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Video games are a lot of fun, and exciting action can really pull you into the gameplay. But you should still keep your surroundings in mind.A Canadian Twitch streamer, going by the name of Vuzby, recently got a reminder of that. His calls for help while playing Apex Legends resulted in police officers suddenly showing up on his stream.

Apex Legends is a first-person shooter video game whose default game mode pits 20 teams of three players against each other in a battle royale-style fight to the death. Players must use their characters’ unique abilities and scavenge the huge battle map for weapons and equipment.As such, communication is essential to victory, and most teams talk to each other over microphones. They’ll discuss strategy, call out enemy positions, and sometimes have to plead their teammates for help.So, when the fighters clash and guns start blazing, it’s no wonder that things can get a bit loud.


‘If you Scream, We Will Come’
This was exactly the situation that Vuzby found himself in during his stream. During intense gameplay, he called out for his team to come to his aid in a difficult fight.What he’d clearly forgotten is that he wasn’t actually in a battlefield. He was sitting in his room — with his window open.A while later, the man got a real surprise, as first reported by Dexerto. He thought he was alone, but suddenly a police officer tapped him on his shoulder.Vuzby’s shocked reaction was broadcast live to the world through Twitch.

“How are you? Are you streaming right now?” the officer asked Vuzby.When he confirmed that he was indeed in the middle of a game, the cop continued his questioning: “Did you scream, ‘Help!’ at some point?”“Maybe, yeah, for content,” Vuzby replied, drawing a hearty chuckle from the cops.The streamer showed his setup and the ongoing game to the cops, who also waved at the undoubtedly bewildered audience.“Hi guys! If you scream for help online and have an open window, we will come,” one of the officers said, offering some helpful advice to any streamer.

It turns out, someone on the street had heard Vuzby’s yells and assumed that he was in trouble. Kudos to them for being a responsible citizen and calling the cops.Luckily, though, nobody was actually under fire. The police wished Vuzby luck with his streaming and promptly left, leaving him to his game.

Not So Funny
The most serious result of this incident was Vuzby being distracted from his game, costing some wasted time for his team. Otherwise, the streamer, the cops, and Vuzby’s viewers all got just a good laugh out of it.But it’s not always chuckles when the police show up on a video game streamer’s camera. Many streamers have fallen victim to a phenomenon known as “swatting.”The name comes from the SWAT team that suddenly storms into the streamer’s home. The “prank” — if you can call it that — involves some bad actor calling the cops and telling them of a fake threat going on at the streamer’s residence.Outlandish as it sounds, streamers fall victim to swatting regrettably often. We got a prime example of it just this month with Hearthstone streamer Alexandra “Alliestrasza” Macpherson.

On February 10, Macpherson was streaming as usual when she suddenly heard a strange commotion from her house, reported InvenGlobal. She left her computer, only to briefly return a moment later.“I am being swatted right now, guys,” she told her audience and left again.Just a few minutes later, police officers armed with shotguns, handguns, and tasers came around and checked her room. She hadn’t had a chance to turn off the stream, so the camera kept running.

Apparently, someone had told the cops that a woman had shot her husband in the house and was now threatening passersby. Luckily, that wasn’t the case, but Macpherson and her family still got handcuffed out of caution.Afterwards, she said the officers had been “very nice” and that she’d filed a crime report.