By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-22 17:41:57 | Updated at 2024-11-24 01:47:03
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Elon Musk is not only desperate to improve government efficiency, but also his time in the popular online game, Diablo 4.
The 53-year-old Tesla CEO, who was recently appointed to run the Department of Government Efficiency by President-elect Donald Trump, posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, sharing a clip of his apparent record-breaking game.
Musk's record puts him as the number-one player in the game - but not all gamers are convinced the billionaire has achieved the record from good old-fashioned time and hard work.
Musk posted his sub-2:00 run to X, showing him completing a part of the game, known as Pit 150, which is notoriously challenging.
The countdown clock shows there's still 13:04 seconds left on the clock when he finishes the game.
'So many life lessons to be learned from speedrunning video games on max difficulty. Teaches you to see the matrix, rather than simply exist in the matrix. Diablo Tier 150 finished in under 2 mins. (That's what she said),' he wrote, alongside a clip.
His 1:56 run is a whole three seconds faster than the reigning number-one record holder, Resistance, who clocked 1:59.
While Musk was celebrating his win online, many users have shared their doubts that he was the one to actually achieve the score, particularly as most players will spend hours playing a day to achieve similar results.
Elon Musk is not only desperate to improve government efficiency, but also his time in the popular online game, Diablo 4
On one Diablo 4 subreddit, a user asked how many hours a day Musk would have to play to achieve the results he did.
Many people hypothesized that Musk was using his money to increase his run.
'I was laughing at the idea of this guy making everyone believe he's some sort of rocket scientist genius saving the planet one billionaire at a time and working 20 different jobs,' the user wrote after Musk posted his record-breaking time.
They continued: 'When in actual fact he's sat in a dark room button mashing for 20 hours a day with intermittent photoshoot breaks with Trump and various rockets to keep up the pretense.'
Reddit users responded with their own thoughts.
'He guaranteed buys his items with real money and then has someone show him how to steamroll content. So I'd say max a few hours a week,' one wrote.
'Shockingly he might be lying. I know. Weird from the guy who has been telling us self driving is a few months away for the last 10 years,' someone else commented.
'When you’re worth $300 Billion you can probably afford to buy an account that has all the proper items and rolls,' another pointed out.
Musk's record puts him as the number-one player in the game - but not all are convinced the billionaire has achieved the record from good old-fashioned time and hard work
Many people hypothesized that Musk was using his money to increase his run
'Come on, he pays people to crank up his characters (probably multiple peons, working 24/7), all trading between themselves, spending real money on Mythics, then Elon plays a few hours a day once they're maxed,' one wrote.
They continued: 'That's what the ultra-rich do - pay others to do the drudge work.'
The Space X owner has been inseparable from the President-elect in recent weeks.
Trump recently tapped Musk to 'dismantle' the $6.5 trillion bloated U.S. bureaucracy by spearheading the newly created 'Department of Government Efficiency,' nicknamed 'DOGE' by Musk.
Trump made the bombshell announcement last week, saying Musk will co-lead the 'Manhattan Project of our time' with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
The Manhattan Project was the famed research project directed by J. Robert Oppenheimer that resulted in the development of the first nuclear weapons, led by the atom bombs President Harry Truman dropped on Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki to bring WWII to an end.
Republicans have long complained about government over-spending and Trump touted that DOGE will accomplish its goals by July 4, 2026.
Trump pledged that the pair would help him 'dismantle' government bureaucracy and 'slash excess regulations, cut wasteful spending, and restructure Federal Agencies.'
