ARC Raiders Player Gets the Cops Called on Them

An ARC Raiders player has shared their experience of how being deep in the game led to the police showing up at their door. ARC Raiders players always have to be on their toes in-game, but this fan wasn’t expecting to get attention outside of it.

ARC Raiders has been an overwhelming success since its launch, with the game typically seeing hundreds of thousands of players daily on Steam alone. The developers have created and refined a satisfying gameplay loop that keeps players coming back, but it might be possible to get a little too deep in the experience, judging by this fan’s encounter.

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ARC Raiders Player Gets the Cops at Their Door

An ARC Raiders player going by YoMopho on Reddit explained that they had just finished dealing with the police at their door and had to share the story with the community. YoMopho said they were at a motel and had brought their PlayStation 5 with them, and were having fun playing the game when police started pounding on their door. The cops revealed that they were doing a welfare check, as reports had been made that someone was being shot in the room the player was in.

YoMopho had inadvertently alarmed someone in or near the motel while playing the game. They note that they were on the “run of their life,” having looted two Wolfpacks and an Osprey sniper rifle, and took down a Leaper with a random group, only to get downed by a Rocketeer while on the way to extraction. This is the point where the neighbors likely got alarmed, as the player had been yelling over the mic “I got shot” and “help” to another player in hopes of getting saved. Unfortunately, the other player wasn’t able to help them, so they ended up empty-handed and with the cops at the door in real life.

Fellow ARC Raiders players have been pretty amused by the story. Thankfully, the police believed YoMopho after seeing the PS5 and headphones in the room. Players are having plenty of fun joking about it, though, with one asking if YoMopho used ARC Raiders emotes on the cops, like “don’t shoot!” to which YoMopho said he yelled “friendly” instead. Other players shared their own similar experiences, with one admitting they had once worried that a neighbor was being violent when they had just been raging at a video game. Some also noted that they had experienced accidentally alarming others due to using game terminology in public, like talking about Counter-Strike‘s bombs.

Though it’s easy to imagine that reacting to gameplay in ARC Raiders could lead neighbors to be confused and frightened, it’s not the only game that’s had this impact. Another gamer went through a similar experience when the cops showed up while they were playing the Silent Hill 2 remake, as they had been screaming while dealing with a boss fight and the neighbors were worried. Another gamer had the cops called on them when residents thought their Pokemon GO gaming was suspicious. Both of these situations ended peacefully, and the Pokemon GO player even got a cake in apology.

There’s a good chance that YoMopho wouldn’t have gone through this situation except that ARC Raiders players often help each other out, even when they don’t have to. ARC Raiders is PvPvE, and in theory, competing players can take someone out at any time to steal their loot for their own gain. However, many players have instead ended up assisting strangers, as the dangers they’re up against, like the ARC Raiders Rocketeer that took out the OP, are easier to survive if working together with others. Players just might want to remain mindful of what they’re shouting to potential friendlies if they’re playing in a place like a motel.