A gamer and guest of a motel took his PS5 to his room to play a few rounds of ARC Raiders. However, the relaxed evening took an unexpected turn when the police suddenly stood at his door.
What happened to the player in the motel? The player YoMopho shared in a post on Reddit that he had to spend a night in a motel and hooked up his PS5 to pass the time with ARC Raiders. However, his relaxed gaming was interrupted when suddenly the police stood at his door.
According to the player’s report, a neighbor called the police out of concern for his well-being. He apparently made comments in the voice chat that sounded too realistic, which could be heard through the motel walls and, as an unaware guest, could be assessed as a concerning situation, prompting the police to pay him a visit to check on things.
Other Reddit users can’t believe the player and think he made up the story for Reddit karma. However, GamesRadar+ came across the story and contacted the local police department, which eventually confirmed the incident on the night of November 27, 2025. They indeed received such a tip, which matched YoMopho’s report.
The Raider was not the only one who took his role-playing too seriously
What disturbed his neighbors? The player does not know exactly what statement disturbed the neighbors so much. However, he recalls his situations in the game and starts to piece together how he reported in his post on Reddit:
On the way back to the extraction point, he was hit by a rocket launcher and then shouted for help, as he saw another Raider at the said location: “Hiiielp, I’m done, please help me, I got shot, please help me up!”
However, when the other Raider fled out of fear of the rocket launcher, the player died and let out a dying scream that matched his in-game death.
“And I think then they called the police.”
How did the police respond to the truth behind the screams? When asked by a player how the police reacted to this story, YoMopho explains that the officers were quite relaxed after seeing the PS5 and headset in the room.
Apparently, such situations are not an isolated case, as other players from the community report:
“We had this problem back in the late 90s and early 2000s when Counter-Strike players were constantly talking about planting and defusing bombs,” explains chronicnerv, and Firm-Ad3970 also describes that he once called the police when he suspected something terrible: “I’m ashamed to say that I once called the police because I heard my neighbor yelling. I didn’t know he was just gaming, and thought he had killed his girlfriend.”
However, others in the community emphasize that it was still the right thing to do. As soon as something sounds suspiciously dangerous, caution is better than regret, as EngineersMasterPlan points out: “Don’t worry. If someone gets so worked up about a video game that the police have to be called due to a suspected murder, then that person somehow deserved the reality check.”
Another player, with similar acting talent, used proximity voice chat because he urgently needed another Raider’s help. According to the clip the helper attached, his neighbors might have had similar worries: A player does not understand why his defeated opponent in ARC Raiders can still scream, finds out the real reason and has to laugh
