The wrestler Randy Orton has been with WWE, the largest wrestling league, since 2001 and has made it to Superstar status over time: He has been a 14-time WWE Champion. In April 2022, he shared on Twitter how much he loves Elden Ring, probably the best and hardest game of the year. But it seems his love doesn’t go that far, as it has now been revealed.
Who is Randy Orton?
- Orton is 1.96 m tall and weighs about 113 kilograms: He comes from a family of wrestlers; his father, grandfather, and uncle were professional wrestlers. His parents wanted to keep him away from life in the ring because there is never time for family, but that didn’t work.
- In 2001, he made his debut in WWE, which was still called WWF at the time, and worked in so-called house shows that are not broadcast on television.
- His career took off in 2004 when he defeated Chris Benoit and became the youngest WWE Champion at 24 years old. Nowadays, Orton is a veteran in the business: In 2021, he broke Kane’s record: He has fought the most prestigious “Pay-Per-View” matches in WWE history.
This game seems to have really captivated Randy Orton:
Orton raved in 2022 about Elden Ring and how he kills demigods
What was known about his gaming passion: In April 2022, Orton posted on Twitter that he was currently playing Elden Ring and celebrating himself. He just took a quick bathroom break and checked Twitter during that time. Now he returns, kills demigods, and absorbs their runes.
Orton faces gamer honor loss: He is said to have boosted
This has now come to light: In a podcast, two wrestlers, Mansoor Al-Shehail and Brennen Williams, told a story about Randy Orton: He came up to them during a TV recording and said that they must love video games so much.
He is really into Elden Ring, but he won’t deal with the “bullshit” of leveling up. He gave someone $1,000 to get him “Infinity Runes” and that way he just leveled up to max level.
Orton is said to have said that he loves Elden Ring, but it is too hard for him. And instead of struggling through the “shit,” he just paid $1,000.
The two reenacted the conversation and uploaded it to TikTok. They find it quite amusing how indifferent Orton is about the $1,000.
Is it okay to do something like that? What Orton does is called “boosting” or “power leveling”: This is generally frowned upon among gamers because it involves “spending money to not play.”
It is something that occurs in MMORPGs, where raid guilds drag people through difficult content without such a guild and funnel items to them that they otherwise wouldn’t get. From the in-game currency that the raiders receive, they finance their raids – although there are also cases where real money changes hands.
It resembles the practice of “buying” characters online. In most games such behavior is actually forbidden and is chuckled at by players. It is also a nuisance 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 your character on eBay?” means so much as: “How could you have gotten so far in the game and achieved so much if you play so badly?”
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