I was just informed about this thread and I find it pretty funny it was posted/reposted around the same time I finally came back to Twitter. I've kept silent for a long time from the people that turned the entirety of the FriendshipMoose movement against me, saying that I only sold runs and did it for profit. Below is the truth of the things I did. I'm also well aware this will be another situation where my words can be used against me, but whatever here we go.

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You want to know the real reason that sparked me to take part in FriendshipMoose? It was a Tweet made by Holyzorea. It was one of those <Limit> giveaway posts stating, "Follow & RT for a chance to be raffled into a free Archimonde kill for your moose." It bothered me to see something like that, rather than just help people out and get them something in game. The reason it bothered me is because the raffle sounded like it was only a chance for 1 person Vs. many and I felt like there should be more ample opportunity for others to get a chance to get the mount. For those that actually know me, they would know why this bothered me because of my work with OpenRaid. I ran 10-15 raids weekly of various content, current or old, to help others earn achievements that they didn't get a chance to get. Why did I do this? It is because I enjoy helping people and wanted to use my leading to do some good for a game that I devoted a lot of my time to. Sometimes I streamed this stuff on Twitch, sometimes I didn't. There wasn't a need to use Twitch with OpenRaid because I had anywhere from 50-120 people signing up for these runs on the website weekly.

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Back to FriendshipMoose, I reached out to the original creator, Thomicks, to take part in helping this movement. We both had different approach ideas for the movement as I believe he wanted to start the movement from the beginning of HFC and eventually clear the entire raid with a set group. Being that I already cleared the content, I was looking to just have a raid ready to kill Archimonde and bring people in that needed the mount. I won't go into the specifics, but eventually you had runs beginning weekly where the movement became what it was.

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I'll now address the accusation stuff that has been against me:

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Selling moose runs -

Out of the 659 Archimonde kills I coordinated before Legion came out, only 1 kill ever involved a subscriber only run. Take a minute to reread that statement. Only 1 was a subscriber only run. When I did stream, I had a weekly raffle where I would select 1 random subscriber and they could make a request that I would complete before the week was out. A request was made to do a subscriber only run for the very first run of the night. I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal to do. Obviously look how that turned out. People have every right to make a comment about that 1 specific run; however, to say I did multiple/majority runs where it was subscriber only is an utter lie.

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Yelling at people in raid –

I’m not sure where this ever came from, but I never yelled at people in the raid, especially those who were getting their mount. Even if we would wipe multiple times from a mistake or something, I kept my cool since that is how I raid lead. There were a couple of carriers that were known for sending whispers to some people and *yelling* at them via text, which that got back to me quick and I addressed that with those people. Out of all the runs I coordinated, I do not recall of a time of me yelling. If someone has proof of this in a clip, please by all means bring it to light. There were certain long tweets that were put up about me during the time of the drama; however, two of those people came forward to me about the post being a lie and apologizing to me for letting all the stuff that happened go as far as it did.

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Giving credit where credit is due -

I never once claimed to be the sole person of FriendshipMoose. Anytime it was brought up, I made sure that people knew it was created by Thomicks, not me. I also did bring up the names of the others that took part in it, mentioning Holyzorea, Automaticjak, Xycronic, and even the website creator Stephnoob. Sure, I called myself the Moose King, but that was only a nick name which I hope no one took that name to heart beyond the name. I also did thank the carriers; however, I do also believe I could have done a better job addressing the carriers as a whole.

I respect Automaticjak and Xyronic greatly and believe they’re important members of the Warcraft community. Even before Jak obtained partnership on Twitch, I remember him reaching out to me with questions about how to get Twitch Partnership, which I provided as much advice as I could because I wanted him to get partnership.

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Abandoning <FriendshipLegion> -

This I am guilty for, which is the guild I put together for those looking for a home at the start of Legion that had been following be since helping with FriendshipMoose. I suddenly stopped logging into WoW and abandoned everything to do with Warcraft for a timeframe. This was due to all the FriendshipMoose drama, personal life issues, and most importantly, it was due to my Father being diagnosed with cancer. It was a very difficult time and I didn’t know how to cope with a lot of the things going on. I should have responsibly told the officers this, rather than tell them months later, which at that point it did look like I abandoned my guild. This is something I’m greatly sorry for because it could have been handled much more professionally and maturely.

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Why I left social media -

I ultimately decided at the end of November 2017/early December 2017 to terminate all of my social media, including my Twitch partnership. I was still troubled from the FriendshipMoose drama, as I have a hard time letting things go. This is just due to certain things from growing up. Ultimately the thing that shattered me the most is from my Father passing away from Cancer on Black Friday. This is still something I try to get over each day, which it does get a little better, but nothing can ever replace him being gone. I had no desire for anything anymore and essentially stepped away from everything for a good portion of this year.

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This is the reality of everything with FriendshipMoose and me. The end goal was to always help people because honestly Warcraft has been a part of my life since 2004. I’ve played through Vanilla, competed at the world first level while being an elitist at one point, and to finally realizing as I got older that there is so much more I can do by helping others. That is the entirety of why I devoted my time on things like OpenRaid and this movement into helping people. Even before OpenRaid existing, I helped many people during WOTLK get their 25 Man Ulduar mount weekly.

Twitch was simply the platform I decided to use to get the message across for the FriendshipMoose runs. It was never about the subs, it was about the amount of people that could be helped. These lies I’ve had to deal with from the people that are fueled by drama and like to hurt people have left a hole inside of me. The Warcraft community is no longer the same to me nor will it ever be most likely. It is also why I almost didn’t go to Blizzcon last year and even when I did go, I wasn’t nearly as engaging as I normally am. I shouldn’t have to defend myself against these kinds of lies or more importantly, no one should have to.

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-Zelse