馬斯克發推，對暴雪遊戲上線日再次遭遇登錄故障表達了"深刻哲理"式的吐槽：「暴雪在產品發售當天連登錄問題都解決不了，這讓我想起了E.M.福斯特那篇經典的反烏托邦作品《機器停止》。」
Blizzard’s inability to solve the login problem on their product launch day reminds me of the classic Forster essay: The Machine Stops https://cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2099946406345937242
We’re aware of an issue preventing some players from accessing Diablo IV. The team is actively investigating and working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and will share another update as soon as we have more information. https://twitter.com/Diablo/status/2099905338652925999
《機器停止》寫於1909年，是英國作家E.M.福斯特的經典科幻短篇。故事設定在一個遙遠的未來：人類已遷入地下穴居，整個文明完全依賴一台無所不能的"機器"系統運轉——機器提供食物、空氣、通訊、娛樂，甚至替代了人與人之間的真實接觸。人們通過"說話管"進行影片通話，足不出戶便能"體驗"一切。然而當機器突然發生故障，人類才發現自己早已喪失了獨立生存的能力，文明瞬間陷入癱瘓。
We’re continuing to address issues affecting today’s launch of Season of Hell’s Legacy. As a result, Season 15 is currently delayed. We appreciate your patience while we work to resolve the issues and we’ll share updates as we have them. https://twitter.com/Diablo/status/2099942480691257688
馬斯克將暴雪戰網的登錄故障與這篇百年預言聯繫起來，可謂一語雙關：一方面調侃暴雪作為遊戲巨頭，卻在自家產品發售日搞不定最基本的伺服器問題;另一方面也暗喻當今社會對技術系統的過度依賴——當戰網崩了，數百萬玩家束手無策，不正是《機器停止》中那個"機器一停，人類就廢了"的現代縮影?
這條推文迅速引發熱議，玩家們紛紛留言："馬斯克說得對，暴雪戰網就是那台機器，崩一次我們就文明倒退一百年。"
