Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook and CEO of parent company Meta, recently made a bold claim about his gaming skills. In an interview with Pubity, Zuckerberg revealed that he has spent over a thousand hours playing an unspecified Civilization game on PC. His wife, Priscilla, was shocked to discover the amount of time he had dedicated to the game.
Zuckerberg expressed his desire to be the best Civilization player in the world and even suggested that he would be willing to stream his gameplay online to prove his skills. He stated, “In terms of strategy games, the one that I’m more likely to want to be the best in the world at is Civilization. I think at some point I should do like a Twitch stream of me playing with someone because I’m pretty convinced that I’m close to Grandmaster status. I’d be surprised if anyone in the world could beat me at that.”
It is worth noting that Zuckerberg, despite being the co-founder of Facebook, mentioned streaming on Twitch rather than on his own platform. This decision raised some eyebrows, considering Facebook’s efforts to attract gamers to its streaming services in the past. The reactions to Zuckerberg’s claim on Reddit have been mixed, with some users questioning his skills and suggesting that they could defeat him in a match.
Many are eagerly awaiting to see if Zuckerberg will follow through with his plan to stream his gameplay and challenge other players online. Some are hopeful that if he is defeated, it may discourage him from pursuing a potential presidential campaign in the future. Gamers are seen as the potential saviors in this scenario, ready to take on Zuckerberg in the virtual world and prove that he may not be as unbeatable as he claims to be. Only time will tell if Zuckerberg’s gaming skills are truly as exceptional as he believes them to be.
