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Musk Vaulted to the Top of Diablo IV. Everyone's Asking Where He Found the Time

12 points by impish9208 2y ago

LightBug1 2y ago
Please ... there's a youtube video of him playing PoE2 showing how obvious that (1) he doesn't have a clue what he's doing and (2) he's not really doing the grinding. He just logs on to the accounts every so often and claims he's the big man. Cringe af, per everything else Elon.
impish9208 2y ago
Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/elon-musk-videogame-diablo-tesla-spacex-4233b5b9?st=HRnP1i https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/elon-musk-videogame-diablo-tes...
pr07ecH70r 2y ago
Time = Money, thus it should not be a surprise that with such proportionality between the two, one with his financial capabilities, could in theory buy time.
- throw678937 2y ago
  That brings up a more literal question: Is Diablo IV pay-to-win? (Can people pay to skip grinding and speed to the top?)
  - forgotpwd16 2y ago
    There's a season pass that can skip ahead by paying but is mostly cosmetics. Some gameplay gains can be pass-unlocked sooner but aren't game-usable due to being level-gated. (Hence no actual advantage compared to f2p.)
- dave4420 2y ago
  Isn’t he supposed to be CEO of like six companies (one of them public)? Oh, and preparing to take up a government role later this month?
  - coldtea 2y ago
    And isn't he asking his employees to destroy their work-life balance and pull exhausting shifts and all-nighters for him, and not WFH either?
    - agubelu 2y ago
      Hard work for thee but not for me
      - celdon25 2y ago
        Except he's not actually playing the game himself, someone else is boosting his characters up. It's been proven.
mads 2y ago
K-Hole insomnia, I would assume: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/musk-defends-his-ketamine-use-beneficial-investors-new-video-2024-03-18/ https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...
- celdon25 2y ago
  If only it were that. Evidence just came out that he's not actually playing the game himself for the majority of the time.
techfeathers 2y ago
This says it’s a self report leaderboard, and an incomplete one at that? https://www.thegamer.com/elon-musk-not-world-top-20-diablo-4-players/ https://www.thegamer.com/elon-musk-not-world-top-20-diablo-4...
eviks 2y ago
How can such an article can be so empty of facts and at most muster > On social-media platforms like Reddit, some gamers say they don’t doubt Musk’s ability to clear that top tier so quickly, when some gamer YouTube video makes it patently obvious that Musk is clueless about the basic gaming mechanics, which is impossible for anyone who've spent so much time at the game, so he has no such ability

12 points by impish9208 2y ago

Please ... there's a youtube video of him playing PoE2 showing how obvious that (1) he doesn't have a clue what he's doing and (2) he's not really doing the grinding. He just logs on to the accounts every so often and claims he's the big man. Cringe af, per everything else Elon.

impish9208 2y ago

Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/elon-musk-videogame-diablo-tesla-spacex-4233b5b9?st=HRnP1i https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/elon-musk-videogame-diablo-tes...

pr07ecH70r 2y ago

Time = Money, thus it should not be a surprise that with such proportionality between the two, one with his financial capabilities, could in theory buy time.

throw678937 2y ago
That brings up a more literal question: Is Diablo IV pay-to-win? (Can people pay to skip grinding and speed to the top?)
- forgotpwd16 2y ago
  There's a season pass that can skip ahead by paying but is mostly cosmetics. Some gameplay gains can be pass-unlocked sooner but aren't game-usable due to being level-gated. (Hence no actual advantage compared to f2p.)
dave4420 2y ago
Isn’t he supposed to be CEO of like six companies (one of them public)? Oh, and preparing to take up a government role later this month?
- coldtea 2y ago
  And isn't he asking his employees to destroy their work-life balance and pull exhausting shifts and all-nighters for him, and not WFH either?
  - agubelu 2y ago
    Hard work for thee but not for me
    - celdon25 2y ago
      Except he's not actually playing the game himself, someone else is boosting his characters up. It's been proven.

mads 2y ago

K-Hole insomnia, I would assume: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/musk-defends-his-ketamine-use-beneficial-investors-new-video-2024-03-18/ https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...

celdon25 2y ago
If only it were that. Evidence just came out that he's not actually playing the game himself for the majority of the time.

techfeathers 2y ago

This says it’s a self report leaderboard, and an incomplete one at that? https://www.thegamer.com/elon-musk-not-world-top-20-diablo-4-players/ https://www.thegamer.com/elon-musk-not-world-top-20-diablo-4...

eviks 2y ago

How can such an article can be so empty of facts and at most muster > On social-media platforms like Reddit, some gamers say they don’t doubt Musk’s ability to clear that top tier so quickly, when some gamer YouTube video makes it patently obvious that Musk is clueless about the basic gaming mechanics, which is impossible for anyone who've spent so much time at the game, so he has no such ability