But that is just begging ? highly effective begging, but begging non the less.
I don’t really watch streamers but I understand that the more access they have to a game the higher quality of content they can provide, that’s the main reason people boost their favourite streamers forward.
Well, if you are person with networth of millions and stream with 100k viewers, then you probably should, because right now you using your outside game influence to turn that into money. And that is no different than rich guy using his purse influence.
But if you are no one, with networth of 0 and followers of 0, then go ahead and do that, because in this case you are not abusing your outside game influence.
Are you okay? I think you should seek some professional help mate 
What the hell are you smoking dude? SMH 
Buying gold for real cash is wrong in multiple ways and not even in the same league as asking/receiving gold from fellow players.
And you seem to forget that there were famous players a far back as the first year this game went live. They also received present from their fans.
Just admit that you are jealous AF! and can’t stand famous/popular public people and their inherit advantage over little old you.
Didn’t they say that they would play clean and not take anything from others, in all seriousness I do not really care, just do not want to see their stupid followers coming here telling how easy it is when streamers get everything given without any effort.
Imagine getting mad because a streamer is getting 1g tips for providing endless hours of free entertainment. I wonder how mad you’ll get when you find out that baldy makes well over $100k a month from streaming.
I can’t really say that I directly care about it, because none of these streamers are in my server and I am not even really playing WoW. It’s rather interesting case, where WoW community condemns RMT and fight against it so hard, same time they fails to see RMT that goes on under their own nose.
It is not really against rules to beg for gold, it is not like they are offering real subscription for it.
Maybe because Real Money Trading has NOTHING to do with exchanging ingame gold, ingame?
getting $100k for having to actually do something…That is too much. I prefer watching how people like you, use my platform and the money just comes to me while I am sleeping.
Blizzard won’t do anything. I heared that Esfands guild got both thunderfury bindings by layer switching constantly in raids and no one seems to care.
you ve described exactely what begging is.
people beg in capitals all the time, theres absolutely zero difference between a streamer and a beggar.
Ah okay, you actually ARE jealous. 
I wonder if people realize that for a game to have active streamers and youtubers and large followings of fans is actually a great PLUS for said games?
And of course indirectly for every player who plays and enjoys those games.
It’s different times people. Get it through your thick skulls.
Because a ‘thank you’ is not a service it is a courtesy.
I can guarantee you that you are flat asss broke.
Difference is that people who beg in capital are inside the game and don’t bring outside influence into their begging, but Streamers use their outside influence for begging. Begging gold like that, is like buying gold but in different form, but the outcome is same. If gold selling/buying is illegal, but I want to do it, I just need convert it into some form of “begging” and suddenly it is legal. I pay “gold seller” money for something that has nothing to do with ingame gold, and he gives me a tools for more efficient “begging”. If I buy gold I give money->gold, if I buy more efficient begging I give money->begging=gold. Same thing, just in first case this is illegal, but in second case it is legal, even tho both are same.
So would you say that, if say your brother starts playing the game and asks you for a bit of gold to help him get bags or mount or whatever, it should also be against the rules, because you are only giving him money because of your IRL relationship (outside game influence)?
RMT stands for “real money trading”. When there is no real money involved it can’t be RMT. They are providing services for ingame currency, the same way you pay a mage for creating a portal for you.
I think the real question is how do you police it? How does Blizzard police 10 million people? What’s the difference between asking you for 100,000 gold loan for a mount vs someone asking on stream? Where is the line. Bottom line, nothing forces to give you to someone asking. I think asking pretty much has to be ok.