Behind this apparent feat lies a more nuanced reality. The helltides.com site, which hosts this ranking, has no official connection with Activision Blizzard. More revealing: this ranking is based on videos sent by the players themselves and compiles only 881 video samples. Insignificant when we know that the game brings together 11,000 players on average every day.
Fayz, co-owner of the site, takes a measured stance in an interview with The Verge : « This is indeed the best global list available », he admits on Discord, thus validating, without really saying it, Musk's claim. However, he adds an essential clarification: “ Our community systematically alerts us to new performances shared on social networks, but we have no way of knowing which runs are not recorded or shared ».
This tendency towards exaggeration is not the prerogative of the Tesla boss. Other tech moguls had already given in to the same temptation. Mark Zuckerberg thus proclaimed himself almost grandmaster on the famous 4X Civilizationdaring anyone to beat him. Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber, claimed to have the second highest score in the world on Wii Tennisa claim refuted by an in-depth investigation byArs Technica.
An escalation in excellence which reveals a propensity of certain tech billionaires to transform already notable successes into absolute records, sometimes to the detriment of the truth. Self-claimed hyper-performance, reflection of an inordinate ego? It wouldn't really be surprising.
Source : The Verge
