Originally Posted by
Clovian
Athene didn't use the gold he got before he hit level 60, he just found an efficient leveling route with some of the best players helping him. I really doubt with gold you would even stand a chance in a race against his group. Not that he is my idol or anything, just that he is clearly a more skilled player (and better at finding game-breaking mechanics) then almost anyone on this forum, including yourself.
Now Clovian, lets look at what I wrote and what you claim that I wrote, shall we?!? The "fail at life" comment in my first post was dumb tho I agree with that 100%. I just can't stand the look/sound of the self proclaimed hero of the world "Athene" and I get this twitch whenever people celebrate "his" achievements.
No where did I claim that he spent the gold to be world first. Let's take a look at what I really wrote.
I could be world first to have 1000000 million gold, but is it an accomplishment if I dupe/buy it? Not really, no.
I said that I could be the first to have 1000000 gold IF I simply bought it, but would that be an accomplishment? I consider this to be the same as getting world firsts by being carried by a ton of other people/using exploits/unintended use of game mechanics. This does not have anything to do with him being athene, I would care just as little if it was Paris Hilton.. Okay I might care a bit if it was her!
BUT fact is that in MANY of his "firsts" he was:
A) Carried by a ton of other people.
B) Using exploits
C) Abuse of game mechanics.
Therefore, I do not believe that he should be the one whining over how someone else got world first in an unfair way.
Did I say that I was better than him? No I did not. However, I did say that I don't like the act and therefore I don't like the actor either. I might have been a bit harsh, but I had just woken up and was given the worst exam topic ever :/
I would not stand a chance in a race against him "And his group", as I am a terrible leveler specially in diablo. I might stand a chance IF I could exploit and hack the crap out of the game (in a few months) - but that wouldn't be an accomplishment either. It was said in other places that he had the best skilled players flown in, so what makes you think that he finds the stuff on his own? For all we know he could just pay to get that too
But to those guys saying that he is stupid I have to say that I disagree a lot. He is earning a lot of money on what he is doing, whether I like him or not and that does take some skill and understanding of how to engage with the crowd. (same as Jbieber and Rblack)
Some say that he is giving money to charity which is always good imho, but I know many who does that, including myself.
As a final note in this reply, ANY flaming in this thread will result in infractions, -rep, and a potential ban!