imagine acually haveing someone in your company whos sole job is to make players go insane. In my head, Joel has an entire floor at Arrowhead just for himself, all lights flicker, and in that one room, with 20 monitors, Joel resides
I mean, in reality its still cool He's basically sitting in front of a large datasheet with the various "values" of every planet he can tweak Things like, decapture rate, liberation multiplier, etc. Also lots of buttons: he's most likely manually triggering which planets are attacked and need to be defended, as well as he can lock specific areas to be uncapturable like it is done with some Terminid sectors And yeah, major orders are another task for him to direct helldivers to capture the right planets specifically to fit the future of the battlefield for the upcoming content, like how the new jungle maps were unlocked through a push to those planets LIKELY SPOILER: If you ever notice major orders trying to capture space around the "'blackhole" the destroyed planet left, that's most likely in anticipation of whatever is gonna come out of that hole needing space
@@bbbbende Yeah but I would also be okay if this video where completely true. The idea that a direct human touch is the reason a mission is so unique, its definitely a feeling I wish to continue experiencing. The only thing to worry about is if it got to feeling like we never won because of the interference, but I dont worry about that because could you imagine how many people they would need to fuck with everyone's game. So yeah i'm all for JOEL being a Troll, if it spices things up and is kept subtle enough.
@@bbbbende although… I am still curious about how they got the footage for the “take control of hulk” bit. Could’ve been staged in some testing environment, but I’m curious nonetheless
@@periwinkle2486If it too becomes a 3rd person game that would be hilarious. Honestly though, it could work. Same friendly fire, but this time in full 3d.
He's the one pulling the strings. Pretty cool we get some footage of him. It seems as though not only is he skilled with computers, but also paranormal.
@@rayna9233wrong. That’s how it works. Don’t you know you can do things like ejecting a player by pressing random keys on the keyboard? It’s not the 1980s. The future is here.
i can actually see J.O.E.L being able to spawn a buttload of BTs and being able to take control of some enemies. what a fun way to make your game master's job less boring
Fire blue beam? I can’t tell if this is a hint to the illuminate or arrowhead making fun of our conspiracy theories. There’s no such thing as the illuminate, any well informed super citizen should know that
Seeing Joel taking control of a hulk makes me want a limited time reverse version of the game. A bunch of people take control of special enemy units like hunters and devestators and try to kill a CPU Helldiver squad 😂
Nah, I got a better idea. (Don’t let AH or Joel see this) *Release two more games.* *Socialist Robot Combat Command* You play as an Automaton trooper who wants to rise up the ranks and become a bigger unit with access to more and more powerful arsenals to take on pesky human invaders dropping from above. *E-710 Insect Evolution Simulator* Same principle, but for the bugs. Your goal is to become a Bile Titan or hive lord, and have access to command over grunts, construction of disruption structures and tunnel boring insect teams, to take on the pesky bags of flesh that descent from the heavens -and occasionally kidnap more of your kind for transportation to other planets- and more.
@@asakayosapro My idea was that in the future some shady things will come to surface that Super Earth did, after that every Helldiver will have a choice to either stay with Super Earth or join the enemy ranks
Bold of you to assume the MTF can capture and contain JOEL... He'll just turn the entire SCP facility into a game... a game where he controls the spawn-rate of the other SCPs.
I think JOEL is the reason behind weapon balancing too. Don’t you think if he’s having a hard time against a say Railgun, he might make a note of it for next updates
thank you very much for the actually invincible trooper in our mission yesterday Joel xD (it eat the full ammo load of 3 auto cannon turrets and many more munitions)
I’m really sad that this game was flying so insanely high and then Playstation fucking shot it in both of it’s kneecaps. We’ll never reach that high again.
This is brilliant and love the self awareness. Arrowhead you guys have my long term interests and my love for your products. Keep up the great work to you and your entire team.
so thats why I was immediately swarmed by enemies when I tried to extract early so the shuttle would be there after my teammates finished a side objective
I was playing level 6 with my buddies and we simply mentioned joel, then immediately got hit with a massive bug breach. I mean 4 bile titans, several dozen hunters and nursing spewers, it was absolutely ridiculous. I firmly believe he heard us.
Bring it on J.O.E.L. Do you think you can intimidate me? Do you think you can stop me from dispensing democracy? YOU have no idea of the power and skills I wield. You can not stop this Helldiver!!
J.O.L.E. Joint Operations Logistics Expert I was just trying to think of what the meaning would be and this is one possibility. Abbreviations typically follow the KISS standard.
I challenge you, Joel. Give us your toughest battles, your most impossible fights... the worst of you vs the best of us. My beloved Helldivers. I'll never stop trying to help them. Bring your best. We'll be waiting, and when we accomplish the most vicious Major Orders your team can dream up, I'll be standing there, arms folded, cape fluttering in the wind, and have only one thing to say to you. "That was fun! What's next? :D"
I mean, if I was making a game like this I'd have a button to mess with players once in a while. Joel probably aims the volcano eruptions too and times the ion storms for max chaos
So I understand the need for weapon balancing. Whenever J.O.E.L. Is having a hard time with a Helldivers load-out he prolly makes a side note out of it. The Railgun must’ve been beating him down badly then
Can you pass on to Joel that I know fully well he was messing with my Solo Helldive on the Automatons in that he kept raising the Fabricators requirement on a Blitz?
I like to think that's exactly how Joel operate, i mean, they've been seen jumping into player game randomly, spawning unreleased content, why couldn't they take control of enemy ?
It would be cool if there was a major order that just says Joel, and it’s two planets that have crazy amounts of bugged enemies that can’t be defeated in numbers. Then it would mysteriously go away after one day and the next major order wouldn’t acknowledge it.
Hahaha Joel being responsible for me and other players randomly dropping off their ship is hilarious 😂 I swear i heard joel silently chuckling too at this.
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The idea that joel could just take control of a hulk at any given moment in any game is terrifying.
They're war machines,
It would be known if someone like Joel would took control of that hulk, or worst the walker too.
Its also one of the most badass job benefits you could have.
I think it's just changing the camera to follow the hulks movement. I doubt he is actually controlling it.
He better not try taking a hulk on me, especially the flamethrower ones, I AMR 2 tap the visors like it's my job
If I was a dev, I'd totally implement that and troll players all the time.
I like the self awareness in this shitpost
@HellDiverNG Its not connected to discord. Its just meme in general
Some say this same attitude killed the game
@@smoothshot9562killed the game? 10k players daily is hardly a dead game
@@smoothshot9562i tried to be happy but after this update idk man shit baffled me
Might wanna reconsider leaving the game. Most recent buffs and warbond brings tears of joy to my eyes@@milanoocartman451
Behold! Eight Fucking Bile Titans And... EIGHT MORE FUCKING BILE TITANS!
Helldivers: "Aw man I can't wait to go spread democracy!"
J.O.E.L: *_"Five, Hundred Heavy Devastators"_*
@@RipRLeeErmey
Every autocannon/contact grenade in existence: salvating
Eagle-1 in the sky waiting to be called
@@R-XI_Sulla Eruptor post buff: _"The sensation is... Wonderful!"_
@@RipRLeeErmey That's the moment to use walking barrage if I've seen one
We thought he was an Automaton program but he's infact a DARK ILLUMINATE!!!
no...
Just like how the Dark Eldar are Eldar,except worse
@@RaterBookHe is he is firing the blue beams
@@bennetsalomon No, they are a cyborg, a remnant of the first galactic war.
Wait hold on! Fire Blue Beam!? Ther rumors were true!
He was the leader of the Illuminate all along.
i told everyone that Joel is an illuminate but they don't believed me
Do not believe such conspiracies comrade, thats exactly what the enemies of freedom want
Actually the texture pack of the blue beam is already founded in a long time
Now they just officially admit it
Project Blue Beam confirmed
imagine acually haveing someone in your company whos sole job is to make players go insane.
In my head, Joel has an entire floor at Arrowhead just for himself, all lights flicker, and in that one room, with 20 monitors, Joel resides
And he is connected to them with wires attached to his arms and brain and has a helmet that only allows you to his mouth
So he's a member of the balance team?
J.O.E.L. Jump scares, Obscene amounts of chargers, Every bile titan in existence, Loves to mess with helldivers
Joyless Overlord Eliminating Liberty
"Yeah, you're not getting anywhere with this portfolio"
Kids Next Door type abbreviation
Just Out Enjoying Life
Please PLEASE let this be accurate to what Joel’s job looks like.
Probably not, but it’s cool and funny as heck
I mean, in reality its still cool
He's basically sitting in front of a large datasheet with the various "values" of every planet he can tweak
Things like, decapture rate, liberation multiplier, etc.
Also lots of buttons: he's most likely manually triggering which planets are attacked and need to be defended, as well as he can lock specific areas to be uncapturable like it is done with some Terminid sectors
And yeah, major orders are another task for him to direct helldivers to capture the right planets specifically to fit the future of the battlefield for the upcoming content, like how the new jungle maps were unlocked through a push to those planets
LIKELY SPOILER: If you ever notice major orders trying to capture space around the "'blackhole" the destroyed planet left, that's most likely in anticipation of whatever is gonna come out of that hole needing space
@@bbbbende Yeah but I would also be okay if this video where completely true. The idea that a direct human touch is the reason a mission is so unique, its definitely a feeling I wish to continue experiencing. The only thing to worry about is if it got to feeling like we never won because of the interference, but I dont worry about that because could you imagine how many people they would need to fuck with everyone's game.
So yeah i'm all for JOEL being a Troll, if it spices things up and is kept subtle enough.
@@bbbbende although… I am still curious about how they got the footage for the “take control of hulk” bit. Could’ve been staged in some testing environment, but I’m curious nonetheless
I think actually do have that power AH already talked about this and they confirmed Joel is the bad guys sense day one
I love when Company recognize thier memes. Thanks guys!
It’s not a meme. He is the antichrist of democracy, and must be taken seriously in the case of his appearance.
Reminds me of OG Bungie during the Halo 3 and Reach days 😂
Joel is really just a magicka wizard gone mad with power.
"SHRUBBERIES!"
Wait a sec, you're right.
Joel is indeed a Magicka wizard!
He sure spent a lot if time spawning elementals
with the monumental financial success of HD2, it gives me hope for a magicka 3 with the new style of gameplay. it would be amazing
@@periwinkle2486If it too becomes a 3rd person game that would be hilarious.
Honestly though, it could work. Same friendly fire, but this time in full 3d.
Why in the sam hell is this directed and shot better than most horror movies from the last 5 years
First person “from the view of a camera” horror movies are some of my favorite, kinda like Cloverfield.
You have no standards that's why
@@JC-eo2qe Mine too. I play this game all the time, but wasn't even looking for this video. I was looking for more movies likes Blair Witch.
I Love This, Shows that everything we’ve have been saying Joel just dropped 6 Titans, Joel Just dropped 2 Factory Striders at Extraction lmao
He's the one pulling the strings.
Pretty cool we get some footage of him. It seems as though not only is he skilled with computers, but also paranormal.
The footage in this video is not how computers work.
@@rayna9233 you think I know that? It's all fictional
@@rayna9233wrong. That’s how it works. Don’t you know you can do things like ejecting a player by pressing random keys on the keyboard? It’s not the 1980s. The future is here.
@@rayna9233 No shit Sherlock...
1:07 The fact that the text says “fire blue beam?”gives me some scary vibes of just how horrifying the rumors in this game were true.
The blue laser were HIM.
Me and my buddies always shout suggestions in game in case Joel can hear us, and some of the suggestions happen, now I know it’s no coincidence
The @ everyone was the most dastardly act of all
i can actually see J.O.E.L being able to spawn a buttload of BTs and being able to take control of some enemies.
what a fun way to make your game master's job less boring
Fire blue beam?
I can’t tell if this is a hint to the illuminate or arrowhead making fun of our conspiracy theories. There’s no such thing as the illuminate, any well informed super citizen should know that
Prolly both lol
You were saying?
"Joel... Did you send one of our co-workers to the ER again?"
"they were intruding on my workspace, ill apologise once i clock out for the day"
-JOEL, peobably
Salute for the brave soilder who got us this Intel!
This is why I love double a, they interact and recognize the memes they’ve created, and integrate them.
J.O.E.L: Just Observing, Enabling Lore. Now that's what I'd think is the name. Or it's actually nothing 😂
"Just observing"
*TAKE CONTROL OF HULK*
1:00 wait the automatons have a DISCORD SERVER
Seeing Joel taking control of a hulk makes me want a limited time reverse version of the game. A bunch of people take control of special enemy units like hunters and devestators and try to kill a CPU Helldiver squad 😂
Nah, I got a better idea.
(Don’t let AH or Joel see this)
*Release two more games.*
*Socialist Robot Combat Command*
You play as an Automaton trooper who wants to rise up the ranks and become a bigger unit with access to more and more powerful arsenals to take on pesky human invaders dropping from above.
*E-710 Insect Evolution Simulator*
Same principle, but for the bugs. Your goal is to become a Bile Titan or hive lord, and have access to command over grunts, construction of disruption structures and tunnel boring insect teams, to take on the pesky bags of flesh that descent from the heavens -and occasionally kidnap more of your kind for transportation to other planets- and more.
@@asakayosapro My idea was that in the future some shady things will come to surface that Super Earth did, after that every Helldiver will have a choice to either stay with Super Earth or join the enemy ranks
@@SpoonTheMightyi am reporting you to my democracy officer traitor, expect a 380 mm barrage any second now
That sounds like a very compelling perspective to experience the world from. Please turn around and face the wall.
@@SpoonTheMighty i am reporting you to my democracy officer
I been playing Helldivers since the PS Vita. I'm so glad Helldivers 2 is getting so much love and dedication. Can't wait for the Update! 🎉
Been playing since HD1, and am just glad that we're playing the sequel.
This update is awful
So JOEL is an SCP... MTF on the way
Bold of you to assume the MTF can capture and contain JOEL...
He'll just turn the entire SCP facility into a game... a game where he controls the spawn-rate of the other SCPs.
@@Mirvra Capturing JOEL sure won't go well for them when he spawns in a dozen copies of 173 and 096 just ahead of them.
hes wearing a super earth hoodie meaning he must be former human cyborg
Now we need to see the hive of the balancing department!
I think JOEL is the reason behind weapon balancing too. Don’t you think if he’s having a hard time against a say Railgun, he might make a note of it for next updates
You guys hired a wizard from magika to be the game master. Now it makes sense.
I kid you not, this short video Is better than 95% of horror movies of late!
Joel is always watching 😨
Joel*
@@Zech84 lol thank you
J.O.E.L. never sleeps. And soon will have blue laser
"Get up comrade! Ready for some retribution?"
-J.O.E.L, probably
The game is very beautiful, it deserves a professional photo mode, so we can make thumbnails for videos.
Thanks! That's sth that's been brought up. I hope we can make that happen some day. :) /Twinbeard
The “fire blue beam” message is hilarious! 😂
man imagine if this was a teaser to a version of helldivers 2 where you are now an automaton/bug/illuminate
thank you very much for the actually invincible trooper in our mission yesterday Joel xD (it eat the full ammo load of 3 auto cannon turrets and many more munitions)
I've seen one of those before they are called "Terminators" and have like 10,000 HP.
Oh so that's why i get 9 BILE TITANS AND 50 CHARGERS EVERY MISSION HEHDFXTENYWDJWXDQHIKX4HJ
I had a single automaton trooper following me for a while but would not die. He was like the terminator.
I had the same yesterday. I felt very watched. Didn't attack me or anything, but was immortal to everything I threw at him. Pretty sure it was JOEL.
I’m really sad that this game was flying so insanely high and then Playstation fucking shot it in both of it’s kneecaps. We’ll never reach that high again.
Its defidefinitly gonna be on every helldivers 2 news channel today...
This is brilliant and love the self awareness.
Arrowhead you guys have my long term interests and my love for your products.
Keep up the great work to you and your entire team.
Joel you make me so angry and are the bane of my existence! We love you, keep doing what you’re doing!
"Joelll give me a shovel stratagem to smite liberty's enemies and my life is yours!!!"
I want lasersword
i've seen the pre-recorded stream yesterday. Judging by how you play, this explains a lot about game balance
We were right, he is everywhere, always watching. Like Left 4 Dead's "A.I. Director", but watching and challenging all of us at the same time.......
YOU GET THAT J.O.E.L is AI right?
so thats why I was immediately swarmed by enemies when I tried to extract early so the shuttle would be there after my teammates finished a side objective
I feel like Joel was spawning a bunch of hell bombs to make me explode them and I was exploding them
Dear Joel
Stop sending dozens of robots in my games, damn son of...
Xoxo
this feels like a horror movie
Joel please punish the people who play on bug planets during bot major orders by spawning 100 bile titans every bug breach and let them be able to fly
If that were to happen, wouldn't that just become the major order instead? Seems more important to deal with than whatever we were doing.
stop threaten us bugdivers a good time
No because it wouldn't be canon to the overall story the major orders set @@COA5T
sorry but i'm not playing bots until they fix the patrols that they broke
@@Zomtism That's not true. The major order has been changed or adjusted on multiple occasions.
Our battle will be legendary!
J.O.E.L
Judge of every life
Over 500 hours played in H2, awesome game! Not sure why I wasn't already subscribed to your YT channel but I am now. Great video, thanks!
I knew joel was controlling the spawnrates once i extracted, there were like 4-5 tanks and a whole army at that point
Ngl would be dope as fuck if the devs take control of enemies on some players maps. lol.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE ARE EIGHT BILE TITANS AT OUR EXTRACT??
WE'RE ON A BOT MISSION, MAN
We need MORE this kind of content! 😂
Joel is actually the Illuminate confirmed
I was playing level 6 with my buddies and we simply mentioned joel, then immediately got hit with a massive bug breach. I mean 4 bile titans, several dozen hunters and nursing spewers, it was absolutely ridiculous. I firmly believe he heard us.
Truly one of the greatest analog horror series this year
Bring it on J.O.E.L. Do you think you can intimidate me? Do you think you can stop me from dispensing democracy? YOU have no idea of the power and skills I wield. You can not stop this Helldiver!!
It was him, theres only one man who has the heart for take away our precious flamethrower 😢
Confirmed: J.O.E.L. is an entity from the Backrooms that Arrowhead - don't ask ne how - hired for a still unknown motivation.
It all makes sense when you consider the EFAP lore of Joel.
I knew it I knew you'd spell him name like J.O.S.H.U.A from Wargames lol
The way I cackled at this. You guys are great
I think this man is the reason why I found a group of 5 bile titans in a Difficulty 7 mission
Would love to actually see J.O.E.L. in the discrord trolling complainers
The fact that Joel is the reason of the obscene amount if bugs (not the killable ones) in the game is hilarious
I KNEW IT! JOEL really did want us to fight 6 bile titans at once!
Joel sees 1 dropship flare and sends in 12 hulks 48 scout striders 3 tanks and 7 factory striders .
Five. Hundred. Bile titans.
no wonder why there was five bile titans spawn at the same time in my level 6 defense mission today, Dame u JOEL!!!
Joel has more power within the gaming community than Todd Howard, and I'm proud
J.O.L.E.
Joint Operations Logistics Expert
I was just trying to think of what the meaning would be and this is one possibility. Abbreviations typically follow the KISS standard.
I like to imagine, that JOEL will be the final boss of Helldivers 2.
I challenge you, Joel. Give us your toughest battles, your most impossible fights... the worst of you vs the best of us. My beloved Helldivers. I'll never stop trying to help them.
Bring your best. We'll be waiting, and when we accomplish the most vicious Major Orders your team can dream up, I'll be standing there, arms folded, cape fluttering in the wind, and have only one thing to say to you.
"That was fun! What's next? :D"
I mean, if I was making a game like this I'd have a button to mess with players once in a while. Joel probably aims the volcano eruptions too and times the ion storms for max chaos
I knew it!!! Joel was controlling the HULKS!
The -redacted- have lost control of the J.O.E.L. superintelligence
He made the extraction times longer by 45 seconds….. pure evil
I can’t believe that Joel would eject Scott the Woz from his ship
So I understand the need for weapon balancing. Whenever J.O.E.L. Is having a hard time with a Helldivers load-out he prolly makes a side note out of it. The Railgun must’ve been beating him down badly then
A brave diver was lost getting that video out. Super Earth will avenge you.
Can you pass on to Joel that I know fully well he was messing with my Solo Helldive on the Automatons in that he kept raising the Fabricators requirement on a Blitz?
i wish my fellow divers luck, for our god is not a kind one.
lmao this is so good. The non existant face reveal and jump scare at the end was freaken hilarious xD
I like to think that's exactly how Joel operate, i mean, they've been seen jumping into player game randomly, spawning unreleased content, why couldn't they take control of enemy ?
It would be cool if there was a major order that just says Joel, and it’s two planets that have crazy amounts of bugged enemies that can’t be defeated in numbers. Then it would mysteriously go away after one day and the next major order wouldn’t acknowledge it.
Helldivers 2 is the best game ever made
YOU CAN'T STOP US JOEL WERE COMING FOR YOU
Damn, you Joel stop spawning 10 titans on me
Please keep these kind of videos coming it was great stuff!!!
Arrowhead please make an event or a setting that allows players to invade a game and control enemies
Holy shit Joel is becoming aware...
Hahaha Joel being responsible for me and other players randomly dropping off their ship is hilarious 😂
I swear i heard joel silently chuckling too at this.
Why is J.O.E.L wearing a shirt with the super earth insignia on it?
Fanbase: Lol, we don’t want anti-tank mines.
Joel: Then you’ll have to fail this time around. Also, needs more factory striders…
“My contacts call me Joel.”