The wrestler Randy Orton has been in the WWE, the biggest wrestling league, since 2001 and has become a superstar over time: He was WWE champion 14 times. In April 2022, he shared on Twitter how much he loves Elden Ring, arguably the best and hardest game of the year. But his love probably doesn’t go that far, as has now been revealed.
Who is Randy Orton?
This game is said to have really appealed to Randy Orton:
Orton raved about Elden Ring in 2022 and how it kills demigods
This is what we knew about his passion for gaming: In April 2022, Orton posted on Twitter that he was playing Elden Ring and celebrating himself. Just took a quick bathroom break and checked Twitter. Now he returns, kills demigods and absorbs their runes.
Orton is robbed of gamer honor: he is said to have boosted
This is what came out nows: In a podcast, two wrestlers, Mansoor Al-Shehail and Brennen Williams, told a story about Randy Orton: He once came up to them at a TV recording and told them that they liked video games so much.
He’s really into Elden Ring, but he doesn’t bother with the “bullshit” about leveling. He gave someone $1,000 to get him “Infinity Runes” and that’s how he easily got himself to the max level.
Orton reportedly said that he loved Elden Ring, but it was too hard for him. And instead of going through the “shit,” he simply paid $1,000.
The two replayed the conversation and uploaded it to TikTok. They have a lot of fun with Orton and how he doesn’t care about $1,000.
Is it okay to do something like that? What Orton is doing is called “boosting” or “power leveling”: This is actually frowned upon among gamers because it involves “spending money not to play.”
It’s something that happens in MMORPGs, where raid guilds in the game drag people through heavy content without such a guild and give them items that they wouldn’t otherwise get. The raiders use the in-game money they receive to finance their raids – although there are also said to be cases in which real money changes hands.
It is similar to the practice of “buying” characters online. In most games, this kind of thing is actually forbidden and is rather laughed at by players. It’s also annoying when the supposedly strong teammate turns out to be a beginner who has paid for his progress with money instead of time.
“Did you buy the character on eBay?” is meant to mean: “How can you have gotten so far in the game and achieved so much if you play so badly?”
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