Elon Musk's removal from Path of Exile 2 over cheating suspicion sparks mixed reactions among gaming community

Elon Musk, Tesla owner and tech billionaire was placed at the top of the leaderboard of another video game, Diablo 4, but he was recently kicked off from the video game server of Path of Exile 2 after being accused of cheating.

It is claimed that the billionaire has crashed the gaming records after breezing through a Diablo 4 level 150 Pit in less than two minutes in November.

Musk also revealed in an interview with Joe Rogan that he was among the top 20 players across the world in Diablo IV, which includes six million players worldwide.

Why did Elon Musk get kicked out?

Elon Musk is one of the two Americans to be on the list of the game¡¯s elite leaderboard when the game is predominantly dominated by Asian players. Musk¡¯s success in this grabbed the attention of the gaming community, with fans and critics speculating on the secret behind the success.

Musk has always shown off his gaming skills in Path of Exile 2 on social media. After winning Diablo IV, he shared a post on X (formerly called Twitter), revealing that he was disconnected from the game after being accused of cheating.

Elon Musk took to X and shared a screenshot of a message updating him that he had been disconnected. The message noted, "You have been kicked for performing too many actions too fast.¡±

Following this, Musk also denied using any software to make the game easier; he said that he was just performing a ¡®high amount of actions per minute.¡¯

Wasn¡¯t even using a macro lol pic.twitter.com/nDb9REalB5

¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 13, 2024

Here's how the gaming community reacted to this

The incident sparked a mix of debate and humour among the gaming community. Some of them supported Musk and questioned the game's mechanism, while others pointed out the importance of anti-cheating to manage fair play.

As Musk denied using any software, he jokingly said that he wasn't even using a macro, to which a user replied, "They give us like 10+ active skills and don¡¯t expect us to hit the buttons?!"

They give us like 10+ active skills and don't expect us to hit the buttons?!

¡ª Gregg Cook (@SmallPettingZoo) December 13, 2024

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