According to Foresight News, Musk tweeted at 1:50 AM Beijing time with a frog-themed post: 'After multiple deaths, we enter the hardcore leaderboard; everything we have in life will echo in eternity! (with a frog emoji). The crazy thing is, this game has been out for a month, and no one has reached level 100 in hardcore mode yet. Half of the leaderboard has already died. Now at level 85. I will take a break tonight and interact with humans.' He tweeted again at 5:00 AM Beijing time: 'Brothers in Arms,' accompanied by an image of Pepe styled as a Roman general.
Musk is currently playing the hardcore mode of Path of Exile 2, at level 85. The core mechanic of hardcore mode is permanent death, meaning that once a character dies, all progress and equipment are permanently lost. This mechanism provides players with a high level of challenge and a sense of achievement. Musk had previously played on a plane using SpaceX's Starlink technology and shared gaming moments to showcase the power of Starlink. He changed the name of X to Kekius Maximus yesterday; 'Kek' is a term from internet meme culture, originally stemming from communication between players in World of Warcraft and later closely associated with meme images like Pepe the Frog, becoming a symbol of a subculture online. 'Maximus' is Latin, meaning 'greatest' or 'largest,' often used for titles of ancient Roman generals or heroes. The image of Kekius Maximus is that of a Roman general standing in a coliseum.