Helldivers CEO wants to keep the ‘T-pose of democracy’ fall damage bug: ‘We’ll add inflatable bouncy bags that deploy from under your armpits or some sh*t if we have to’

The “T-pose of democracy,” as we learned yesterday, is a recently discovered glitch in Helldivers 2 that enables players to survive fall damage that would normally be fatal by doing a hug emote while sailing through the air like an errant (but loving) cannonball. It’s funny and clearly not supposed to be like that, but even so some players are hoping that Arrowhead will leave it alone. And it turns out they have a friend in a high place: No less than Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani.

The glitch is very straightforward: If you find yourself launched into the sky by an explosion or some other bit of kinetic bad news, you can reduce the damage you take on your inevitable impact—and thus increase your chances of survival—by holding an emote before you stick the landing. The “hug” and “salute” emotes both work, but testing has apparently determined that hugging is a little more effective—and yes, the Helldivers have been testing.

Attention Helldivers, using an emote mid-fall may SAVE YOUR LIFE! from r/Helldivers