By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-01-18 05:15:17 | Updated at 2025-01-18 07:59:24
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Elon Musk’s self-proclaimed persona as a top-class gamer took a thrashing on Friday, as video game enthusiasts mercilessly mocked the tech billionaire following a disastrous performance in a live stream.
The uproar – tinged with hilarity – left the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX battling the humiliating accusation that he was faking it as a skilled gamer.
It erupted after Musk streamed himself last week playing “Path of Exile 2,” boasting of having one of the highest-ranked characters and inviting scrutiny from seasoned gamers.
Many noted that Musk made rookie mistakes and was unfamiliar with basic game mechanics that he should have been familiar with given the advanced level of his avatar in the game.
Suspicions swirled that the world’s richest man had hired help, inviting brutal comments that demolished his elite gamer persona.
“This sounds like a middle-schooler giving a book report on a book they’ve never read,” one comment under a YouTube video of Musk’s gameplay said.
