Random: Eccentric Billionaire Admits to Boosting in Diablo 4, Path of Exile 2

Elon Musk, whose personal wealth makes him the wealthiest individual in all world history (making Marcus Licinius Crassus, "the richest man in Rome", an enterprising pauper in comparison), has copped to what many online have long suspected.

The X, SpaceX, and Tesla CEO, whose ambitions now stretch to launching an "AI game studio" in 2025, has admitted to paying others to play for him, thus invalidating his otherwise impressive effort of breaking into the global top 20 most hardcore Diablo IV players.

Suspicions were seriously aroused when Musk recently hopped on Path of Exile 2, the new hotness in the world of action RPGs, and live-streamed the then-just-released game on the platform formerly known as Twitter (thanks, TweakTown). Tipped off by his character already being level 97, other red flags included Musk seemingly not knowing how the UI functioned and allegedly leaving valuable items on the ground, not things you often see from end-game streamers.

Given his other obligations, common sense suggests that Musk isn't a competitive gamer capable of playing for more than 40 hours straight in pursuit of world firsts against people who dedicate their lives to such tasks.

After being called out by basically everyone with an Internet connection, Forbes cites Diablo content creator NikoWrex, who in turn shares alleged DMs Musk permitted him to reveal. In a throwaway aside, Musk refers to himself as a "living god of video games". The relevant exchange went like this:

Niko: "Have you ever level boosted (had someone else play your accounts) and/or purchased gear/resources for PoE2 and Diablo 4?"

Musk: "(100 Emoji) It’s impossible to beat players in Asia if you don’t."

Niko: "Regarding PoE2, was it your intention to take full credit for levelling your HC (hardcore) characters?”

Musk: "No, never claimed that. The top accounts in Diablo or PoE require multiple people playing the account to win a levelling race."

So there you have it: all the top players are doing it (allegedly). We admittedly don't know much about the ARPG scene, but we can't imagine many people in the world can afford to pay others to play video games for them.

If you could outsource the boring parts of your favourite games to someone else, would you?