Gamers are getting older and having children, who grow into rebellious teenagers that cheekily claim: Dad can’t do it anymore. His games from back in the day are baby-easy and modern games like Fortnite are much harder. This happened to a Reddit user, who challenged his 10-year-old son to a gaming challenge in Diablo 2 Resurrected .
So the bet was set up:
- The 10-year-old, apparently an avid Fortnite player, watched as his father played Diablo 2: Resurrected, the remake of Blizzard’s hack and slash classic from 2000.
- The son dared to confront his father, saying the game looked really easy.
- His father then made him an offer: If the 10-year-old could defeat the final boss of Diablo 2, Baal, on the highest difficulty Hell within a month, then the father would buy his son 13,500 V-Bucks in Fortnite, which costs about 80 €.
In Diablo 2, Baal awaits at the end of the game:
Son starts off a bit clumsily
This is how the bet went: The son started his journey in Diablo 2: He named his character, a necromancer, “Vbucks.” The father mocked on the first day: Although the son had defeated Blood Raven and took the first steps in Diablo 2, he hadn’t allocated a single attribute point in the first 3 levels.
After 3 days, the father noted: His son was now level 18 and confused because he had come across a multi-stage quest that he couldn’t solve easily. Additionally, he rejoiced: The new season in Fortnite was starting soon, and he was curious whether his son would still be interested in Diablo 2.
On day 14, Dad showed his son the secret cow level, and the little boy was excited about his first corpse explosion like a true necromancer. The father said his son leveled up at the cows to level 33 and was now ready for the difficulty Nightmare.
On day 18, the son was caught up in loot fever and found a belt, which he proudly showed to Dad: By now, the son had also gotten the hang of corpse explosions and had leveled up to 41.
After 56 hours of playtime, the 10-year-old defeats Baal
Did the boy succeed 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, on the last day his son jumped into Diablo 2 at 10 AM and was ready to take on Baal. During the final boss fight, Dad rated his son as having the click rate of a professional Starcraft 2 player; the little boy killed the boss in 21 minutes.
At every milestone in the battle, whenever the boss’s health bar significantly decreased, it was celebrated, and in the end, the demonic fiend lay defeated.
After 33 days and 56 hours of playtime, his son had defeated Baal on Hell. He was level 78 and had found all items himself, as the proud father assures.
Next, he wants to play together 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.
What’s behind it: One can see from the postings that Dad was initially a bit amused looking at his Fortnite son, who was struggling with the role-playing mechanics.
But after a few days, pride in his son, who was getting into the game, took over, and he empathized with his child and enjoyed how much fun the 10-year-old had with this game for old people.
The story evokes much amusement and enthusiasm on Reddit. It’s nice to see a father bringing his son, who had fallen to the devil (Fortnite), back on the right path. However, there are also some voices questioning whether father and son could spend time together without a PC.
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