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The Helldivers 2 Community needs to get a fucking grip on itself (piefed.social)
submitted 6 hours ago by Ryoae@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world
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Unbelievable from what I've read about just now. This is games-related because it is targeting a gaming community, one that has seemingly taken things too far than they needed to go.

Summary: A user, who I will not name, issued a challenge to the developers of Helldivers 2 to play their game on the hardest difficulty on a mission mode that is known for being difficult, poorly designed and glitchy. Should the developers complete it, he will donate $1,000 to charity of his choosing.

The fanbase? They didn't take this kindly and have now been making it a campaign to make that user's life a living hell. Even up to making said user lose their IRL jobs. I'm surprised the user hasn't killed themselves yet and I hope it never gets to that point.

If you've been on the Helldivers 2 subreddit and Steam community, you will know what is going on. I am talking of this because, I hope to never ever see this kind of behavior happen within the Fediverse, because we are supposed to be better than this. I'm not surprised that the rapid dogpiling in rabid irrationality, happened from Reddit because that's where a lot of it comes from.

There is way more to this drama than I am speaking of, but all it has been doing, is making me disgusted over game-based communities who allow this to happen. I'm disgusted at the people who could've nipped it in the bud before it got out of control but didn't. I'm disgusted at Reddit for predictably allowing it to happen.

I have not felt this disgusted towards something since the Night in the Woods incident. Absolutely disgraceful.

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[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 57 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Remember, half the community doesn't realise the plot is parody of them and not actually glorifying their ideals.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 24 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

We seriously need to give up on the sarcastic, parodic pro-capitalist games, and go back to ripping heads off of virtual fascists.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 2 points 34 minutes ago

That's honestly why I'm torn on Warhammer 40k movies and series, some idiots really do not get it that EVERYONE is horrible in that universe and that the racist, fascist, xenocidal, fanatic, militarist theocracy that has the skull as their main item of decor is evil and a parody on thatcherite conservatism cranked up to 12 (because 11 wasn't enough).

It is so hard to depict the factions of the empire in a light where you can somewhat identify with the individuals, stuck in the machine to be able to tell a story while at the same time making it look cool AND showing that "this is bad, this is really bad and stupid". And keeping simpleminded fools from being taken in by that aura of power, toxic masculinity and fascism that oozes through every faction like a purulent infection designed by papa Nurgle himself.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Teach why Fascism is bad and doomed to failure instead of telling people they can't tell one kind of joke.