Fortnite pro Clix\u2019s swatter allegedly arrested Streaming star and professional Fortnite player Cody \u201cClix\u201d Conrad was swatted while competing in the Fortnite Champion Series on October 26 \u2013 and now, the perpetrator has allegedly been arrested. The streamer\u2019s broadcast was interrupted by law enforcement in the midst of the tournament, with Clix announcing that police were at his home and that he had been swatted. Swatting, a dangerous prank meant to bring a large amount of armed officers to someone\u2019s home by accusing them of a crime, has become an alarming reality for many online personalities \u2013 but it looks like Clix\u2019s \u201cswatter\u201d didn\u2019t get away with their crime. According to a Tweet posted by the pro on November 23, the person responsible for calling in the officers has been arrested, with Clix referring to the perp as a \u201ckid.\u201d \u201cThe kid that swatted me got arrested,\u201d Clix Tweeted. \u201cKarma hurts.\u201d The Fortnite pro went live in a broadcast shortly thereafter, where he appeared to comment on the arrest during his stream. \u201cLike, dude, just imagine ruining your life for a f***ing follow,\u201d he said, although whether he was directly addressing the issue remains to be seen. Thankfully, no one was harmed during the swatting on October 26, and Clix\u2019s team even managed to take the win during the debacle \u2013 but the frightening situation obviously shook up the gamer, who took to Twitter to speak out on the matter. \u201cSwatting is so disgusting, what\u2019s the point of it,\u201d Clix wrote \u2013 and he isn\u2019t the only streamer to have been targeted by swatters, by far. In fact, Fortnite star Kyle \u201cBugha\u201d Giersdorf was swatted after taking the Fortnite World Cup in early August, also in the middle of a live stream \u2013 during which he announced in disbelief that he\u2019d been targeted. Luckily for Bugha, police already knew of his online profile, and no one was hurt: but the reality of swatting continues to prove a danger for many online stars, with a Kansas man even being killed after a swatter gave police the wrong address in 2017. No matter the case, swatting is never the answer to taking out one\u2019s frustrations on a streamer \u2013 nor is it a funny prank, as it can result in death for the victim of the \u201cpractical joke,\u201d as the noted \u201cCall of Duty\u201d swatting resulted in tragedy for an innocent person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite pro Clix\u2019s swatter allegedly arrested Streaming star and professional Fortnite player Cody \u201cClix\u201d Conrad was swatted while competing in the Fortnite Champion Series on October 26 \u2013 and now, the perpetrator has allegedly been arrested. The streamer\u2019s broadcast was interrupted by law enforcement in the midst of the tournament, with Clix announcing that police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}