usernamesAreTrickyTim Walz Rally Goes Live on World of Warcraft Twitch Stream | This is the latest chapter of the Kamala Harris campaign’s effort to reach young male voters
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ZerlynaThis is one of my top two episodes!!!
I thought you were great in it!
Iheartcheese“How do you kill… that which has no life?” Is one of the best lines.
Oh hey, it’s Pirate Software’s dad.
I haven’t really seen much of South Park, but heard Thor talking about this. Is this actually the character they designed around his dad?
“How can you kill that which has no life?”
Gradually_AdjustingDo kids still do WoW? I assumed it’d be all parent aged folks by now
It is.
Yeah well, they need to vote too. Hope it went well
It’s not like they want to pander to 14 year olds, who historically have pretty low turnout
Children never show up to vote, that’s why they keep losing their rights.
TropicalDingdongArticle on Waltz’s gaming history…
You know what just occurred to me, Waltz might actually be on the other tail of WoW players if he picked it up in the early 2000’s. He might actually be decent at the game.
Yep. I have a relative his age who’s been a WoW fanatic since release.
If I was going to pick a high profile stream, I’d sandbag for a game I’m good at.
I know all of these words, but in this particular order they are nearly meaningless to me.
Yeah, I’d guess the average age is probably ~30-35+ years old. There are probably some younger kids that play, but I’d be surprised if they represented more than a marginal amount of the overall playerbase.
What’s his build?
Demo-lock to trigger the weirdos.
SanctusLmao, then you should have went to Valorant or Overwatch.
He wants to reach out to people of voting age, not children.
WoW came out in 2004. If I wanted to reach younger voters I would not choose a 20 year old game.
Man i agree with you
Well reading through the article I actually dont agree with myself anymore if WoW is what he was good at and he was streaming. The headline made it sound like he just picked a game and launched it. Yeah, if you want people to see you play then pick something you are good at with the most players. I still believe WoW is too old for an actual “young” demographic. Once again that would be Apex Legends or something for 18-26 year olds. WoW is going to net you mid to late 30s at the youngest on average.
Cock_Inspecting_AsexualRoblox is also 20 years old, give or take
Yes, but you dont go to Kongregate to play Kongregate. You feel? Roblox is just the new flash games.
Of course I fucking would if flash still worked?!
I have a pc program that has every flash game archived so I can play them all there.
I think theres an archival website too. Ugh I’m so fucken happy I was alive for that time. Truly a golden era of gaming for children with too much internet access.
God damn right.
Put er there 🫱
Also idk what Kongregate as a game is. But I would go to Armor Games to play Achievement Earned
Tbh Overwatch is already 8 years old. If they picked up the game as a teenager when it was most popular, chances are they can vote. While there are a lot of teens who play the game, there’s quite a large 20s demographic
Maybe next…
What year is it? 2004?
The median WoW player has to be at least 38.
38 year old adults are generally assumed to be of voting age, registered, and willing to vote. Do you think he’ll get better voter turnout from something like Roblox or Fortnite?
I was going to find the stream and see what types are in the audience. Can’t find it.
I can glimpse 6:30PM before the paywall blocks it, though I can’t see what timezone. Looks like EST or CST, so probably just ended and vod should be up soon somewhere?
It’s twitch. Go on any channel with above 500-1000 viewers and it’ll all be the same. Unless it’s a super modded channel with sub-only and slow mode and shit. Even then you get quite a bit of spam
jagged_circleThe title says “young voters”
throbbing_banjoHave you ever voted? Like, gone to the voting both and voted? How about attended a caucus or primary? Because I regularly do, I’m 45, and I’m typically the youngest person in the building.
The US voting base is old as fuck.
When I lived in FL, I swear I was the only one voting that wasn’t retired.
I first voted when I was 18. Younger people vote when you give them a candidate that actually speaks to their needs. If we had West and Stein on the national debate stage, I’m sure we’d have more young voters.
What are the needs that young people have that are not being addressed by the Harris campaign?
I mean the greatest threat to the future is climate change and nuclear disaster. Both of those require dismantling the military industrial complex.
Harris has doubled down on continuing to extract carbon and spending on the military.
But those are just the existential threats
I hear you, but please still get out and vote for Harris/Walz this November. This is about keeping the infrastructure of representative democracy in place so we will be able to work towards those needed changes. If Trump wins, all that is going away, and those of us guilty of thought crimes such as believing in global warming will end up in prison at best.
Nobody wants West or Stein expect for Putin lol
People don’t realize just how enormous the Baby Boomers were, as a generation.
Yeah…
Great idea. But young voters ain’t playing WOW
GladiusBThey are watching Twitch though. And what game is playing? Doesn’t seem to matter.
SassyRamenMy bro is exactly 38 and plays WoW daily 😅 so from my perspective you can’t be far off. Apropros for people saying wow players can vote, the attempt was to reach young voters.
I think there is a new Wow, or one coming…
There have been a bunch of ads about it in the last month
One just came out. It’s pretty good, but that’s easy to say because Shadowlands set the bar very, very low.
I feel seen.
If not older. I’m older than 38 and my guild mates are older than me.