Elon Musk’s Secret Back-and-Forth With Riot Games Before $44 Billion Twitter Move Breaks the Internet

Published 10/01/2022, 6:17 AM EDT

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Amidst the court hearings for Twitter vs Elon Musk, it was recently leaked that many people across various fields and backgrounds texted the billionaire Tesla CEO for his take on buying Twitter and neutralizing it. These leaked messages have therefore brought a lot of heat and controversy by users, but also a lot of support from fans.

And amongst all these texts there was also a text from Riot Games’ founder Marc Merill, who said that he feels Elon might be the new Batman!

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Riot Games’ founder thinks Elon Musk is a hero

While the Twitter versus Elon Musk court drama is supposedly the most awaited event of the year, it was brought to light recently when it came to notice that the big tech companies have a huge supporting side for Elon Musk. Even Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter itself, is one of them.

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But apart from them, Riot Game’s founder Mark Merill is also a Musk supporter in the case, where he even supported Elon by saying that he can save the world. In the leaked messages between them, it was stated that Merill said to him, “the hero Gotham needs.”

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Notably, the original quote by James Gordon from the 2008 released masterpiece The Dark Knight was actually, “Because he’s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.” But whatever the quote may be, the emphasis for it remains the same for the League of Legends creator Mark Merill.

What was the Twitter banter about?

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A few months ago in April, Elon Musk showed a keen interest in buying the immensely popular social media platform Twitter for $44 billion. Although he was really willing to buy it, a certain situation developed when Twitter failed to give some appropriate answers and data to the Tesla CEO before the deal.

Thus the deal came to a halt, and now after a lot of back and forth, it has been finally pulled to court. The trials for Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk will start on October 17.

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Shivaditya Ghoshal

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Shivaditya Ghoshal is an eSports writer at EssentiallySports. He holds a Bachelor's in Computer Applications and is currently pursuing his Master’s in Commerce from Lucknow. Shivaditya holds a keen passion for video games and follows all the latest releases and trends in the gaming industry.
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