Zak got me hooked on AoE again and because of i'm watching also other streams, but my preference still goes to Zak in sort of streaming, and to cut him out of this completely is just childish.
The community has to grow not favor only one streamer and chasing others away, including me for that matter if the petition doesn't come true.
A couple of reasons I can think of is all viewers in one streams makes greater chances of getting on twitch front page, and VooblyOfficial revenues all goes to tournaments, while Zaks stream revenues goes to Zak projects. The sponsor really does not need a reason for doing it this way, but I would personally prefer to be able to chose, as the casters on Voobly vary a lot in quality. Regardless, you should still promote this Zak, as you have the broadest audience and maybe the sponsor will give you some love in the future :P
Signed
The different streams draw new players in, I am one of them. Zero Empires, BBQ Turkman etc have made me an keen AOE2 player (not a good a very good one though)....If you guys want the community go keep going, you need new players. Without new players, communities die as older players move on. You need em.
Also, I have listened to the Voobly streams, they do not hold my interest at all. As ZeroEmpires says, you may not prefer him, may think hes a 'noob' etc, but there are a HELL of a lot of people who do prefer him. More people means more views, means bigger prize pools etc.
As others have said, I will respect the sponsor's decision and won't appreciate him less for it, but I would still like to show my love and support for Zak. Should he not be able to stream the games, I will definitely be waiting for his videos.
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I will NOT watch another live stream, instead of undermining Zac's channel, the sponsors should realize that he has put in a huge amount of effort to reviving the community and as a result should be at the forefront of any new and exciting releases.
I will be hugely disappointed if this decision stands, a cornering off of the streaming content is completely against what I believe the community stands for, Zac has only ever advocated more competition and other commentators joining the scene which is admirable coming from the leading producer of content, not wishing to create a monopoly for self gain.
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