"On Friday it was discovered that Tyler Robinson, arrested for the alleged killing of Charlie Kirk, had inscribed messages on the casings of several bullets found at the crime scene. One of those read "Hey fascist! Catch!" accompanied by an up arrow symbol, a right arrow, and three down arrows, a reference to the code to call down the 500KG Bomb stratagem in the cooperative shooter Helldivers 2."
"Unsurprisingly, within minutes the official subreddit and Discord servers were thrown into chaos. Moderators quickly locked the Helldivers subreddit, pointing to a high number of posts that violated its rule against "Real-World Political Discussions." Similarly, references to Robinson, Kirk, or the 500KG Bomb stratagem were quickly deleted on the Discord server, and some users speculated the code had been flagged for autodeletion."
An alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, was found with bullet casings bearing messages including "Hey fascist! Catch!" and arrow symbols that match the input for Helldivers 2's 500KG Bomb stratagem. The revelation caused immediate disruption across the Helldivers subreddit and Discord, with moderators locking the subreddit and deleting references to Robinson, Charlie Kirk, and the 500KG Bomb stratagem. Moderators cited violations of the rule against Real-World Political Discussions. Some community members speculated that the in-game code had been flagged for autodeletion on Discord. Arrowhead Game Studios is identified as the maker of the Helldivers series.
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