World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 10 | Page 36

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36 // World of Warcraft Community Magazine

THE TWITCH WOW
COMMUNITY: A STREAMER’S
PERSPECTIVE
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By Ian Kernohan
Featuring Guest Streamer - Elvine

ast month, I wrote from the

from 35 to 50+ hours playing the

rare mogs. These contests created

viewer’s perspective about

game, and yet he shows no signs

prize pools from viewer donations,

the World of Warcraft Twitch

of wanting to stop. His WoW story

and awarded an estimated

community. This past week, I was

began in the game’s opening stress-

26,000,000g over the course of seven

able to sit down over Skype with

test, and continued through current

months. Elvine, a life-long techie,

Elvine, a goldmaker whose modest

day with one three-month hiatus.

volunteered to take over as the
person streaming these contests

educational channel has been his
His streaming career got its start

as he had equipment that let him

with The WoW Factor, a show that

do so at a decently high quality. The

Elvine is one of the lucky humans

from March to September of 2012,

show had its highest points during

whose occupation is his passion.

travelled between realms hosting

the end of Cataclysm, a time Elvine

His work weeks range anywhere

transmog contests for unique and

describes as having absolutely

full-time job for about three years.

nothing to do, aside from perfecting
vanities such as transmogs;
when Mists of Pandaria released,
however, the show began petering
out. Keelhaul, the ‘MogFather,’
according to Elvine, introduced
him to the world of gold-making
through transmogs on the show,
so when he chose to begin his own
independent channel, it was an easy
way to begin. Though he strongly
advocated for the potential of social
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