Asmongold Issues Challenge to Elon Musk

Summary

• Asmongold challenged Elon Musk to prove his Path of Exile 2 level 97 achievement, offering a year of Twitter streaming in exchange for verifiable evidence.
• Musk's expulsion from Path of Exile 2 for rapid actions fueled speculation about macro or bot usage, questioning his gaming prowess.
• Musk has yet to respond to Asmongold's challenge.

Popular Twitch streamer Asmongold publicly questioned Elon Musk's claimed level 97 achievement in Path of Exile 2, an accomplishment generally requiring significant skill and playtime. This prompted Asmongold to offer a unique wager: a year of simultaneous streaming on both Twitch and Twitter if Musk could provide irrefutable proof of his in-game progress.

Musk's recent ban from Path of Exile 2 due to excessively rapid actions further fueled doubts about the legitimacy of his gaming accomplishments. While Musk attributed this to his exceptional skill overwhelming the anti-cheat system, many viewers remain skeptical, prompting questions about potential macro or bot use. Despite his known interest in gaming and frequent updates on his gaming progress, this incident has cast a shadow on his self-proclaimed expertise.

Asmongold's challenge, beyond questioning Musk's credibility, highlights the potential for Musk to leverage this situation to boost Twitter's nascent streaming ambitions. Asmongold's massive Twitch following (over 3 million) makes this a significant opportunity to attract viewers to Twitter's streaming platform and showcase its revenue-sharing model, which includes features like tipping and subscriptions. The wager could potentially expose Twitter's streaming capabilities to a large audience.

This isn't Asmongold's first public interaction with Musk. He previously expressed support for Musk's lawsuit against companies allegedly boycotting Twitter in November 2024. The current challenge, however, represents a more direct and high-profile engagement, with the outcome potentially impacting both Musk's reputation and Twitter's streaming future.