--- title: "Huge Crowd of Gamers Boos Elon Musk for Ruining Twitter" description: "Elon Musk most certainly has his fanboys — but it appears that the adherents of one first-person-shooter roleplaying game are not among them. " date: "2023-08-29" modified: "2023-08-29" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/gamers-boo-elon-musk" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "esports" - "the digest" - "video games" --- # Huge Crowd of Gamers Boos Elon Musk for Ruining Twitter ![Elon Musk most certainly has his fanboys — but it appears that the adherents of one first-person-shooter roleplaying game are not among them. ]() *\Image: Joel Saget via Getty / Futurism\* ## Shouted Down Elon Musk most certainly [has his fanboys]() — but it appears that he may have lost the gamers. Musk was, as [video from a tournament]() for the first person hero shooter Valorant shows, booed by a giant crowd of angry esports enthusiasts when he made a surprise appearance on their turf over the weekend. As [*Insider* notes](), the owner of the social network formerly known as Twitter and one of his kids were spotted attending the Valorant tournament at Los Angeles' KIA Forum, which seats more than 17,000 people. A livestream of the conference's proceedings cut to the pair sitting in the audience, which apparently irritated the crowd surrounding them so badly that they began loudly booing — a sound that was captured on the stream's audio even after whoever was operating it cut back to the gameplay. "Where is that from?" one of the tournament's commentators is heard saying in the stream snippet. "That can't be from in here, surely." ## Boo You It looks and sounds like the boos were indeed coming from inside the event, and people could be heard shouting "bring back Twitter" at the multi-hyphenate billionaire — and, of course, the jeers didn't end on the stream, either. "Getting booed by Valorant players is like getting wedgies by the anime club in middle school," one [X-formerly-Twitter user joked](). TV writer [Mike Drucker quipped]() that Musk "desperately wants to be king of the nerds, but he keeps getting reminded he’s only king of the dorks." And perhaps the most brutal read came from Felix Biederman, one of the hosts of the popular Chapo Traphouse podcast. "Almost every Valorant player was born in 2015, has never tasted water, and the only culture they consume outside of Valorant is those AI generated TikToks that are engineered to start a race war," [Biederman posted](). "If he can no longer impress this crowd, Tesla will not be here in 2 years." It was, as they say in some gaming circles, an [epic fail]() — but given that [Musk is once again the richest person]() on Earth, we doubt the damage will be permanent as he cries his way to the bank. **More on Musk:** [*Elon Musk Shows Off FSD, Forced to Intervene When It Tries to Drive Through Red Light*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()