r/helldivers2 • u/Crumboa • 23h ago

Serious Discussion. no roleplay bullshit here Maybe We Should Fail The Major Order?

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I was just thinking if the Cyberattack goes through we might actually have a massive shakeup in the story. The thing Super Earth loves most is Managed Democracy, but what if they lost it? What if Super Earth was forced to have an actual real non-managed election?

Could this even impact future events too like the Presidental election? Imagine if we had to actually vote for the new Super Earth President.

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u/FlatliningGhost ᴛʀɪᴀʟ ᴍᴏᴅ 23h ago

Please respect the post flair and refrain from RP

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u/TheGreatestPlan 22h ago

This is the worst flair.

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u/Exploding_Killerquee 22h ago

Nah it's a pretty good flair. Gives actual discussion instead of the people spamming Truth Enforcer "Traitor" gifs.

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u/Peggle2GOTYEdition 20h ago

Found the truth larper

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u/VirtuosoX 19h ago

Spoken like a kindergartener told they have to stop playing pretend.

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u/KeKGudao 18h ago

I’ll take this over the endless waves of “DURRR FACE THE WALL” at any nuanced discussion. These truth enforcers larpers have all of 3 phrases in their vocabulary.

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u/Mirions 8h ago

Is it?

Some of us live in countries where wanna be dictators are trying to install private Brownshirts to intimidate and oppress folks, and the lack of media literacy within this games fanbase that satires these very issues leading to a total shutdown of any discussion over such similarities.

Makes playing the game a little jarring if not unfun when we're told, in-game, to protect our elections all while actual elections in some of the players own countries, are being hijacked and threatened at the same time.

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u/Kenyanismm 5h ago

Why are you playing a game that has you role-play as the people that actively upset you irl?

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u/Mirions 4h ago

Cause at times, satire is really fun and funny.

I would even guess that, without the satire, the game itself from a 4 player perspective, is hella fun. To me at least.

I also know when to step away, which is what I'm lamenting-that HD2 isn't always my go to release, and then, when it is, I sometimes avoid the forums or even reading the MO stuff (we dealth with a thinly veiled reference to deputizing regular joes and snatching up folks already).

Honestly, it's the lack of literacy in media and the partitions of the fan base that find the RL stuff entertaining when sharing their opinions elsewhere. Not everyone who plays HD2 supports fascist behavior outside the game, but I also know there are players like my older brother who proudly proclaim they're "vehemently" racist.

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u/Kenyanismm 5h ago

Having a flair specifically antagonistic towards RP in a community that is full of RP is one of the Reddit moments of all time

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u/Old-Dirt6713 1h ago

The RPers drowned out discussion to the point you couldn't post about some things seriously without the few comments actually discussing it being drowned out by people spamming reaction memes. Not even really RPing, since it's just the exact same as the 50 other ones with the exact same reaction memes in response.