In a transfer that does little to really bolster the credibility of his declare, Elon Musk has responded to Twitch streamer Asmongold’s current name out of his supposed Path Of Exile 2 mastery not with proof of his precise in-game expertise, however with insults – verifiably false ones at that – in opposition to his challenger’s character.
As beforehand reported, Musk’s competency with Grinding Gear Video games’ upcoming sequel was first known as into query on January seventh when, throughout a livestream of his gameplay hosted on Twitter/X, veteran gamers observed a number of discrepancies between his full misunderstanding of the sport’s mechanics and his account’s place as one of many highest rating in your complete world.
Per a recap of the scenario supplied by streamer QuinTV (which itself notably helped deliver the scenario to wider consideration), “Elon Musk’s character is presently degree 97, AKA rank 12 on Hardcore, that’s everlasting Dying Mode, commerce league [the in-game term for the seasonal league that allows for co-op play]. Two weeks into the league, when individuals are taking part in the sport, actually, they’re staying up 40 to 50 hours with out sleeping, solely taking part in Path of Exile, and they’re probably the most attempt laborious guys on this planet, and the very best ranked participant on the hardcore commerce league was degree 93.”
“And also you’re considering to your self, ‘That’s sort of shut 97,’” stated the streamer. “Each time degree you up, it turns into exponentially tougher to realize expertise. Loads tougher, and rather a lot tougher, okay? So these gamers, to get to 97, must be taking part in the sport day-after-day, for almost all of their day.”
“At the moment, what’s their highest ranked participant?” he subsequent requested, continuing to drag up the profile for the respective participant, Naxan#8017. “They’re degree 97, the identical as Elon Musk [a text clarification added to the video itself corrects the record by noting that, as of the video’s editing, said player was now level 98]. So, I imply, I determine he’s successfully been simply doing nothing besides taking part in Path of Exile.”
Additional discussing such oddities as Musk’s obvious ignorance of Path of Exile 2‘s finish recreation and his full dismissal of extraordinarily uncommon gadgets for nonsensical causes, QuinTV in the end declared, “And should you want any extra proof that Elon is 100% boosted, he was taking part in the sport at present, inside maps blasting, whereas concurrently on an X house speaking to love, some far-right wing a part of some German authorities.”
“I don’t know, some political bulls–t,” he concluded. “I suppose he’s simply that a lot of a God Gamer.”
And it was this specific video that ultimately caught the eye of the aforementioned Zack ‘Asmongold’ Hoyt, who after watching it along with his followers throughout a livestream asserted, “So the query is, did Elon Musk play this account to degree 97? The reply may be very easy: No.”
To this finish, the favored streamer then issued a direct, public problem to the SpaceX CEO, stating, “Unequivocally, definitely, if Elon Musk can show that he performed this account to 97, I’ll stream on X beginning the day that he proves it for a complete yr straight. Each single stream that I do. I’ll. Nicely, a multistream, additionally stream on Twitch too, proper?”
After issuing this problem, Asmongold additional questioned, “I don’t know why Elon Musk did this. Nicely, I do know why, it’s an ego factor, proper? However I don’t suppose that it’s the proper resolution to make, and I feel it was silly for him to have finished this. The very fact is that folks respect authenticity greater than they respect success. I don’t suppose there’s anyone that basically provides that a lot of a s–t about being actually good at video video games.”
“I feel that we deserve, if he desires an apology, should you actually performed the sport, play via the marketing campaign once more,” he added. “Play via the marketing campaign once more, clarify the methods within the recreation, and do it dwell, and also you’ve gotta have a face cam. You gotta do it. You probably did it earlier than with Diablo [IV]. Diablo isn’t so laborious, proper? However yeah, stream it. You gotta stream the entire thing. And never on X. And inform me forward of time so I can react to it.”
“I really feel prefer it’s a common adverse for him to do that and it simply makes him seem like an insecure asshole by doing it,” Asmongold concluded. “And it makes him look worse fully, and I feel that additionally him misjudging the complexity of the sport and considering that he may get away with and have individuals not discover signifies only a degree of dangerous resolution making,” he stated. “I’m an enormous fan of Elon Musk, I actually like Elon Musk rather a lot, however that is embarrassing and really foolish. It’s, and it makes him look dangerous and it’s for completely no motive.”
And although Musk would ultimately reply to Asmongold and his problem, he wouldn’t accomplish that straight nor in any approach that truly addressed any of the criticisms, however quite by hurling insults and making an attempt to undermine the streamer’s credibility.
On January fifteenth, Diablo IV-centric Twitch streamer ScreamHeart took to social media to share a video detailing his “distinctive perspective to the Elon Musk drama” – itself boiling right down to a collection of conversations they’d collectively on a earlier Diablo IV stream surrounding Musk’s verifiable Quake II profession, which ScreamHeart argued was proof that Musk was ‘a f–king nerd’ and thus positively not faking his place on the Path of Exile 2 leaderboards.
I felt the necessity to add my distinctive perspective to the @elonmusk drama round #PathofExile2.
Full video on YouTube: https://t.co/VTu8KIe558 pic.twitter.com/ROQEDX34bp
— Screamheart (@ScreamheartTV) January 16, 2025
Regardless of having nothing to do with Path of Exile 2 itself and pointing to functionally and mechanically totally different video games in assist of his claims, ScreamHeart’s video ultimately drew a response from Musk, who selected to make use of the chance to go full-on ‘private assault mode’ in opposition to Asmongold.
“Asmon behaves like a maverick ‘unbiased’, however in actuality has to ask his boss for permission earlier than he can do something,” he started. “He isn’t his personal man.”
Nevertheless, Musk would quickly reveal that his declare was based mostly not on any factual proof, however quite his personal ignorance – willful or in any other case.
Making an attempt to again up his ‘gotcha’, Musk would share personal DMs exchanged between him and Asmongold relating to the latter’s using of editors to greatest optimize his Twitch content material for YouTube, therein pointing to the streamer’s clarification that stated editors “principally run your complete YouTube account, so principally any content material I submit is edited or uploaded by them they usually simply get a lower of the advert rev, it’s an excellent good system tbh virtually everybody on YT does it” as proof of his ‘being managed’.
From there, Musk would attempt to back-up his Path of Exile 2 claims by sharing a recording of his and Twitch streamer @aceofspadeshots world record-breaking pace run on Diablo IV‘s Abbatoir of Zir dungeon – once more, a totally totally different recreation.
Right here’s me doing a world document Diablo AoZ clear with @AceofSpadesHQ on streamhttps://t.co/CGgAMh8gB1
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 16, 2025
But, regardless of this continued dodging, this video share would draw a response from skilled ‘Musk reply man and sure man’ Ian Miles Cheong, who shamelessly fluffed his idol, “You shouldn’t must justify your self to those individuals however it’s nitce that you just’ve bought receipts to show your gaming credentials”.
In flip, Musk would decry, “I’m on lots of of streams on YouTube/Twitch taking part in dwell with the world’s greatest gamers. No different approach to say this, however, whereas Asmon IS good at caustic commentary and making enjoyable of individuals, he’s NOT good at video video games.”
Catching wind of Musk’s crash out, Asmongold would in the end retweet his closing insult and declare, “Leaking my DM’s is one factor however that is completely uncalled for.”
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