--- title: "Elon Musk Rage Quits Gaming Livestream After Repeatedly Dying, Gets Mercilessly Mocked by Viewers" description: "During a livestream of himself playing the free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile 2, Elon Musk was ruthlessly bullied by other players." date: "2025-04-07" modified: "2025-04-07" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/elon-musk-rage-quits-game-mocked" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "gaming" - "SpaceX" - "starlink" --- # Elon Musk Rage Quits Gaming Livestream After Repeatedly Dying, Gets Mercilessly Mocked by Viewers ![During a livestream of himself playing the free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile 2, Elon Musk was ruthlessly bullied by other players.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* Even after turning [himself into a laughing stock]() in the gaming world for blatantly cheating, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hasn't given up the hobby just yet. During a [Saturday livestream]() of himself playing the free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) — which allegedly served as an "airborne continuity test" of SpaceX's Starlink on board his private jet — Musk was ruthlessly bullied by other players in the game's chat, as [spotted by *Polygon*](). After repeatedly dying to the game's first boss, Musk rage quit roughly 30 minutes into the stream. Gamers reportedly accused the billionaire of having "NO FRIENDS" and charge that he "WILL DIE ALONE," while also looking "DUMB AND UGLY." Touché! One player said that his estranged daughter Vivian Wilson "was right" for having [recently claimed]() that Musk was terrible at "Overwatch." Musk's personal path of exile from the gaming community kicked off earlier this year [when gamers started to catch on]() that the richest man in the world was secretly paying talented PoE 2 gamers to build up highly-leveled characters that made it look like he was proficient at the RPG — a bizarre scheme [Musk later admitted to](). Considering the latest commentary, little love has been lost since then — especially now that [anti-Musk sentiment has risen to all-time high levels](). Gamers, after all, aren't immune to his [abhorrent behavior]() and [indiscriminate dismantling]() of the US government with the help of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Musk appeared rattled during Saturday's stream, saying little in response to the barrage of mockery. He did, however, use a disgusting slur against the intellectually disabled to take a stab at his haters, a [term he has seemingly grown fond of](). "There's a lot of r\*tards in the chat," he said at one point. Despite several users encouraging the CEO to activate the game's "Do Not Disturb" command or hide the chat, Musk allowed the bullying to continue. It remains unclear whether he knows how to use either of those functions. And his gaming chops on the whole? They left plenty to be desired. "Elon Musk just rage quit his Twitter stream after repeatedly dying to a tutorial boss in the new PoE2 patch on hardcore," one X-formerly-Twitter user [wrote](). The schadenfreude among PoE 2's established player base was very real. "Based on his current gameplay, there's no possible way he's getting out of Act One," said New Zealand game streamer who goes by Quin69TV [during a response video](), referring to the opening section of the game's storyline. Quin69TV had already raked Musk over the coals, [calling him out as a fraud earlier this year](). "He's just going to keep dying over and over again," he added gleefully. **More on Musk and gaming:** *[Elon Musk Throws Tantrum After Being Exposed by Gamers, Leaks YouTuber's DMs and Seemingly Takes Away His Checkmark]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()