Attack the D Point!

About

Attack the D Point! is a radio callout from War Thunder used to tell players to attack the now-defunct D point. A D point once existed on War Thunder's Carpathians map but was later removed. After the D point's removal, players continued using the callout, sometimes as a signal that they're veteran players. The D point also became the subject of memes within the fandom.

Origin

The D point used to exist on War Thunder's Carpathians map as a capturable objective. The D point would only appear in the latter half of the game. Players can use the radio callout, "Attack the D point!" to ask others players to go for the D point. Sometime around 2017, Gaijin Entertainment, creators of War Thunder, made changes to the map and removed the D point, but did not remove the radio callout.^[1] In 2016, YouTuber^[2] Morgan Kell uploaded a video showcasing War Thunder footage where the D point can be seen on the map (shown below).

The "attack the D point" callout inspired confusion in the community after its removal, particularly by new players. For example, in 2017, the callout was discussed on the War Thunder^[3] forum and /r/Warthunder^[4] subreddit.

Spread

The callout and D point became a popular meme in the War Thunder community over the following years, often used by veteran players. On June 8th, 2020, Redditor Tomm57 posted an It's All Ohio meme referencing the D point to /r/Warthunder,^[5] gaining over 6,000 upvotes in two years (shown below). On July 16th, Redditor Kerbalnaut_ posted to /r/Warthunder,^[6] "2014 Veteran here, i captured the D point once, AmA," receiving over 390 upvotes and 60 comments. On January 16th, 2021, AstroNoob_21 posted a Fastest Things on Earth meme to /r/Warthunder^[7] referencing the meme, gaining over 4,500 upvotes in a year.

On January 27th, YouTuber^[8] MikeGoesBoom posted a remix titled, "⭐ War Thunder – the_D_point.mp3," garnering over 124,000 views in a year (shown below, left). On February 28th, YouTuber^[9] ZoltanSultan posted a video explaining the history of the D point, garnering over 176,000 views in a similar span of time (shown below, right).

On November 6th, Redditor Meestoopeed posted a meme referencing the callout to /r/Warthunder,^[10] garnering over 4,200 upvotes in nine months (shown below).

In 2022, the meme started to gain spread on TikTok. Fore example, on May 9th, 2022, TikToker^[11] @dm420_apfsds posted a Want to be Dominated meme referencing the D point, gaining over 690,000 views in three months (shown below).

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