Diablo 4hardcore players are casting doubts on the veracity of Blizzard’s list of the top 1,000 Hardcore players that first reached level 100. Instead of a launch season and leaderboard forDiablo 4Hardcore mode, Blizzard instead chose to do a race to level 100. Players needed to reach 100 with a Hardcore character and then submit their accomplishment on Twitter. However, Blizzard’s now-published results appear to be missing dozens ofDiablo 4players that successfully completed the task.
In May, Blizzard first announced itsDiablo 4Hardcore launch race. The first 1,000 Hardcore players thatleveled all the way up toDiablo 4’s cap of 100would not only be officially recognized by Blizzard, but would have their names carved into a statue of the villain Lilith placed on the studio’s campus. Blizzard has since shared its list of the first 1,000 players to reach level 100 inDiablo 4’s Hardcore mode. That’s where the problems started.
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With the release of Blizzard’s official list of thefirst 1,000 Hardcore playersto reach level 100 inDiablo 4, many players who were confident they’d be on the list discovered their names have been overlooked. A Reddit thread on the Diablo4 subreddit shared evidence of their completing all expected tasks to be on Blizzard’s list, yet they aren’t included. They say they have no reason to believe they should have been left off, but have no way of correcting the situation other than to bring up the issue in theDiablo 4community.
After the Reddit post went live, however, it grew obvious that there were manyDiablo 4Hardcore players in the exact same situation. Over 25 differentDiablo 4players shared evidence of completing the task, but being left out of Blizzard’s list.Twitch streamer Asmongoldeven looked into the topic in a recent stream, but couldn’t figure out some many people were left out.
The situation is bizarre, to say the least. There are many theories about why so many were left off the list. Theories include players being from banned regions,having ties to Blizzard employees, having been included in the alpha, having inappropriate character names, or potentially being blocked by the Blizzard employees collecting names on Twitter. None of these theories seem to hold up, given just how manyDiablo 4players were left off the list.
At this point in time, Blizzard has not officially commented on the missing names from the list. It’s currently focused on revealing details aboutDiablo 4’s upcoming first season, the Season of the Malignant, which launches July 20.
Diablo 4is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
