apex legend is a shooter game ,one of the character called"crypto" has a killing voice line that goes"he is off the GRID now"
because of the context I can understand that it means that the player is dead,buy I cant understand the use of words ,I went on google and found that grid means "a network of lines that cross each other to form a series of squares or rectangles" ,So I don't get it, can someone explain to me why that voice line makes any sense?
org/wiki/Off-the-grid . Thus, it can suggest that someone has "disappeared" from normal society, so I suppose in a more extended figurative sense, it could be used euphemistically or colourfully to indicate that someone is dead. This is all I can think of, if the meaning is as you say.
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When applied to a person, "off the grid" most often means what is explained at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-grid. Thus, it can suggest that someone has "disappeared" from normal society, so I suppose in a more extended figurative sense, it could be used euphemistically or colourfully to indicate th