A Helldivers 2 participant by the in-game title of OkamiCheems sadly handed away earlier this month, as their good friend High-quality-Garments-1209 lately knowledgeable the sport’s Reddit group, and has been despatched off by tens of 1000’s of like-minded democracy fans in a bittersweet show of group assist.Â
Within the third most-upvoted put up within the historical past of the Helldivers 2 subreddit, High-quality-Garments-1209 writes: “So as we speak I woke as much as the information that my finest good friend handed away yesterday on his birthday. He cherished this recreation and he grinded it out day by day. I bear in mind him instructing me the right way to kite chargers, drop bile titans with the railgun, and so on. We confronted the hordes of Automaton scourge and blew up extra Terminid’s holes than I can depend. He lastly bought to Cranium Admiral the day earlier than his birthday. I used to be questioning, wouldn’t it be potential to export his recreation information? Me and my different mates wanna make a memorial along with his recreation stats and and so on.”
The highest reply to the put up, from person Symolian88, is an in-character response that sparked a series of numerous commiserations: “The Ministry of Struggle wish to commend this Helldiver for his bravery, devotion and sacrifice to the unfold of managed democracy, freedom, liberty and for Tremendous Earth. He shall be despatched off with full honors. Troopers, consideration!! Salute!”
What follows is a genuinely pretty cascade of Helldivers 2 troopers saluting through shared GIF, with 1000’s upon 1000’s pushing the chain up the ranks with but extra upvotes. Different responses are likewise full of sympathetic people providing condolences and more and more elaborate eulogies. What’s extra, the trade caught the eye of Helldivers 2 director and Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt, who stated in a reply:Â
“I’m so sorry in your loss. My battle brother of 20 years handed away 3 years in the past. To today I nonetheless see his username on Discord, Steam and different platforms and fondly bear in mind the numerous fond gaming reminiscences we shared. I’ll communicate to the staff on the right way to bear in mind one of many fallen. As my grandma stated: ‘Sorgen är för de som lever kvar’.” (The most effective translation I’ve discovered for this Swedish phrase is “grief is for individuals who are nonetheless alive.”)
It could be fantastic to see this participant get an in-game tribute, not not like the way in which Cyberpunk 2077 seemingly honored a late Chinese language fan or how Starfield tipped its hat to a fan who died of lung most cancers.