Man playing SWAT team game Counter-Strike gets visit from actual SWAT team

Everyone says they want their video games to be more realistic, but one online player got more than he bargained for when a SWAT team burst into the office he was playing in.

It just so happened the raid took place during a YouTube streaming of the game – in fact, it’s emerged this was the reason it even took place.

According to Kootra – the name of the player involved – fake calls to the police are becoming increasingly common among rival gaming groups in order to get them “Swatted”, the term used to describe such a visit from the police.