{"id":20822,"date":"2025-01-26T09:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T10:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20822"},"modified":"2025-01-26T10:27:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T10:27:02","slug":"elon-musk-video-game-king-well-maybe-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20822","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk, Video Game King? Well, Maybe Not."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gaming is a big part of the billionaire\u2019s public persona. But other players are questioning whether he has the time or the skill to be as accomplished as he claims.<\/p>\n

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On its face, the claim feels improbable: In addition to being the world\u2019s richest man, the chief executive of multiple companies and a key adviser to President Trump, Elon Musk says he is also a world-class video game player.<\/p>\n

It is a claim that Mr. Musk has repeated through the years. He has an account<\/a> on X, his social media platform, dedicated to posting highlights of his gameplay. He has streamed with some of the top competitive video game players in the world on platforms like Twitch. He has even etched his name on the global leader boards of certain games.<\/p>\n

But last week, the community of gamers he\u2019s long tried to impress turned against him. It started with a livestream of Mr. Musk playing Path of Exile 2, a popular action role-playing game known for its difficulty. Despite his account showing he had earned one of the game\u2019s highest levels, his gameplay looked like that of an amateur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Internet sleuths made YouTube videos<\/a> and took to Reddit threads<\/a> to dissect his gameplay, exposing mistakes a novice would make. Other gamers pointed out that Mr. Musk’s Path of Exile account has been active at times he couldn\u2019t have been playing himself, like on Monday morning, while he was at Mr. Trump\u2019s inauguration. Mr. Musk\u2019s account status indicated that he was logged into the game and inside of a \u201cmap,\u201d which meant it was possible \u2014 though not certain \u2014 that someone on the account was playing the game while Mr. Musk was sitting behind Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gamers play Path of Exile, a popular role-playing action game known for its difficulty, in Cologne, Germany in August.<\/span>Ina Fassbender\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cHow are you there?\u201d one streamer questioned<\/a> while watching a split screen of the game and Mr. Musk at the Capitol Rotunda, as Mr. Trump was being sworn in. \u201cHow are you in the Sulphuric Caverns right now, Elon?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gaming is a big part of the billionaire\u2019s public persona. But other players are questioning whether he has the time or the skill to be as accomplished as he claims.On its face, the claim feels improbable: In addition to being the world\u2019s richest man, the chief executive of multiple companies and a key adviser to President Trump, Elon Musk says he is also a world-class video game player.It is a claim that Mr. Musk has repeated through the years. He has an account on X, his social media platform, dedicated to posting highlights of his gameplay. He has streamed with some of the top competitive video game players in the world on platforms like Twitch. He has even etched his name on the global leader boards of certain games.But last week, the community of gamers he\u2019s long tried to impress turned against him. It started with a livestream of Mr. Musk playing Path of Exile 2, a popular action role-playing game known for its difficulty. Despite his account showing he had earned one of the game\u2019s highest levels, his gameplay looked like that of an amateur.Internet sleuths made YouTube videos and took to Reddit threads to dissect his gameplay, exposing mistakes a novice would make. Other gamers pointed out that Mr. Musk’s Path of Exile account has been active at times he couldn\u2019t have been playing himself, like on Monday morning, while he was at Mr. Trump\u2019s inauguration. Mr. Musk\u2019s account status indicated that he was logged into the game and inside of a \u201cmap,\u201d which meant it was possible \u2014 though not certain \u2014 that someone on the account was playing the game while Mr. Musk was sitting behind Mr. Trump.Gamers play Path of Exile, a popular role-playing action game known for its difficulty, in Cologne, Germany in August.Ina Fassbender\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images\u201cHow are you there?\u201d one streamer questioned while watching a split screen of the game and Mr. Musk at the Capitol Rotunda, as Mr. Trump was being sworn in. \u201cHow are you in the Sulphuric Caverns right now, Elon?\u201dWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20824,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20825,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20822\/revisions\/20825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}