Even hardcore gamers are fascinated by a guy with 14,288 hours in Escape from Tarkov

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The players of Escape from Tarkov are tough: after all, every match is a matter of life and death. Mercy does not exist in their world. But there is one player that they cannot deal with: it is not a human, but a “Tarkinator”, they say in awe. The player has already spent 14,288 hours in the game.

What makes Escape from Tarkov special: Escape from Tarkov is the mother of all “extraction shooters”:

  • Players go hunting in an area where they can kill NPCs and collect loot, but can also be killed by other players who then bag the loot
  • Escape from Tarkov is considered a merciless and hard shooter in which only the best make big profits
  • Many players think they are so good that anyone who is better must be cheating – but that doesn’t always seem to be the case

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    “He plays Tarkov as a full-time job”

    This player is now being discussed: The Tarkov reddit shares a picture of a player with 14,288 hours of play, who went on loot hunts 2,900 times and survived 1,444 times.

    The post is captioned: “Sometimes you think they’re cheating, but then you realize: They’re just the Tarkinator.”

    There is some gossip in the comments:

  • “Hey, you found Captain Unemployed!”
  • “His mommy pays him to play Tarkov so he doesn’t scare the neighborhood kids”
  • “His number of hours shows that he plays Tarkov as a full-time job. 40 hours a week for 6.7 years”

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    But there is also speculation as to who the mysterious player could be and whether he makes a living with Tarkov:

    “Has anyone ever thought about whether this could be a streamer? Many hide their usernames. From what we know, it could also be Lvndmark.”

    LVNDMARK is currently the biggest Escape from Tarkov streamer on Twitch, with an average of 5,600 viewers.

    In Tarkov there is an item reset, but the experience remains

    Do so many hours provide an advantage? Yes, of course. Although progress in Escape from Tarkov is reset regularly, the gaming experience remains.

    In another thread on reddit, a player talks about how everyone who beats him has at least 2,000 hours in the game. The player says that he himself has been playing for a month and he wonders if there are any new players at all.

    He is told that this is always the case at the end of a cycle. Only the “sweaters” are left to play. Only after the progress has been reset will new players come along.

    Like many shooters, Escape from Tarkov suffers from cheaters – in Tarkov in particular, the frustration caused by cheaters is particularly high because players have so much to lose if they die. After years, the shooter has now introduced a system that is intended to put a stop to cheaters: Escape from Tarkov puts a bounty on cheaters and rewards snitching

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