MadSeason was already making the decision to leave

He then cites WoTLK Classic Gold the game's balance issues, disappointing recent expansions and brand new strategies, such as the game's most recent Shards of Domination mechanic, as making the game largely boring. Although Preach's YouTube channel will remain active, he has stated that he will no longer be playing WoW while still open to return to the game at some point in the near future.

For MadSeasonShow, whose YouTube channel started in 2014. the reasons are a bit different. The video that announcing his switch away from WoW, titled "No King Rules Forever(Quitting WoW)," has been able to amass more than 800.000 views. The announcement was made at the same time that news of the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard began to spread across the internet, although the two weren't exactly related.

MadSeason was already making the decision to leave and create the video before the lawsuit was filed And while he claims the channel is supporting those affected by sexual harassment and discrimination however, that wasn't the primary reason he decided to leave the game behind. MadSeason's YouTube channel will continue to exist in the future, but without content about WoW.

The alternative is that MadSeason highlights the constant commercialization of both the current version of WoW and WoW Classic as the primary reason for deciding to move on. In his view it was the introduction of WoW Token (a means for players to pay real money for in-game gold) in addition to various cheap WOW WoTLK Classic Gold paid services such as boosters for levels and shop-exclusive itemslike mounts have affected the game.