Social Elon Musk’s gaming scandal deepens as X owner attempts to silence streamer Asmongold for blowing the whistle

[Bob Gray]

Thats a question you should direct to Grinding Gear Games. I'd like an answer also.

Do you think its a fairly decent conclusion to say maybe they don't crack down on this stuff that much?

 

[Mr Holmes]

the games been out for over a decade and it's awesome. i've been playing it since like forever and i still play it all of the time.

if elon just spends a few more hours with his level 97 hardcore character he might learn how to operate his map device intuitively. dudes too rich to pick up chaos orbs. i bet he'd walk right by a mirror too.

top 20 player? more like top 20 RMT'er. sure he might have fooled some of his dumbest fanboys, but did he really think he could just walk into the path of exile community all thumping his chest and be able to pull the wool over their eyes? level 97 hc character who doesn't know how to activate a map omegaLOL.

i mean what else are streamers like quin69 and asmongold and everybody else who have spent more than a couple hours playing PoE going to think when they seen elon come out of nowhere with this level 90+ hardcore character and demonstrate that he doesn't know fuck diddly squat about the game? the wayne gretzky top 20 golden boy over here who doesn't even know how to skate!

in all honesty they were rather tame on elon. they should have lambasted and roasted the fuck out of him for that publicity stunt.

 

[Phisher]

LOL

 

[Rational Poster]

You ignored my question completely.

If its so difficult to do this and accounts get found out and banned or suspended, why is Musk still active? Apparently he's absolutely the most famous boosted account in the world right now, right? So if your positions is that they crack down on this stuff and he's still playing, what does that mean about your theory that its very hard to do have a boosted account at the top ranks?

I dont know why Musk does anything and Im not about to speak for him. How is he "having the host lie for him"? Look, its probably gonna get hair splittingly semantical, but I take it that you think if he says he's a top ranked player while having a boosted account, he's lying. ok, whatever. I dont care enough to have a back and forth over it.

I really would like an answer to my question, though. If its so difficult to have a boosted account at the high ranks and its gets taken care of some efficiently, why does Musk still have an account?

I mean this story is just breaking this week with his admission just coming out yesterday. A lot of players are calling for his ban now, I'm sure we'll see some response from the developers this week.

Don't you think it's weird Musk would lie about this, then deny he lied, only to just admit it anyway?

 

[KaNesDeath]

Do you think its a fairly decent conclusion to say maybe they don't crack down on this stuff that much?

Game developers do ban for this. Its frowned upon across the entire gaming industry. Only those who have no integrity turn a blind eye since it financially benefits them.


Believe youve heard of Reckful the influencer who committed suicide a few years back. Blizzard banned him from World of Warcraft for boosting and account piloting. Former CEO of Riot Games who is now director for all products at Riot Games. Got caught having someone boost his League of Legends rating last decade. Tail end of Overwatch League the Asian scene was under extreme turmoil. Far a large portion of new Pro's from there were account boosting. Way World of Warcraft guilds fund their race to world first is by selling raid runs for in-game currency. Early years of Twitch all the Arena World of Warcraft streamers were sponsored by boosting services. Just recently Riot Games got caught viewbotting their YouTube videos.

 

[Bob Gray]

I mean this story is just breaking this week with his admission just coming out yesterday. A lot of players are calling for his ban now, I'm sure we'll see some response from the developers this week.

Don't you think it's weird Musk would lie about this, then deny he lied, only to just admit it anyway?

Truthfully, im not sure what he actually denied. Again, I dont want to get into hair splitting semantics. I get that you frown on this activity, and thats valid. But if Elon said "I dont use boosting" or something like that, cool, call him a liar. I dunno if he actually said that, though. I read stuff like what the TS posted and it shows some sort of snarky posting back and forth, but I dont actually see Elon saying he doesnt use it. But again, its not something Im gonna care about, but I get that to you its something that matters.

Game developers do ban for this. Its frowned upon across the entire gaming industry. Only those who have no integrity turn a blind eye since it financially benefits them.


Believe youve heard of Reckful the influencer who committed suicide a few years back. Blizzard banned him from World of Warcraft for boosting and account piloting. Former CEO of Riot Games who is now director for all products at Riot Games. Got caught having someone boost his League of Legends rating last decade. Tail end of Overwatch League the Asian scene was under extreme turmoil. Far a large portion of new Pro's from there were account boosting. Way World of Warcraft guilds fund their race to world first is by selling raid runs for in-game currency. Early years of Twitch all the Arena World of Warcraft streamers were sponsored by boosting services. Just recently Riot Games got caught viewbotting their YouTube videos.

No, havent heard of it, but game streaming is more of a peripheral thing for me. Im only aware of it since I play games.

 

[Rational Poster]

Truthfully, im not sure what he actually denied. Again, I dont want to get into hair splitting semantics. I get that you frown on this activity, and thats valid. But if Elon said "I dont use boosting" or something like that, cool, call him a liar. I dunno if he actually said that, though. I read stuff like what the TS posted and it shows some sort of snarky posting back and forth, but I dont actually see Elon saying he doesnt use it. But again, its not something Im gonna care about, but I get that to you its something that matters.


No, havent heard of it, but game streaming is more of a peripheral thing for me. Im only aware of it since I play games.

Talk about semantics while saying this. It's what lying about this reveals about his character. You're missing the whole point with this attempt to defend him here.

It's not that I care, it's that I actually understand the extent of the lies here, while you're willing to just look past it. Who the hell simultaneously tries to claim they're one of the best gamers in the world while admitting to paying for piloting services at the same time? That's just really unreasonable expectation and you have to understand that, lmao.

I'm one of the best gamers in the world, also I pay for piloting services and real money trade for items and don't actually play the game.

 

[KaNesDeath]

No, havent heard of it, but game streaming is more of a peripheral thing for me. Im only aware of it since I play games.

Point is this encompasses all aspects of gaming across multiple levels. While heavily frowned upon in the gaming space. It doesnt receive much outside attention for gaming is part of the entertainment industry.

 

[Bob Gray]

Talk about semantics while saying this. It's what lying about this reveals about his character. You're missing the whole point with this attempt to defend him here.

It's not that I care, it's that I actually understand the extent of the lies here, while you're willing to just look past it. Who the hell simultaneously tries to claim they're one of the best gamers in the world while admitting to paying for piloting services at the same time? That's just really unreasonable expectation and you have to understand that, lmao.

I'm one of the best gamers in the world, also I pay for piloting services and real money trade for items and don't actually play the game.

No, I understand your point completely and I just dont agree with you. To you this is a big deal. To me its, at worst, lying about how good you are at a video game. I'm never gonna care about something like that except to say "ok, whatever". Its like when somebody always drops these stories about how many fights he's had. Sure, dude. Whatever you say. At worst it gets an eye-roll out of me and then I move on.

 

[Rational Poster]

No, I understand your point completely and I just dont agree with you. To you this is a big deal. To me its, at worst, lying about how good you are at a video game. I'm never gonna care about something like that except to say "ok, whatever". Its like when somebody always drops these stories about how many fights he's had. Sure, dude. Whatever you say. At worst it gets an eye-roll out of me and then I move on.

He's not just some guy lying about being good at video games. He's the richest man on earth with a direct line to the president repeatedly claiming he's the best in the world at multiple video games when he's probably worse than you are. And when it was pointed out by content creators instead of admitting it he tries to discredit them and removed their verification badges on twitter instead of just admitting it.

This isn't just some guy lying about being good at video games, that's pretty dishonest.

 

[Bob Gray]

Point is this encompasses all aspects of gaming across multiple levels. While heavily frowned upon in the gaming space. It doesnt receive much outside attention for gaming is part of the entertainment industry.

Like I already told RationalPoster, if its important to you, fine. It's valid for you to feel that way. Its not important to me and it never will be. No amount of what other people or other groups feel is going to make me think it does anything other than say Elon is a dork.

 

[Bob Gray]

He's not just some guy lying about being good at video games. He's the richest man on earth with a direct line to the president repeatedly claiming he's the best in the world at multiple video games when he's probably worse than you are. And when it was pointed out by content creators instead of admitting it he tries to discredit them and removed their verification badges on twitter instead of just admitting it.

This isn't just some guy lying about being good at video games, that's pretty dishonest.

This isnt going anywhere. You're free to take this as seriously as you want.

Just out of curiosity, I looked into him removing the check mark because that would be pretty lame. Theres absolutely nothing to show that it happened. Asmonggold didnt say anything about it. His profile currently has a blue check. Only thing I found was some reddit people saying it happened and stuff like this :

What did Asmongold do? Streamer’s X verification temporarily disappears amid Elon Musk POE 2 boosting drama

Asmongold and Elon Musk recently got involved in an alleged online feud about a recent gameplay. The tech mogul recently played Path of Exile 2 and faced off against the Arbiters of Ash.

www.soapcentral.com

Amid the drama, many claimed that Asmongold's X (formerly Twitter) verification disappeared. However, his account is currently verified and has a blue tick by his name.

Thats of course coming from an esteemed outlet like soapcentral.


But do you see a problem here? You're complaining about something that, at least in part, isnt verified or corroborated by anything other than internet gossip, and even the slightest amount of looking into it yourself shows that at least one aspect of it is probably bullshit. As if Elon Musk is just sitting in his office removing Asmongolds blue checkmark and shaking his fist at the sky. You're still sitting here arguing about him removing their badges even though there's absolutely nothing to indicate it happened or even if it did that was somehow done personally by Musk. What other assumptions do you think you've made that also have no actual legitimate corroboration? Thats why stories like this arent worth your time.

Anyway, Im done, dude. This topic is important to you and not to me. youre free to feel however you like.

 

[Rational Poster]

This isnt going anywhere. You're free to take this as seriously as you want.

Just out of curiosity, I looked into him removing the check mark because that would be pretty lame. Theres absolutely nothing to show that it happened. Asmonggold didnt say anything about it. His profile currently has a blue check. Only thing I found was some reddit people saying it happened and stuff like this :

What did Asmongold do? Streamer’s X verification temporarily disappears amid Elon Musk POE 2 boosting drama

Asmongold and Elon Musk recently got involved in an alleged online feud about a recent gameplay. The tech mogul recently played Path of Exile 2 and faced off against the Arbiters of Ash.

www.soapcentral.com

Thats of course coming from an esteemed outlet like soapcentral.


But do you see a problem here? You're complaining about something that, at least in part, isnt verified or corroborated by anything other than internet gossip, and even the slightest amount of looking into it yourself shows that at least one aspect of it is probably bullshit. You're still sitting here arguing about him removing their badges even though there's absolutely nothing to indicate it happened. What other assumptions do you think you've made that also have no actual legitimate corroboration? Thats why stories like this arent worth your time.

I mean if you don't have a problem with Elon lying about something repeatedly that is so easily verifiable there really isn't anything to talk about, I agree. You'll bend over for anything he says.

There's pictures all over the internet of Asmon's account without twitter verification shortly after Musk leaked their DMs in a buffoonish attempt to discredit Asmongold. It only appeared again after the backlash.

 

[Bob Gray]

I mean if you don't have a problem with Elon lying about something repeatedly that is so easily verifiable there really isn't anything to talk about, I agree. You'll bend over for anything he says.

There's pictures all over the internet of Asmon's account without twitter verification shortly after Musk leaked their DMs in a buffoonish attempt to discredit Asmongold. It only appeared again after the backlash.

Oh, man, a screenshot of an account with no visible checkmark?! That says it all. Elon did it.

 

[Rational Poster]

Oh, man, a screenshot?! That says it all. Elon did it.

You're right everyone all over the world faked having Asmongold's profile without a checkmark at the same time.

Good way to obfuscate this, so dishonest. Just ignore he also leaked DMs and tried to discredit him for pointing out that he's full of shit.

 

[Bob Gray]

You're right everyone all over the world faked having Asmongold's profile without a checkmark at the same time.

Good way to obfuscate this, so dishonest. Just ignore he also leaked DMs and tried to discredit him for pointing out that he's full of shit.

Reddit threads = All over the world.

 

[Rational Poster]

Reddit threads = All over the world.

He didn't want to play semantics he said. lmao

Seems like that's all you've been capable of from the start.

 

[HereticBD]

Reddit threads = All over the world.

I'm pretty sure that Asmongold guy confirmed it in real time. It probably happened. You're still on the right side of this argument, though. Could you imagine taking this shit seriously?

 

[Bob Gray]

He didn't want to play semantics he said. lmao

Seems like that's all you've been capable of from the start.

No, we have a smoking gun now:

This was the exact moment Elon Musk himself removed Asmongolds blue check mark. And then put it back a few minutes later.

 

[Bob Gray]

I'm pretty sure that Asmongold guy confirmed it in real time. It probably happened. You're still on the right side of this argument, though. Could you imagine taking this shit seriously?

Not really. I mean, even assuming his checkmark did disappear for awhile I think its hilarious people actually see Musk on his desk removing "That goddamn Asmongolds" checkmark. And then putting it back on a little bit later. Probably while saying "GOT HIM!".