Gamers get older and have children who grow up to be rebellious teenagers who cheekily claim that daddy can’t do it anymore. His games from the past are baby-simple and modern games like Fortnite are much harder. This is what happened to a Reddit user who challenged his 10-year-old son to a gaming challenge in Diablo 2 Resurrected.
This is how the bet started:
In Diablo 2, Baal waits at the end of the game:
Diablo 2 Resurrected – Cinematic for Act V
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Son is a bit clumsy at the beginning
This is how the bet went: The son set off in Diablo 2: He called his character, a necromancer, “Vbucks.” The father blasphemed on the first day: Although the son had defeated Blood Raven and taken the first steps in Diablo 2, he had not single attribute point distributed in the first 3 levels.
After 3 days, the father comments: His son is now level 18 and confused because he came across a multi-stage quest that he couldn’t solve so easily. He was also happy: The new season in Fortnite was starting soon, so he was curious to see whether the student was still interested in Diablo 2.
On day 14, dad showed his son the secret cow level, son was happy about his first corpse explosion like a true necromancer. The father said his son leveled the cows to level 33 and was now ready for Nightmare difficulty.
On day 18, the son was bitten by the loot fever and he found a belt that he proudly showed to dad: By now the son had gotten the hang of the corpse explosion and had risen to level 41.
After 56 hours of playtime, the 10-year-old defeats Baal
Did the boy make it in the end? Yes, the story has a happy ending. It took 33 days instead of a month, but Dad turned a blind eye.
The proud gaming father writes on reddit that on the last day his son jumped into Diablo 2 at 10 a.m. and was ready to take on Baal. At the final boss, dad tells his son that he has the click rate of a professional Starcraft 2 player; the son clicked the boss to death in 21 minutes.
Every milestone in the fight, when the boss’s life bar dropped significantly, was celebrated and in the end the demonic fiend lay.
After 33 days and 56 hours of playtime, his son had defeated Baal on Hell. He was level 78 and had found all the items himself, as the proud father assured.
Next he wants to play with his son: in Hardcore Normal as a paladin and support barb. The 13,500 V-Bucks for skins in Fortnite came in the form of a thick voucher.
This is what lies behind it: You can tell from the postings that dad initially looks a little amused at his Fortnite son, who can’t handle the role-playing mechanics.
But after a few days, dad’s pride wins out over his son, who is getting into the game and he and his child are excited and are happy about how much fun the 10-year-old is having with this game for old people.
The story sparks a lot of amusement and enthusiasm on Reddit. It’s nice to see a father lead his son, who was lost to the devil (Fortnite), back to the right path. But there are also isolated voices that wonder whether father and son could spend time together in another way, without a PC.
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