BERLIN, GERMANY DECEMBER 01: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for … [+]
Elon Musk is a gamer. He definitely plays video games. There is no real need to dispute this.
What he is not is one of the best players in the world, something he seems to want everyone to believe. But the fanbases of these games aren’t buying it and have gone on a campaign to embarrass Musk as much as possible about his claims, dragging him into childish fights online. Those he cannot and will never earn with this audience.
The latest skirmish is that Musk and high-profile streamer Asmongold apparently went to war after Asmon made a video, like a number of other creators, examining all the obvious stupid things Musk did after claiming to be one of the main roads of exile in the world. 2 players. There were mistakes or knowledge gaps that anyone with such a strong character with so many hours of play wouldn’t make, hence the story that Musk was paying others to grind his characters for him, which may have also happened in the days of Diablo. The exchange resulted in Musk joking about a Chinese “pilot” on his account, but also apparently briefly removing Asmongold’s checkpoint, unfollowing it and then issuing DMs, misunderstanding how it works a YouTube creator/editor relationship while attempting a “gotcha” of sorts, which was immediately noticed by the community on his site.
Musk may be one of the most powerful men on earth, running massive companies, having the ear of the President, and on his way to becoming the world’s first trillionaire, but somehow, for some inexplicable reason, he also wants to declare that he is a good player. in the world.
Even with an army of blue control members in his responses nodding at his supposed gaming prowess, Musk’s army can’t compete with gamers who believe their hobby is being co-opted by someone, no matter how powerful. , to make improper claims about his abilities. Path of Exile 2 fans have been roasting Musk since these videos surfaced, and YouTuber and streamer reactions mocking his gameplay have racked up millions of views.
The problem arises when Musk claims to be an expert in games he is not an expert in. He knows enough to get by, but high-level play eludes him unless he’s in a character so strong it doesn’t matter. Knowing that is easy for tens of thousands of players with more knowledge than him.
This also extends to areas like this embarrassing DM leak with Asmongold, embarrassing for HIM like when Asmongold talks about consulting his editors, Elon seems to believe that this is some kind of newspaper-like “editor” relationship where Asmongold “isn’t his own man” because he has to answer to someone else. In reality this is just talking about a team of editors who cut the clips of the big broadcasters and put them on YouTube, which happens all the time. It’s another thing that Musk knows nothing about, and when he claims it, he gets burned by those in the community.
There is a theory that just like Barack Obama mocking Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that began his path to the presidency, this idea of Musk wanting to be known as a high-level player began when the construction of the Elden Ring that he posted was done. an instant meme because of how bad it was. But at that time Elon did not claim to be one of the best Elden Ring players in the world. Now he’s doing it with Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 2, only this time with other people allegedly making his characters for him. No doubt they would have made it a better build of the Elden Ring.
Elon Musk can try to trick players, argue with them, post their DMs against his terms of service. But more than liberals and Tesla haters and all the other groups he’s in conflict with, this is a battle he’ll never win.
follow me on Twitter, to YouTube, Bluesky AND Instagram.
Get my science fiction novels Herokiller series AND The Earth Trilogy.
