The calm between encounters in battle royale games like Call of Duty: Warzone can easily lead to players letting their guards down and getting caught unaware. That's exactly what happened to one player, which led to an incredible encounter as another player arrived and landed an incredible kill only possible in Warzone.
This newest play of the game comes from player PacificMarlin69, who posted a video of their Call of Duty: Warzone kill online, calling it one of the greatest moments they've had in the game. It does stand out as an especially strange moment for the game, which is saying something considering how many trick-shots and curious moments come from players every day.
The kill itself happened when the player was on the run through one of the many buildings spread across the Call of Duty: Warzone map, and takes a second to reapply armor and reload. While hiding, the player finds that they've found the same safe place as another player who appeared to have gone AFK, leading to a startling realization when PacificMarlin69 finds out they aren't alone in the room. From there, the kill itself isn't too impressive, shooting a player who had likely stepped away from the game, but the whole encounter leading up until that moment is both tense and hilarious.
Players have quickly gathered to the original Reddit post of the kill to marvel at the players luck, considering that if the opponent wasn't AFK they would have quickly been killed. Others have shared their own experiences of getting kills on AFK players, or taking a second to look away from the game in what seemed like a safe hiding place and returning to see that they have died. There is never a shortage of interesting kills in Call of Duty: Warzone, given the nature of having so many players dropping into the map at once and running into each other over the course of a match.
This kind of encounter isn't entirely uncommon for players in any battle royale, as people go AFK when they feel safe in the quite moments between gunfights. Sometimes these impressive kills in Call of Duty: Warzone are suspect, but oftentimes it comes down to being in the right place at the right time, or having the better position for each encounter. Still, it is always comical to see something as shocking as finding out that the room a player is hiding in isn't empty, while still being able to make it out alive due to inactivity.
Call of Duty: Warzone is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S.