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This interview reminds me of the time #Helldivers2 players were able to unlock a new type of anti-tank mines if we completed a Major Order; basically missions the community must finish as a collective—defend this planet, kill X million bugs, save X civilians, etc.

We failed the mission once, failed it a second time, then on the third chance we had to choose between earning the anti-tank mines or saving a bunch of (fictional) sick kids in a hospital. We couldn’t do both

The community chose to save the kids over earning the anti-tank mines. Kids who did not exist. There was no carrot dangled for saving them, but we overwhelmingly chose that option. And won

Arrowhead then donated money to an IRL kids hospital. Heartwarming stuff