‘They talk like we’re actually soldiers’

It took GantztheDemon 10 days to be able to play Helldivers 2 again. On Feb. 21, TikTok user AJGaming shared a video featuring Gantz killing them. The sequence went viral overnight, garnering 4.8 million views as of this writing. A subsection of the Helldivers 2 community, hung up on the politically charged satire theme of the online shooter, labeled the player as a “traitor” and began inciting others to shoot on sight. Alongside dozens of TikToks campaigning for a witch hunt, Gantz’s PlayStation account was temporarily banned after receiving hundreds of reports.

  • SteelCorrelation@lemmy.oneEnglish
    15·
    1 年前

    Maybe I won’t play the game. Every time I hear something about this community, it’s toxic shit like this. And here I thought the Destiny community was annoying.

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      1 年前

      The media latches on to anything like this for clicks. I have like 60 hours in HD2 and have seen nothing toxic beyond people saying sorry but they’re gonna kick me to make room for a friend that crashed and is rejoining, and that’s not really toxic

    • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
      26·
      1 年前

      According to the article the community is actually pretty welcoming in general, there’s just outlier assholes like in anything with millions of people. I’m not a player myself, so I’m just quoting the article

    • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zoneEnglish
      19·
      1 年前

      I’ve got 20 hours in and the only issue i have run into is getting kicked when joining a game.

      It’s good fun and i play by myself. I imagine if i had friends who played it would be an absolute riot

      • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
        5·
        1 年前

        i imagine if i had friends … It would be an absolute riot

        I think this about life a lot.

      • Tech With Jake@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 年前

        Assuming you’re in Australia from the instance, so time zones might suck but I’m always down to play HD2 with others.

    • Kyrgizion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 年前

      Yeah same. One of my coworkers was trying to get me into it but every single time I keep coming across shit like this. No thank you.

      • SteelCorrelation@lemmy.oneEnglish
        3·
        1 年前

        Yeah, and last I heard, it was people getting kicked or killed for not having meta loadouts or some shit. Garbage. I’m already put off by the game because I don’t have friends, and seeing how the community reacted to a seemingly normal balance patch has really dissuaded me.

    • Tedrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 年前

      This article is literally discussing gamer drama that happens in any game. It’s just analyzing around Helldivers specifically. The game is great, don’t let this deter you from playing.