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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.
I’m just seeing a huge amount of people drama farming around Helldivers. The game is great and so is the community overall. Easily one of the most open and accepting communities I’ve seen.
It’s almost like people won’t get the satire until the helldivers are dwarves, just trying to gather rocks from asteroids.