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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 276 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

What a loser.

I totally understand people who use cheat engine or similar to break games and to have fun seeing what they can do. Skipping content. Whatever.

But those that cheat to be able to boast… pathetic.

And then he’s like “well, everyone’s doing it.” 🙄

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 85 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Honestly, one of the big reasons multiplayer sucks now is because of cheaters. You wanna cheat in a single-player game? I couldn't give less of a shit. But giving yourself an unfair advantage while playing against other people is pathetic and ruins the game for everyone...

[–] cevn@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Yup. For me it is Lethal Company. While we run from tbe monsters in fear for our lives they have god mode, etc. Which simply ruins the cooperative aspect and just the entire game for everyone involved. Why even play? I guess they enjoy seeing people reaxt to their hacks but I dont give them anything, simply quit immediately as soon as I find out.

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[–] einkorn@feddit.org 63 points 1 week ago

Well, since the only persons on his mind appear to be Trump and himself: Yeah, everybody's cheating.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 11 points 1 week ago

In a single player game, yeh.
Cheating in a game that impacts other people is trash

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[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 162 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If he says he’s top 20 player and it turns out he bought that account then what does that mean for the credibility of his other supposed achievements? Oops.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 106 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It tracks with everything else. He also bought Tesla in order to become a 'founder'.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Not just bought either, he had to sue them too in order to be called a founder.

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[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 130 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Man who never earned anything a day in his life continues streak by not earning video game achievements.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 125 points 1 week ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] Saryn@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yo, did they change the photo? I'm only seeing it in the thembnail

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)
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[–] Spezi@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They probably don‘t want to loose the incel people in their audience

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[–] squid_slime@lemm.ee 89 points 1 week ago

Who'd of thought. A billionaire a cheater. /s

These people cheat at every aspects of life, society rewards narcissism, rewards people willing to forgo morals. We have systematised this were we can look at hi school bullies and have a vague idea where they will end up.

These people aren't worthy of our respect, and we need to make it known.

[–] SirDankbud@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This goes against the TOS for both games. If you play either, I highly recommend flooding them with reports on that. It would be great to see him banned. He'll probably just set up a new account and start again, but it'll cost him and you know he'll keep cheating so you can just rinse and repeat.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

You're talking about a guy that could pay 100 million dollars for a new account and not even notice. He obviously wouldn't pay anywhere near that much for something like this. There is no financial cost you can force on him that will change his behavior.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but it will annoy him.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm sure if there was actual worthy news this wouldn't be reported on however there is obviously nothing else happening so clearly we need to talk about this instead.

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[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Elon Musk attempts to draw attention away from his drug fuelled gaff

Come on, you fuckin morons

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 13 points 1 week ago

Said the guy who called a Sieg Heil a "gaff"

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's a 50 year old manchild

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I enjoy that the meta image is him doing the nazi salute

Not that I like him doing it, just that it's being shown around.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 week ago

Idk how anyone can say he is not a real gamer after the nazi salutes seen side by side with his twitter history.

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

This is a distraction. Ignore it.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whaabout being a founder of Tesla?

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What do Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning have to do with Elon lying about having mad gaming skills?

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It shows you a trend. What other things has he lied about?? He knows more about manufacturing than anyone else... Look at the POS cybertruk

Full self driving will be here next year... Yep 2016 is here and gone, no FSD...

Starship will get us to the mars...

The manchild is a compulsive liar and a fucking Nazi

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[–] vzq@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Because it’s the same thing. He’s boasting about other people’s achievement. He gives them money and pretends he did it.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Known liar founding lying. More obvious observations at 5!

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago

I don't even want to joke about this anymore.

Stay strong and resist folks.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not many individuals manage to form a stain of shame on their related species. I guess he is, indeed, remarkable in that way.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Buying someone else's ball and going home.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just remembered that Grimes came out defending him on this topic.

Or did I fall for a meme/shitpost?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She said something about Diablo that I didn't understand as someone who doesn't play that game but apparently confirming that, at one time, he was very skilled. Which is absolutely meaningless in a context where he pays people to play for him and then pretends that he did it.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago

Diablo IV gives scaled advantage for having very good equipment, and you can spend tons of time getting that equipment optimized. If someone else got him max rolled equipment and all he did was pilot it, it might look to someone who is a non-gamer that he is amazing at the game. You'd have to get the honest opinion of other top tier gamers if he is actually skillful.

Some builds all you have to do is keep spamming one or two attack buttons to wipe out all enemies.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“No shit, dumbass…”

everyone

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