{"id":86774,"date":"2024-11-05T21:58:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T21:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/05\/elon-musk-speedruns-diablo-4-in-between-2024-election-stops\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T21:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T21:58:59","slug":"elon-musk-speedruns-diablo-4-in-between-2024-election-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/05\/elon-musk-speedruns-diablo-4-in-between-2024-election-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Speedruns Diablo 4 In-Between 2024 Election Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Elon Musk is the world\u2019s richest man with over $200 billion in net worth right now. He could go anywhere and do anything and he has apparently chosen to spend an inordinate number of hours grinding for loot in Diablo IV.<\/em> The Tesla CEO revealed on the Joe Rogan podcast in a surprise, last-minute appearance before the election that he is a top-20 player in Blizzard\u2019s hit action-RPG. <\/p>\n

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Diablo IV’s Strongholds Are A Great Way To Level Up This Season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s only two Americans in the top 20,\u201d he told Rogan in an episode that dropped on Monday. \u201cThe rest, almost everyone is from Asia otherwise.\u201d It sounds like hyperbole, but the leaderboard for the game<\/a><\/span> does reveal Musk is number 20 when it comes to quickest run times for the hardest version of an end game dungeon activity called The Pit.<\/p>\n

He had a time of 2:45, which, according to his gaming alt account on X (formerly known as Twitter), was set just a few days ago. The account shows he\u2019s been grinding Pit runs for weeks, though his obsession with Diablo IV<\/em> was well documented prior to that. Activision even tried to rope him into the game\u2019s marketing at one point<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n

Even if it\u2019s Musk\u2019s account, not everyone believes that he did all the work to set the record himself. How does a CEO of multiple companies who is always posting on social media and currently campaigning on behalf of convicted felon Donald Trump for president find the time? Did he hire someone to farm loot on the account for him or buy gear off the black market? Or maybe smooth brain vibing in Diablo IV<\/em> really is the aggrieved tech billionaire\u2019s happy place. <\/p>\n

During his interview with Rogan, Musk said he believes that gaming is unfairly maligned as waste of time. Instead, he argued that it can be calming and restorative by forcing people to focus exclusively on solving tough problems or overcoming complex challenges. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m trying to sort of get an extremely good clear time in Diablo or something like that, or a first-person shooter, whatever the case may be, I can tell that I\u2019m tired or my brain\u2019s not working as well as it should,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s like a mental calibration. You can tell immediately, how good is your mental state?\u201d<\/p>\n

Musk and Rogan also discussed whether surgeons should have to show how good they are at video games as part of their medical training. The discussion came days after Musk failed to show up in court over a lawsuit alleging that he was running an illegal lottery in Pennsylvania to help register people to vote for Trump. Maybe he was busy grinding Diablo IV<\/em>. The judge ultimately still ruled in his favor<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n

Update 11\/5\/2024 4:52 p.m. ET: <\/strong>Doom <\/em>programmer and Oculus co-founder John Carmack posted that Musk\u2019s Diablo records are 100 percent legit. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have seen some people express skepticism about your high level Quake<\/em> play back in the day, but after watching you run Diablo<\/em> now, I\u2019m sure you were a force to be reckoned with!\u201d he tweeted. <\/p>\n

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