What's the most exciting thing anyone could possibly say about the future of their game? That it's gonna make everyone "shit [their] pants," apparently – a promise jokingly made by ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Helldivers 2 studio CEO Shams Jorjani, and šone thašt the devs are now pressured to deliver on after Reddit went ballistic over it.
At the end of April, Arrowhead CEO Jorjani was chatting away in the Helldivers 2 Discord server, answering a few questions from democracy-loving players. In amongst all that, one fan asked if he could "offer up anything, howeveršÆ small, of what's coming down the pipe?" To this, Jorjani's response was simple:
What does this mean? Frankly, I don't know,ā¦ and neither does anyone else (perhaps other than Jorjani himself), but the internet did what it does best and turned it into a running joke. The Helldivers 2 subreddit, once a place of Super Earth pš„ropaganda and generalized chaos, became flooded with pant-soiling memes, and little else.
"When does the pants shitting start?" one , while another shared the new ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·š¶ē åź¦¬å²ę„čÆ¢:Helldivers 2 Masters of Ceremony Warbond announcement : "Warbond trš°ailer is out, are you shittinā g your pants?"
Unsurprisingly, this hasn't gone unnoticed by the big Arrowhead boss himselš f. Taking to Discord again a few days ago, with an "oh ļ·½boy."
He continues: "I can tšell Reddit did what it always does and went overboard with one offhand 'shit your pants' comment from me and turned it into a meme. We better deliver."
This in itself invited a flood of memes, seemingly prompting Jorjani to movše Discord channels for a while. "I make one stupid pant shit joke and it all goes ballistic," .
It's still noš t exactly clear what news Jorjani anticipates will get such a reaction out of the Helldivers 2 community – the new Warbond is out on May 15, so that's something to look forwaį¦rd to.
On top of that though, Arrowhead previously hinted that following the announcement of the Warbond, there'd be "more exciting news to coź¦¦me not long after,"ź¦ so there's clearly something else happening in the near future. Pšrepare your pants.
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