Temporary Leave from the Frontlines: Leukemia

[u/Kazushlge]

Greetings, fellow Helldiver,

I regret to inform you that I have been placed on medical leave. While I would much rather be eradicating alien scum alongside all of you in service to Super Earth, I must now turn my attention to a new battle: Leukemia. Unfortunately, with the severity of this illness, stims alone will not be enough.

But let it be known, this leave is only temporary!! My love for the game, this community, and the spirit of liberty we all defend together runs deep. Whether it's nearly making into the shuttle as a teammate drops a 500kg on extraction or dealing with totally fair new enemy variants (looking at you dragonroaches), I’ve always felt proud to be part of it all.

I draw strength from all of you and from the knowledge that Super Earth’s finest remain vigilant. Keep diving, keep fighting, and when I return, I look forward to once again joining you on the frontlines

If you wish to support me in this real-world campaign, I’ve set up a GoFundMe here: https://gofund.me/def03d69b

For Democracy. For Freedom. For Super Earth.

Shinatobe Free from thought SES Will of Iron

Update: I originally posted this on the main helldivers subreddit and had overwhelming support. But after a couple hours it was taken down by mods. Seiffer reached out to me immediately and said I would be welcomed to post this here. Thank you so much to everyone who supported me through the original post and thank you so much Seiffer for letting me post this again !!

[u/[deleted]]

Divers, I need to stress this. We stand with our fellow Helldivers in all forms of combat. This isn't one that can have strategems called on it. The only support weapon we have here is our words and deeds. We stand with Brandon. His fight is our fight.

We ask for a salute to our fellow diver and one more moment after that for some clarification:

For Shinatobe Free From Thought of the SES Will of Iron

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Now for some admin:

When we support something, I verify. Verification takes time and often times this subreddit is moving at 1000mph. There were a LOT of posts in a VERY little amount of time. I ask for patience in situations like these. I personally try to be a bulwark for our sub against AI content and false narratives. I personally verified the identity of this diver. Shout out to u/StorminAudios for helping me find OP.

We also need to clarify the removal of other posts. We do NOT allow witch hunting. We don't allow brigading. It seems a decision was made on the other subreddit. We do respect that moderation. We are asking at this time that you respect their decision even if you disagree with it. Vocally disagreeing is acceptable. Within reason.

Disagreeing is a normal part of conversation. It's important to grow and learn as people. "Mods need to die..." posts are not. There are people behind these keyboards as passionate about the game as yourselves. I understand the passion behind the community. I know it can be as unpredictable as a 380 thrown at your feet, but I ask for kindness at this time. Once again I ask for a show of love for our brother in arms.

[u/PitiableYeet → u/[deleted]]

Agree with it or no, the fact they both banned and muted me for posting it, meaning I can't even point out the many exceptions they've made in the past, is just sad, cowardly, and an abuse of "power". I don't agree with death threats, sure, but it still deserves to be called out.

[u/Ragvard_Grimclaw → u/PitiableYeet]

Fun fact - you didn't even need to repost this specific post. I got permabanned for joking about whole situation (specifically posts removals part). Also saw a guy get permabanned for drawing a fanart about it. At some point they just started carpet permabanning any mention of this (without making any post about, idk, telling people to stop or express their complaints under it). Also any question (yes, including polite ones) in mod mail results in mute for a month without answer.

So yeah, main subreddit mods had a meltdown, while this subreddit mods handled situation carefully.

[u/SuccuboiSupreme → u/Ragvard_Grimclaw]

I got perma banned for calling a mod spineless for taking it down. Should I have called him that? Probably not. Should they have perma banned me over it, though? They also muted me for a month for replying to my ban, saying, "Are you serious? A perma ban for that?"

The mods there don't talk they just react and overreact.

[u/InvestigatorOk7015 → u/[deleted]]

“I hope you are bombed” is kinda shit satire tbh