The Fortnite World Cup champion has become the latest victim of an online craze that sees pranksters call armed police to interrupt gamers during a live-stream
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The newly-crowned winner of the Fortnite World Cup has become the latest victim of an online craze that sees pranksters call armed police to interrupt gamers during a live-stream. The practice of"swatting" involves making false emergency calls to get a SWAT team to attend a location, which has become popular with people seeking to interrupt streamers as they play.amid reports that the victim and the police caller had been involved in a dispute after a match of first-person shooter Call Of Duty.Fortnite solo champion Kyle Giersdorf, who goes by the moniker of Bugha, was"swatted" while he played the battle royale game with his friends on Saturday night.
The 16-year-old was broadcasting the session to more than 38,000 of his fans on Twitch at the time, and was heard saying"I've been swatted" before leaving for about 10 minutes.Upon his return, he said:"Well that's a new one. They came in with guns, bro. They literally pulled up, holy s***. That's scary. The internet's f****** crazy."
He said the incident at his home in Pennsylvania deescalated after he was recognised by one of the officers.
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