Path of Exile 2 players bully Elon Musk during eerie airplane stream

While massive demonstrations in opposition of the Trump regime raged across the globe this weekend, a very different type of protest was taking place in Path of Exile 2 against its most infamous “player,” billionaire Elon Musk.

Musk went live on X (formerly Twitter) the afternoon of April 5 with an “airborne continuity test” of his satellite internet service Starlink, also known as playing Path of Exile 2 poorly on a private jet. Shortly after his broadcast started, the CEO and prominent political advisor began receiving private messages from other players, many of which were incredibly cutting and therefore quite hilarious.

One might assume someone like Musk who presents himself as epic gamer would know how to turn off the chat, and thus prevent these insults from interrupting his vanity project. But alas, it seems like he was okay with just ignoring folks hating on him one at a time. Some examples include:

• Multiple players asking Musk if he needs help boosting his account
• “YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS AND YOU WILL DIE ALONE,” from a player named ELON_IS_A_PEEDOPHILE
• Supporters begging Musk to turn on “Do Not Disturb” mode to prevent the hate spam
• “put on some grimes,” which, as the most divorced man alive, you know he did
• People citing Musk’s own bizarre criticism of chess for being too “simple” and having no fog of war or technology trees
• “YOU WILL ALWAYS FEEL INSECURE AND IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY,” from a player named ELON_MUSK_IS_PATHETIC
• Someone pretending to be Ashley St. Clair, a conservative influencer who says she is the mother of Musk’s latest child, begging him to pay child support
• “your daughter was right,” likely referencing Musk’s estranged daughter Vivian Wilson’s recent conversation with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker
• Multiple insults about how Musk plays the game
• “ELON HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOOK THIS DUMB AND UGLY WHY IS UR TESLA COMPANY FALLING APART”

The weirdest part of the stream, however, was Musk’s wordless, dead-eyed stare through the whole broadcast. I’ve had the archive playing in the background while writing this story, and Musk hasn’t mumbled more than a few words at a time for the last half hour. I keep flipping back to the video, thinking he must be doing something other than wordlessly clicking through a computer game on a luxury aircraft (maybe he’s too busy daydreaming of destroying Social Security?) — but nope, there’s his face, staring blankly at the screen as other players’ contempt fills his in-game whispers.

As for what Musk did in Path of Exile 2, he lost several hardcore characters, then quit when the connection got bad and he died to a tutorial boss.