If historical past has taught us something, it is that when confronted with tyranny, lovers of each Liberty and Democracy will combat of their defence to the final spherical of ammunition, the ultimate drop of blood. In a bombshell growth, it appears like developer Arrowhead could have a revolution on its arms, as outraged Helldivers 2 gamers who defended the developer simply days in the past stand up. They demand justice (and official canonisation into in-game lore) for the undemocratically dismissed neighborhood supervisor, now dubbed “Basic” Spitz.
As is the style as of late, a Change.org petition has sprung up in a single day (thanks, RPS), which, on the time of this writing, approaches 4,500 signatures. It goals to drive Arrowhead to rethink the dismissal of a neighborhood supervisor generally known as Spitz, who has been a fixture inside the neighborhood since launch. Throughout the darkest hours of the compelled PC/PSN account linking debacle earlier this week, Spitz, maybe feeling the decision of future, directed the neighborhood on Discord (captured on Twitter) to: “[Make] their displeasure identified via critiques, refunds, and so forth. [It] provides us extra pull within the discussions with Sony. They do not learn our Discord.”
As soon as the mud settled the subsequent day (yesterday), Spitz informed the neighborhood that this act had “Nearly. Not fairly” gotten them fired. Not a lot later, one remaining transmission was confirmed, as Spitz revealed they’d been let go, stoically stating: “Each conflict comes with casualties.”
In response to the petition: “On 05/07/2024, at or about 11:45 PST, the Helldivers discord found that Neighborhood Supervisor Spitz had been relieved of his place, and all traces of his beforehand held publish deleted or in any other case faraway from the discord.” This incident seems to have been the inciting spark to revolution, as not solely do Helldivers need Spitz reinstated instantly, however they’ve additionally demanded that he be immortalised in-game for his self-sacrifice:
“We moreover request the official canonisation of GENERAL Spitz in Helldivers lore. FOR FREEDOM. FOR DEMOCRACY. FOR THE GOOD OF THE GAME AND ITS DEDICATED COMMUNITY ALIKE.”
It stays to be seen the place this all goes, however with Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt himself praising the “willpower” of gamers within the Sony showdown, there does look like a bit hypocrisy at play. “Basic” Spitz left us with some phrases to meditate on within the meantime: “I knew I used to be taking a danger with what I mentioned about refunding and altering critiques; I stand by it. It was my job to symbolize the neighborhood; that is what I did.”
