The Helldivers 2, current name for the medical SEAF soldier (NPC) : Stimmothy
Identified as SEAF with Red medical
backpack.
Originating from a mix of content and popculture slange in the Twitch.tv
space/environment. Variety Streamers of a Millenial mindset have used terms like "Timmy" or "Jimmy" to refer to expendables,
useless, downed or opposition of lower
intelligence which can be either
PC (Player Character) or NPC (Non-playable Character)
"Mothy" addition to a name creating a " Timothy or Jimothy" as the shorthand derived in humor from social media like places (Facebook circa 2000s) and later repurposed under Video Game Jargon or Lingo.
"Stimmothy originally existed as a name for players in the Helldiver 2 that favored the "Stim pistol" sidearm introduced in the Hazerdous Chemical Warbond. These players placed emphasis on
LARPing (role-playing) in game as medics. At the time the stim pistol was not overly optimized and could be viewed as the "
useless" option. Hence a "Stimmothy" this term was coined by a smaller streamer channel. BrotherVirtue on Twitch.tv
Later the terminology was repurposed with the most recent game update "Devoid of Liberty" an illuminate focused campaign expansion with updated SEAF soldier (NPC) logic & tactics. One of which being a medic specialist in appearance.
"Mothy" now has a strong likelihood of relevance with recent cultural naming of "Jimothy" the
raccoon in the gaming space.
Old term:
Player
1: " I just Headshot a
Hulk with my Senator, and what can you do with that, Can you even heal yourself or just other players? "
Player 2: " Just stim others.."
Player 3: " Oof what a Stimmothy "
Player 1: "
Maybe Arrowhead
will fix that in a future patch.. ha.. stimmothy! xD"
New term:
Player 1: " Dude they are dropping SEAF on my position, I got stimmed by the medic! "
Player 2: " Yo, stimmothy FTW! That's sick! "
