs. 20 Outpost Rush, and an additional territory, Ebonscale Reach."

Get the full story  from Amazon here.

Who is TheLazyPeon?

TheLazyPeon is a Streamer and Youtube Content Creator now living in Pattaya, Thailand; best known for his ( First Impressions "Is It Worth Playing" ) videos. In August of 2015 he reached his first 100k subscribers.

Ashes of Creation

On April 14, 2017 He released his ( Ashes of Creation: MMORPG Overview "Why I'm Excited" ) video. It currently has over a million views...

The Lazy Peon then appeared on the May 15, 2017 Ashes of Creation livestream. Steven asked him, 'What makes you love the MMORPG genre?" The Lazy Peon said: "I really love MMO's for the whole multiplayer aspect - the feeling of being in big, epic battles. It's something that you can't recreate in any other genre -  hence why I'm really into MMO's - I'm a bit of a PVP fan personally."

On July 18, 2020 TheLazyPeon, taking many hours, created an in depth video about Ashes called ( "Genuinely The Most Exciting upcoming MMORPG - Ashes of Creation" ) on Youtube. This seminal work attracted the attention of more high profile streamers and Youtubers such as Asmongold TV, Summit 1G, TimTheTatman Two and Shroud. It created a Hype Explosion for Ashes of Creation.

TheLazyPeon, now has nearly 600k subscribers and the video now has over 2 million views....

MOST EXCITING VIDEO (TheLazyPeon)

May 15, 2017 Livestream  (VisualizeZ)

Feb 26, 2021 Ashes of Creation has a new look to their website. Working with Valor Software (based in Ukraine) which was named a Top Development Company by Clutch, Intrepid Studios have updated their website design. 

This soft launch of a more marketing oriented front page is just the beginning.  Steven Sharif, Creative Director, said "We have a lot of features on the plate that we want to include on the website. Not just quality of life features but also some pretty in-depth, fun integrations to the game as well. We're going to go a little bit beyond the norm of what MMORPGs and or even game studios in particular offer through their web presence." 

According to Margaret Krohn, the Community Marketing Lead for Ashes, They plan to have more in depth info such as lore, races, classes etc but also a turntable to spin the character around plus - character creation and  functionality pages for guilds - recruitment, schedules and more including mobile phone access. A detailed article for the roadmap for what features lie ahead will be forthcoming.  Margaret's team will also be expanding to include a Jr. Community Manager, more Customer Service Support Staff and a Social Media Manager.

Ashes of Creation Website