Preach goes on to WoTLK Classic Gold mention the game's balance issues, disappointing recent expansions, and the introduction of new strategies, such as the game's most recent Shards of Domination mechanic, as making the game largely ineffective. Although Preach's YouTube channel will continue, he states it will not be playing WoW even though he's leaving the door open to return to the game in the near future.

For MadSeasonShow The channel on YouTube began in 2014. the reasons for the channel are different. The clip announcing his move away from WoW, titled "No King Rulers Forever(Quitting WoW)," has already racked up around 800.000 viewers. The announcement was made just as news of the lawsuit against Activision Blizzard began to spread all over the internet, even though they were not directly related.

MadSeason was already making the decision to end his channel and created the video prior to the lawsuit allegations and, while he states that he is supportive of those who have been affected by sexual harassment and discrimination this wasn't the sole buy WOW WoTLK Classic Gold reason behind his decision to leave the game behind. MadSeason's YouTube channel will continue to exist in the near future, but without content about WoW.