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[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Actually it’s a dumb point because everyone and their mom already know he got boosted. Both of them should shut up and stop showing their face in public thank you very much.

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think that putting in the hours to be very good at PoE2 is more embarrassing than being an amateur who only played a little bit. I say that as someone who looks forward to playing a lot.

Yeah I've put 97 hours into PoE2... I am far from good..I put nearly 2k in PoE1 and I did fight all the non-uber bosses at some point.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 76 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The craziest part of that article is

Vice co-founder Shane Smith stepped down as CEO in 2018, but has remained the company's (...) The Canadian-born journalist’s focus seems to be trained on the southern border, with an editorial line closer to Trump campaign fearmongering than hard news reporting. (Smith is not to be confused with Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, who left the media company and established the far-right militant group the Proud Boys).

So two of the three Vice media founders are now far right? I tried to find out more about Suroosh Alvi, the third founder, but didn't see much. Though on his X (🤢) he posts and reports a bunch of pro Gaza stuff.

I shouldn't be surprised cuz it looks like they all got rich off Vice, but still.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

Their new podcast style conspiracy videos are just terrible, he comes across as a complete moron.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shane has intense yuck vibes if you meet him IRL

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[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I feel like I remember them focusing on the sensation around news and not the actual news. Anything news worthy was included as a matter of context.

I felt like Vice was as if Beavis and Butthead were reporters, they went to the heart of a story that wasn't getting much coverage and asked about people's butts.

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[–] Vipsu@lemmy.world 140 points 1 week ago (10 children)

If Musk is ready to lie about his gaming achievements then can we really trust anything that comes out from his mouth.

I mean who cares if Musk is bad at POE2 but the fact that he goes to such lengths to lie about how good he is in a videogame tells a lot about his character and personality.

[–] ifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Have you heard his opinions on chess? He doesn’t play because it’s too easy.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 11 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Wonder how he'd fare against trump at golf.

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[–] thejml@lemm.ee 75 points 1 week ago

That’s exactly what someone who sucks at it would say.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

It's like what Trump would do if he were younger and cared about video games.

The guy can't miss an opportunity to demonstrate his character and personality. This seems both extraneous and consistent - it's more of the same data. I think we've got his number.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's a narcissist. Of course he's the best at this and everything else he does. Any evidence to the contrary is division by zero.

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Rich people work so hard to deserve their perverse wealth /s The only way they can still blow of steam is by pretending to grind online multiplayer games no actual working person has enough time for.

What kind of flex is this supposed to be?

I dont know path of exile in detail but being a top mmo player has always struck me of an archivement in dedication of time much more then inherent skill. The learned skill the pros have just comes natural with enough dedication.

My general reaction to something like it is not more then . Wow “you” must really enjoy this particular game. Is that reaction really worth cheating for?

Do we think he lacks the general life experience to be able to reflect on the common knowledge that a pro failed more times then the beginner has tried?

I known Elon is neurodivergent if not full on autistic but so am i and i cant make sense of this guys wims.

[–] Zulu@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

I think it comes down to what you said, but for the obscenely rich.

A pro has failed more than a beginner has tried. The obscenely rich have been told 'yes' more than the poor have had the opportunity to even ask questions.

You can learn this type of failed behavior just like a bad habit, and boy howdy is he the master of it.

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

How do you prove an account is legit?

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 29 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The company behind POE can do it easily with IP address.

E.G. one of the bits is that the character was online and playing while he was on a high profile call with some German Nazis (sorry "AFD")

The main ones are that for the rank of the character, he would absolutely have to know the game damn near perfectly.

In the video he put out, its very obvious he doesn't know a damn thing about it.
• As in just blindly autoattacking, even when he doesnt have mana to attack • Not knowing how the map nodes work, going into a run with a full inventory • Skipping over all drops including a "Chaos Orb". Only picks up maps. • Claiming how bad his gear based on the equip level alone when its functionally tue best possible gear you can get • The character's auction house gear sales are classic RMT scammer money trades, where they put horrible gear up for ridiculous prices as a way to move ingame currency around between mules.

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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You apparently have a hateful right wing chud perform "secret" acts that will result in them getting a big push on a new platform.

Also: Friendly reminder that the Vice of today is not the Vice of olde and that "Waypoint" is a brand that is run by one rando (who likely uses a LOT of AI to generate content...) and has none of the social or political values the old Waypoint had. For the old Waypoint, you are looking at Remap Radio (the three founder/owners are Ricardo Contrarez, Rob Zacny, and Patrick Klepek and they semi-regularly collaborate with Austin Walker and, when she is available, BAFTA Award Winner Natalie Watson. And Janet Garcia is a "newbie" but is fucking awesome).


Aww, the chuds must be angry that I am not giving their shit goblin his due credit for asking musk for a streaming deal.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 110 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My first instinct was to poke fun but it's actually important to keep breaking this overpaid influencer's false image. He's actively using it to push his harmful agenda.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can‘t even tell for sure who of the two you’re talking aboout but I agree either way.

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