As the CEO of technology companies like SpaceX and Tesla, it’s perhaps not surprising that Elon Musk is a fan of video games, in particular Diablo 4.
Following the action role-player’s launch last year, Musk streamed himself playing the game on Twitter, and also claimed to be one of the top Quake players in the world, back in the late 90s – which later turned out not to be the case.
In the run up to the 2024 US presidential election, Musk has said he’s not only a fan of Diablo 4 but one of the best players in the world. Given his history with exaggerating his gaming abilities, is he telling the truth this time? Sort of, albeit with a lot of caveats.
How good is Elon Musk at Diablo 4?
As discussed on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Musk is listed as the 20th best player at Diablo 4’s Pit mode on a community-driven leaderboard.
He’s listed as clearing the Pit, which is a timed dungeon where players have to clear out monsters and a boss within 15 minutes, with a best time of 2 minutes and 45 seconds.
‘There’s only two Americans in the top 20, almost everyone is from Asia, otherwise,’ Musk said on the podcast. The other American is at the top, with a time of 1 minute and 59 seconds.
The Pit is already pretty difficult as an endgame dungeon, even if Diablo 4 overall is largely about optimising builds rather than skill itself, but clearing it out in such a short time is not an easy task.
While Musk might be a formidable Diablo 4 player, claiming he’s one of the best in the world is a stretch. The leaderboard itself, helltides.com, isn’t an official web site run by Blizzard, and solely information information from gamers who submit their runs.
At the time of writing, the positioning has 901 submissions in whole, which is a tiny chunk of the general participant base (virtually 17,000 persons are taking part in the sport proper now on Steam alone, through SteamDB).
In an interview with The Verge, helltides.com co-owner, Fayz, described Musk’s declare as ‘legitimate’ however acknowledged the positioning’s shortcomings.
‘It’s as complete because it will get when it comes to recorded Pit runs with video proof, since our neighborhood at all times alerts us when new prime runs are recorded and posted on social media,’ Fayz mentioned. ‘But, there’s no method for us to find out about Pit runs that aren’t recorded and shared.’
To be truthful to Musk, that is how most speedrunning leaderboards function, so he’s most likely a greater Diablo 4 participant than he’s at Quake, a minimum of.
In the past, Musk has been keen to show off his gaming credentials, between having a cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 and giving out tips for Elden Ring.
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