SWAT Team Takes Down a Pair of PS3 Gamers
SWAT Team Takes Down a Pair of PS3 Gamers
January 13, 2009
How awesome is your gaming rig’s sound system?
Hopefully it’s a little quieter than that of an unlucky 21-year-old Copenhagen man and his friend.
According to a report on QJ.net, the two gamer buddies were playing an unspecified PlayStation 3 title with the sound cranked up to 11.
A concerned neighbor called the local gendarmes in the belief that the sound of gunfire coming from next door was the real deal. Perhaps thinking that a full-scale war had broken out, a Danish SWAT team was activated. The cops used a megaphone to order the men to come out and surrender.
The noisy gamers wisely put their controllers down without a fight and were arrested on suspicion of mayhem. They were soon released after a search of their apartment uncovered no firearms.
Thanks to: GP regular Shadow D. Darkman
-Reporting from San Diego, GamePolitics Correspondent Andrew Eisen isn’t sure what game his neighbors are playing but it’s definitely rated AO…
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Posted 07/30/10 at 10:25am
ZippyDSMlee: No lan too but that will be hack in, with 2X maps its as big as SC,so....want more now ;P
ZippyDSMlee: No lan too but that will be hack in, with 2X maps its as big as SC,so....want more now ;P
Posted 07/30/10 at 10:19am
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: @Cheater: Thank you, I´ll try it later. It happened after I installed the new upgrade, btw
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: @Cheater: Thank you, I´ll try it later. It happened after I installed the new upgrade, btw
Posted 07/30/10 at 01:27am
Andrew Eisen: I got hired to sing bass for an a cappella group tomorrow night. I have nine songs to learn. Yikes.
Andrew Eisen: I got hired to sing bass for an a cappella group tomorrow night. I have nine songs to learn. Yikes.
Posted 07/29/10 at 10:53pm
E. Zachary Knight: Zippy, I thought SC2 was only 1/3 of a game? ;)
E. Zachary Knight: Zippy, I thought SC2 was only 1/3 of a game? ;)
Posted 07/29/10 at 08:59pm
ZippyDSMlee: SC2 is god! BOW DOWN TO SC2!
ZippyDSMlee: SC2 is god! BOW DOWN TO SC2!
Posted 07/29/10 at 07:50pm
Cheater87: Garcia that sounds like a A/V problem. Try turning the TV on and off or doing that with the AV changer. Thats how I fix mine.
Cheater87: Garcia that sounds like a A/V problem. Try turning the TV on and off or doing that with the AV changer. Thats how I fix mine.
Posted 07/29/10 at 06:50pm
Andrew Eisen: The urinals now have floor mats!
Andrew Eisen: The urinals now have floor mats!
Posted 07/29/10 at 04:54pm
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: My PS3 is having some kind of failure. The sound is still there but the image is totally out...
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: My PS3 is having some kind of failure. The sound is still there but the image is totally out...
Posted 07/29/10 at 03:39pm
ZippyDSMlee: SC2!!SC2!!!SC2!!!!!!
ZippyDSMlee: SC2!!SC2!!!SC2!!!!!!
Posted 07/28/10 at 02:45pm
beemoh: Farmville creator Zynga closes one of its games, customers who paid for in-game content unimpressed (Link)
beemoh: Farmville creator Zynga closes one of its games, customers who paid for in-game content unimpressed (Link)
Posted 07/28/10 at 09:49am
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: He blames the internet, but not his abusive mother.
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: He blames the internet, but not his abusive mother.
Posted 07/28/10 at 09:48am
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Akihabara murderer blames cyber bullying for rampage in 2008
Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Akihabara murderer blames cyber bullying for rampage in 2008
Posted 07/27/10 at 02:49pm
E. Zachary Knight: Holy Awesome Game Trailers Batman. Superman heat visioning people in the face and Jedi using Hadouken. Awesome.
E. Zachary Knight: Holy Awesome Game Trailers Batman. Superman heat visioning people in the face and Jedi using Hadouken. Awesome.
Posted 07/27/10 at 01:36pm
ZippyDSMlee: Ah I didnt see it down there :P
ZippyDSMlee: Ah I didnt see it down there :P
Posted 07/25/10 at 01:51pm
ZippyDSMlee: Cheater87:I do not think they see the need for it its a shame its more needed than E10.....
ZippyDSMlee: Cheater87:I do not think they see the need for it its a shame its more needed than E10.....
Posted 07/24/10 at 08:19pm
Cheater87: Zippy I sent them an email about a 15 age category a year or so ago and they said they had no plans for one at the moment. I'll send another one and see if they respond back again.
Cheater87: Zippy I sent them an email about a 15 age category a year or so ago and they said they had no plans for one at the moment. I'll send another one and see if they respond back again.
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Ouch. Memo to self: Use headphones when living in an apartment.
M. Carusi
Capitol Gaming
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Kotaku's comments had a little extra backstory. There's been a rash of shootings in the area recently, so people have kind of been on edge. So it's understandable, and thankfully the suspects and the caller were released without being charged
BTW, your neighbors are playing "pin the tail in the donkey" if you know what I mean.
"That's not ironic. That's justice."
Thanks for the extra. I was about to say the guys should sue the crap out of the neighbor and police.
Nightwng2000
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Yeah... at least for any damages if there were any. I bet they will keep the sound down for now on... I would think the police would know what a building would look like with that many sounds of gun fire to get that much attention...
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Huh, always thought it was a spirited game of tag.
...got nothing. Sorry. :\
Tea and cake or death! Tea and cake or death! Little Red Cook-book! Little Red Cook-book!
When my wife isn't around I usually have my home theater system pretty loud while I'm playing Resistance 2. No cops have tried to take me out... yet.
What does your wife have to do with anything?
We have a mutual agreement... she doesn't blast country music while I'm around and I won't blast games while she's around.
I wish I could of seen they're faces... Imagine if the SWAT would of just Breached the house...
Tear Gas comes in the windows, doors being broken down.
You just see the guys:" THIS GAME IS AWSOME!!! , Effects looks so real!!"
Because having the cops outside your house telling you to surrender or they'll fucking shoot you is fun?
I'm not gonna say it again. Reach Chapter 3 of "How to be a Troll" if you're gonna attempt it. Your attempts are just sad.
Tea and cake or death! Tea and cake or death! Little Red Cook-book! Little Red Cook-book!
Yep sigh* REALLY wishiing we had an ignore feature here.
Blinders eh? Sad that you have to hide from people you don't like, life must be especially hard for you.
LOL, they don't like you for a reason
There have always been motherf*ckers, there will always be motherf*ckers, but what we can't do is let them control our motherf*cking lives. -John Oliver, December 1st, 2008
Like the old Famly ep. where Peter is watching the news report of him getting busted.
That will show'm for owning a PS3.
Pretty much almost always play with headphones. In part to not piss-off my neighbors while playing Left 4 Dead. I can just see bad things happening if the cops had showed up to my place while in the middle of zombie killing.
Police: "Put the weapons down and come out quietly."
Louis: "I got a pipe bomb here."
Police: "He's got explosives! Snipers, take him out!"
Tea and cake or death! Tea and cake or death! Little Red Cook-book! Little Red Cook-book!
Bill: "WEAPONS HERE"
SWAT: "Open Fire!"
Seriously though, this took a hilarious turn, but thankfully no one got hurt.
Francis: "I'm reloading!!"
SWAT: "Quick, through the windows!"
or
Zoey: "I need some help here!"
SWAT: "Dear God, he's got hostages. A female hostage. And she sounds white! We need all available units, now!"
Tea and cake or death! Tea and cake or death! Little Red Cook-book! Little Red Cook-book!
oh my god... this totally made my day...
Or Call of Duty 4
CoD4: "We got contacts comming in from the north!"
SWAT: "They know where team B is!"
CoD4: "Grab an RPG and take out those helicopters."
SWAT: "Warn the copper!"
Someone just make up hilarious situational lines.
Best post of the day so far. Never leave, ya crazy jedi.
Tea and cake or death! Tea and cake or death! Little Red Cook-book! Little Red Cook-book!
Or Mass Effect would be hilarious too.
Swat: "Please come out with your hands up!"
Mass Effect: "A lot of people want my time. What makes you so special?"
Any Survivor: "Molotovs over here!"
SWAT: "Get Back!"
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Just to be that guy, I will toss a bit more in. First of all, it's not really a SWAT team. All it could be described as is regular police in a bigger van with more equipment like Anti-Riot shields etc.
But as stated above, Copenhagen have been the subject to some gang feuds and eliminations - so the police have been forced to be more active on the street as well as having visitation zones. When the call came in, the police didn't take any chances and just went all out.
Gendarmes? French horsemen? In our Denmark?
Hehe, funny.
The guys must have been scared out of their wits though.
And Dero, lighten up.
Do I know you?
"Do I know you?"
Why do you need to ask? I thought you knew everything and everyone.
-Gray17
You confuse knowing everything and having the time to peer at the grit between my toes to see if something is looking back.
I think Devo has surpassed Thompson in absurd ego-trips.
There have always been motherf*ckers, there will always be motherf*ckers, but what we can't do is let them control our motherf*cking lives. -John Oliver, December 1st, 2008
"Thanks to: GP regular Shadow D. Darkman"
The real thanks go to Chrono Compendium member "Pyt Fumv" for locating the story. I read it, thought it would be worth mentioning, mentioned it on the shoutbox, and here it is.
Either way, thanks for the recognition. *bows, grinning sheepishly* I've been hoping to find a story to mention.
Pyt's post, and my reply, can be found on this page of the Compendium's "Check this out!" thread.
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Suddenly, you became 10x cooler. Chrono Trigger was an awesome game, and good to know that I'm not the only SNES old schooler around here.
That's nice of you to give credit where you thought it was due!
Amy Levandoski
Feel free to join the Compendium if you want to! I linked it in that post.
Also, you played Chrono Trigger DS yet? I got it for Christmas and I love it!
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No. :( I plan to get it though eventually with some games I don't play anymore. I'm going to exchange 'em and get it. I'm hoping to use it to teach my nephew patience, since he's always watching me play the RPGs and trying to tell me how to kill the bosses. XD
Amy Levandoski
I started playing Chrono Trigger for the DS....then my daughter took her DS back :)
Ouch. That's gotta suck.
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"Game on, brothers and sisters." -Leet Gamer Jargon
That's why we have like 4 DS's in the house.
"Feel free to join the Compendium if you want to! I linked it in that post.
Also, you played Chrono Trigger DS yet? I got it for Christmas and I love it!"
I know I will. I haven't tried the DS version yet. I own about every version except that one. My SNES version no longer works. I hear its a good port though. I really want to try the 3D Final Fantasy IV though.
- Warren Lewis
1) You have Chrono Cross?
2) CTDS has a new script, five new areas, and an alternate Ending complete with a not-so-alternate Final Boss. (I don't know how much you already know so keeping it there for the sake of not pissing you off with spoilers.)
3) Check out the Compendium!
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"Game on, brothers and sisters." -Leet Gamer Jargon
"Suddenly, you became 10x cooler. Chrono Trigger was an awesome game, and good to know that I'm not the only SNES old schooler around here."
*gasps*
Hey! I do SNES AND NES gaming!
But, you might not have known that. XD
- Warren Lewis
Well... at least no one got hurt right? Still, I can only imagine the look on their faces when they were ordered to put the controllers down and step outside the house. That has to be the biggest "WTF" moment of their lives!
This gave me a good chuckle... and glad to have a normal, cheap tv with barely any sound coming from it!
Amy Levandoski
As I said before, I'm sure its really funny to have the police threatening to shoot you. I'm sure that its just as funny to a retard when they smack their head against the wall. How similar these two situations are.
Before I thought you were at least an amusing little troll. Now I think I just pity you. Your material has become very weak.
Tea and cake or death! Tea and cake or death! Little Red Cook-book! Little Red Cook-book!
Actually it is damn funny, hell if it happened to me, once all was said and done, i'd laugh my ass off about it. Hell i'd be laughing about it maniacly as the cuffed me. They'd prolly think i was insane.
Hell I thought it was hilarious when i stabbed myself with scissors and had to go to the emergency room, the poetic part is i was trying to open Mirror's Edge, too bad it wasn't called Scissor's Edge that would have been much funnier. The various nurses asked me what happened and i kept saying, well i stabbed myself with scissors, to which they all replied, didn't your parents teach you not to run with scissors? well it was funny the first time but after 5 nurses saying it, it got kind old. So then in walks this HOT looking sheriff's deputy to take a report and here i am with a hole in my stomach and she's like what happened? So i had to explain that my wife didn't stab me, no really, i stabbed myself! honestly officer! after confirming with my wife she laughed and all was good. That is till the cute looking female doctor walks in to give me a shot in the ass of antibiotics and a shot in the shoulder for tetanus. man was she cute but that shot in the ass was unbearable i just laid on my good side for like 10 minutes laughing at myself for the whole situation thinking about how i just wanted to get home and play mirror's edge.
Once I got home I played about an hour of Mirror's Edge and went to bed >.<
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What's worse than nosey neighbors? STUPID Nosey Neighbors.
*looks up from EarthBound and Blades of Steel* Hmm? Oldschool, you say? ;D
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What? Can't hear you over my Super Mario RPG.
So is this a SWAT fail... or a neighbor fail?
...cause it's sure as hell a win for whoever made that sound system!!!
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
More like crime fail, for putting the people on edge. The police call was made out of paranoia that shots really were being fired.
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Sony Defense Force busted?
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Hmmm...maybe I should be very careful with my new Bose system...I live in a corner apartment on the top floor surrounded by a hall and a stairwell, if someone hears my system and I get a SWAT visit--then maybe it's a little too loud.
Praetorian
"I've been told I'm the resident skeptic, but I wouldn't believe that."
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This reminds me of something that happened at my high school
We were watching a war movie in history and someone got a call from their mother on their cell phone.
The phone either turned on by itself or it was quickly turnerd on then off, I don't remember.
Either way the mother heard the gunfire coming from the movie, thought there was a school shooting and called the police.
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Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.
You'd think, with the sounds that close nearby and almost certainly being from automatics, they'd realize when bullets didn't come zipping through their walls that it was likely a game.
Gotta say I have very little sympathy for these guys.
I don't know how loud it was, but if it was loud enough that their neighbours believed it was real gunfire.. it was too loud.
Just because gaming with realistic sound effects is something we enjoy, doesn't mean we should crank up the volume to the extent that our neighbours are forced to deal with it as well.
If you want it that loud, use headphones.. if you don't want headphones, turn it down.
Of course, this applies to everything.. TV, Movies, Music, Domestics..
LMAO!! I want a sound system so bad ass the neighbors thinks it is actually GUNFIRE! Now you can tell the story of how your house was sourounded by SWAT for fraggin noobs in Call of Duty 4 for the rest of your life!
This reminds me of Home Alone...both Home Alone and Home Alone 2 actually. They always have that scene where Kevin plays a specific scene from a movie OUT LOUD and the "bad guys" come in, looking for Kevin, hear the movie play but think its real.
I bet that neighbor was smootchin' Moe with the Gimpy leg...heck, that neighbor was probably smoothcin with everybody!
Oh, nice. I didn't think of that.
Now that I have, I just now remembered how fucking retarded they were for believing that. The closest any of them came to realizing it was a fake was Marv in HA1 recognizing the guy that got "blown away" in the house.
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Similar situation with someone I work with. His upstairs neighbors had just gotten a nice surround sound system and they were testing it out on some movie and when he got home all he heard was a guy shouting at his wife and saying he was gonna kill her and the girl was crying for help so he kicked the door in and ran in and they were just sitting there wide eyed looking at him like WTF?! They later laughed and he paid to fix the door but ya, gotta be careful with the sound systems in apartment buildings >.<
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Couple of years ago one of my friends neighbours saw us loading a replica pulse rifle (from aliens) into the back of a friends car. She had no way of knowing it was a laser gun prop and so called the police. We're driving through the middle of the city where i used to live on the way to a comics convention when we get pinned by two ARV's and surounded by cops pointing MP5's at us. Anyway the driver goes to turn the ignition off when i suddenly shout 'dont take your hands off the wheel, everyone keep your hands where they can see them.' Everyone, including the cops think I saved his life that day. None of the whole experience was fun but the worst part was the rookie cop who forgot to secure her MP5 to her chest while she rooted around in our boot making sure the prop was a fake (actually the lead cop recognised it as a rifle from aliens as soon as he saw it.) Anyway this officers weapon was pointed straight at us while it bounced off the back of the car and we where lined up on the curb being searched. When the lead officer saw the look on our faces because of what she was doing he not only very rougthly pulled her away from the car but publickly shouted her down telling her the 'those geeks had more of an idea of how to handle fire arms then she did.' It was all one hell of an experience and makes an amusing story now but at the time it was no so funny. I will never forget having a flack armoured cop right by my window with a gun pointed squarly at my head, although now when drunk idiots square up to me in pubs it really doesn't bother me. guess it gave me some perspective on what is a real threat to my life and what isn't.
Come on! Will everything be liable for a lawsuit? It is surprising how a Nintendo DS AC adapter can be blamed for starting a fire when there a millions in homes around the world and that has not happened before.
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