The Player with the World’s Highest Steam Level Spent $13,000 to Get There

  Oftentimes, being a gamer is all about wang-waving. About competing. About thrusting your mighty e-peen at anyone who dares challenge your skills. If you’ve performed some ridiculous feat in a game, don’t boast about it. There’s always some smartass who did it faster, with a weaker weapon, with no armor, playing only with their foot, or whatever else, and they’re damn well going to make sure you know it.    

The whole one-upsmanship thing gets a little out of hand sometimes. St4ck, now $13,000 lighter, knows this all too well. This is pay to win at its most Bizarro World, what-the-shit-are-you-doing strange.

Back in March, Destructoid reports, this guy’s Steam level was a meager 146. Despite the fact that Steam levels mean slim to absolutely eff all, that wasn’t enough for our ol’ buddy here. 146? What the hell is that? Nothing, that’s what. Nuts to it. Go hard or go home, St4ck. So he busted out his wallet and bought his way to the top.

As Steam users will know, it’s easy as hell –and just as pointless—to pad your level. No actual in-game accomplishments needed. And so, by hitting the $2000 daily limit on Summer sale cards and such, he cruised past the previous highest level holder, Japan’s PalmDesert.

So remember, gents. Never give up on your dreams. If you don’t have the skills to achieve them, you can just spend cashtacular as irresponsibly and dumbassily as Kanye West to get yourself there.