Embark Studios have released the stats on the latest Arc Raiders community event called Breaking New Ground. Out of the millions of players who took part in the event, 117 somehow managed to knock themselves out by throwing rocks.
Volcanic Rocks are items that occasionally spawn in Arc Raiders, and players can throw them to deal damage. However, they can also bounce back or land on players when thrown directly upwards. This naturally means that you can end up downed by your own rock.
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As soon as the stat was released, players took to social media to figure out how anyone could down themselves with a rock, let alone 117 people. However, soon people started admitting to their own in-game failures.
People soon took to Reddit to tell their stories. "So I'm one of the 117 raiders," one user writes. "I'm not sure what happened." They blame a "collision glitch" for the accident saying, "It sent me flying straight up."
Unfortunately, they didn't have video evidence, and apparently, "could not duplicate it again."
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Another user doubts that all of the deaths were due to self-thrown rocks, but rather errors in the stats. "The game has some problems with damage attribution," they claim. "Before the servers went down two nights ago, I had three rounds where player damage and Arc damage all showed that I downed myself, no grenades used, no splash explosions."
However, another user admits that their accidental knockout by rock was all their fault. "My mate got a call," they explain. "I was looking around to protect while no one showed up, my brain got an idea out of curiosity."
They say that they threw a rock at their friend who was no longer playing before "it bounced two times and knocked me." To make it worse, they bled out before their friend got back. Don't worry, though, the other character got out unscathed.
