r/Eldenring • u/lizzied23 • Jan 12 '24

My Boyfriend bet me $500 that I couldn’t beat Elden ring in 6 months with little to no video game experience. Humor

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The rules of the bet:

  1. No magic
  2. Only Melee
  3. No farming for runes
  4. Have to beat the entire game by June, 6th, 2024

I am currently on the last boss of the game with 89 hours played. I hope the last boss doesn’t take me 5 months. 😂

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u/SuperSupremeSauce Jan 12 '24

You're clearly doing great, keep up the good work, you've got this!

The real questions are: have you been having fun? And do you see yourself playing more video games?

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u/lizzied23 Jan 12 '24

Thank you! And yes(: I have been having so much fun.

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u/SuperSupremeSauce Jan 12 '24

That's $500 well spent on his part, then!

I tried to get my wife to play Baldur's Gate 3 with me as my birthday gift. We only created characters so far haha. Might have to put some cash on the table as an incentive.

Thanks for sharing this story!

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u/Mai1564 Jan 12 '24

Nah, just show her Astarion. That has like an 80% succes rate

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u/TroublesomeTurnip Jan 12 '24

I think you mean Halsin.

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u/Mai1564 Jan 12 '24

Honestly I like all the characters, but Halsin just comes in a lil' late for me. Also; you can have both 

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u/PointsOutTheUsername Jan 12 '24

He sucks.

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u/Mai1564 Jan 12 '24

Quite literally yes. It is part of the appeal

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u/jaimange Jan 12 '24

My fiancé and I are about to enter act 2 😅 now each weekend we get sucked in for hours playing since I don’t have time during the week and have to make sure I actually get 8 hours of sleep haha

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u/Jlt42000 Jan 13 '24

Same. My wife mostly watches but she gets sucked into the story as I go along and tells me what options to pick lol.

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u/RiskyTurnip Jan 13 '24

My boyfriend got it for Christmas and we have a 60 hour game going but I can’t stop playing my own whenever he’s not on his computer hahaha.

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u/cinred Jan 12 '24

Why are you so good at the gamings? Genetics or spite?

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u/lizzied23 Jan 12 '24

I would say a little bit of both 😂I grew up watching both of my brothers play video games and I always wanted to prove that I could do it too.

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u/SuperSupremeSauce Jan 12 '24

FromSoftware has a reputation of making very hard games, and the freedom and accessibility of Elden Ring has FromSoftware "purists" losing their minds. The fact that someone who has barely played video games can pick up Elden Ring and beat it (while enjoying the experience) is going to be earth-shattering to them.

But, it's a video game, it's there to be enjoyed. Ignore the whiners and have fun, that's why you're playing! That and $500 🤣

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u/OneMoreAccount4Porn Jan 12 '24

I'm glad you asked the real question. All the other top comments seemingly didn't care.