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 they can’t handle: It is said that he is not a human, but a ‘Tarkinator’. Because the player has already spent 14,288 hours in the game.
This is what distinguishes Escape from Tarkov: Escape from Tarkov is the mother of all ‘extraction shooters’:
- Players hunt in an area where they can kill NPCs and collect loot, but they can also be killed by other players who then take the loot for themselves
- Escape from Tarkov is considered a ruthless and tough shooter, where only the best make big loot
- Many players consider themselves so good that anyone who is better must actually be cheating – but it doesn’t always seem to be the case
‘He plays Tarkov as a full-time job’
This player is now being discussed: In the reddit about Tarkov, a picture of a player with 14,288 play hours is shared, who went on loot runs 2,900 times and survived 1,444 times.
The post is titled: ‘Sometimes you think they’re cheating, but then you realize: They are just the Tarkinator.’
In the comments, some teasing occurs:
- ‘Hey, you found Captain Unemployed!’
- ‘His mom pays him to play Tarkov so he doesn’t scare the neighbor’s kids’
- ‘His hour count shows that he plays Tarkov as a full-time job. For 6.7 years, 40 hours a week’
But there is also speculation about who the mysterious player might be and whether he is actually making a living with Tarkov:
‘Has anyone thought about whether this could be a streamer? Many hide their username. From what we know, it could also be Lvndmark.’
LVNDMARK is currently the largest streamer for Escape from Tarkov on Twitch, with an average of 5,600 viewers.
While there is an item reset in Tarkov, the experience remains
Do so many hours provide an advantage? Yes, of course. Although progress is regularly reset in Escape from Tarkov, the player experience remains.
In another thread on reddit, a player talks about how everyone who kills him has at least 2,000 hours in the game. The player says: He himself has been playing for a month and wonders if there are even new players.
He is told. At the end of a cycle, it is always like this. Only the ‘Sweaters‘ are playing. Only after a reset of progress will new players come back.
Escape from Tarkov suffers like many shooters from cheaters – especially in Tarkov, the frustration caused by cheaters is particularly high because players have so much to lose when they die. After years, a system is now in place in the shooter that aims to put an end to cheating: Escape from Tarkov puts a bounty on cheaters and rewards snitching
