Zizaran: “Worst patch ever” — then promotes Last Epoch race days later

Imagine if GGG make races like they did back in the day.

Good to see other games do them while GGG lost its north entirely.

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VenokDracul#4939 wrote:

Ironicly you just promoted this game as well. That looks amazing and I can't wait to be a part of that race. Thank you n3vangel!!!!

So crazy and ironicle!!! Like we can see your post history dude. For example how on March 27th you predicted PoE2 would be down to 15k daily players in 3 weeks.

It has been 15 days and they peaked at 190k today. Do you want to revise that estimate or still feeling pretty confident?

Who is Ziz and why do I care about them?

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Hendel#1528 wrote:

Who is Ziz and why do I care about them?

Ziz is not a cat

this is one of the weirder conspiracy theories i have seen lmao

Sir, this is the PoE2 EA feedback forum. Please take your reddit tier drama whinging to reddit.

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Kerchunk#7797 wrote:

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VenokDracul#4939 wrote:

Ironicly you just promoted this game as well. That looks amazing and I can't wait to be a part of that race. Thank you n3vangel!!!!

So crazy and ironicle!!! Like we can see your post history dude. For example how on March 27th you predicted PoE2 would be down to 15k daily players in 3 weeks.

It has been 15 days and they peaked at 190k today. Do you want to revise that estimate or still feeling pretty confident?

Calm down, I've never checked anyone post history. You are obviously very hurt, I am sorry I offended this games honor. Yes if I did in fact make that prediction and it's not correct I would like to revise it to after 7 weeks.
Thank you for informing me my dates were off.

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N3vangel#0037 wrote:

No one’s saying Ziz created the problems in PoE2. What’s being questioned is how he capitalized on them—and whether the intensity of his response was proportionate, or strategic. Calling the patch “the worst ever” in a public-facing rant right before promoting a sponsored Last Epoch event isn’t just bad optics—it’s a play. Period.

And yeah, content creators branch out. No one’s upset that people try different ARPGs. But when someone profits off driving negative sentiment around one game and immediately pivots to monetizing another, that’s not “normal overlap”—that’s textbook narrative steering. Stop being so naive.

Dude... Zizaran and most of the PoE community have already played "Last Epoch" and liked it a lot. So it IS normal overlap.

That he hosts a new event is actually normal for Ziz, he is the main reason why we have bigger events in PoE today. So doing it for another ARPG he and the community like is reasonable.
And to be fair, the timing is only "sus" because GGG released their "0.2.0" patch when LE wanted to start season 2.

Nobody forced GGG to deliver a half-assed patch and to reduce the fun, so LE has an easier time shining. That's on GGG, not EHG, and not Ziz.

Now, what if Ziz had said "0.2.0 is the best patch ever"?
Do you think he could gaslight ppl so hard that they play 0.2.0 and think "Yes, so good! I enjoy my time."? I don't think so.

He voiced his thoughts on the 0.2.0 patch, he enjoys LE, he hosts an event.
That's it.

No tinfoil bla.

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N3vangel#0037 wrote:

No one’s saying Ziz created the problems in PoE2. What’s being questioned is how he capitalized on them—and whether the intensity of his response was proportionate, or strategic. Calling the patch “the worst ever” in a public-facing rant right before promoting a sponsored Last Epoch event isn’t just bad optics—it’s a play. Period.

And yeah, content creators branch out. No one’s upset that people try different ARPGs. But when someone profits off driving negative sentiment around one game and immediately pivots to monetizing another, that’s not “normal overlap”—that’s textbook narrative steering. Stop being so naive.

You care way too much what streamers are saying.

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N3vangel#0037 wrote:

Ziz publicly slammed 0.2.0, calling it “the worst patch ever.” Then just days later, he announces he’s sponsoring a major cash race for Last Epoch.

Here’s the video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gMhgjZGaT8s

The timing feels coordinated: stir discontent in one game, then pivot to a monetized event in its direct competitor. Welcome to the new meta: outrage, then monetize.

I mean... A it is the worst patch ever. there have been 2 patches, and it's been complete garbage... And everyone has been looking forward to Last epoch anyways, especially since GGG decided to launch on the same weekend as them, and they had to push their launch back (hilariously to their benefit given how terrible this patch is).