TORONTO — Local gamer Josh Perkins has found himself embroiled in a mystery as his friend who was too busy for a gaming session was somehow seen online and in a party.
Perkins was playing solo when he noticed his friend come online despite being busy with work.
“I was playing some CoD and listening to a podcast when I saw my friend Dan come online,” explained Perkins. “It was really strange because he told me he was busy with work and couldn’t play until the weekend so to see him online I figured something must be wrong. He was even in a party chat. How could he be playing with others when he told me he was too busy? I thought about it for a bit before realizing that he must have been hacked.”
“I texted him and was like ‘Dude you got hacked, they’re playing in your account right now’. He got back to me like 4 hours later and told me he checked and didn’t think he was hacked. This added a new wrinkle to this mystery. If he wasn’t hacked, then how else would he have been online in a party despite telling me he was busy?”
Perkins states he’s gone through all the possibilities to figure out what could have happened.
“I thought of everything. It could have been a system glitch, it could have been a network error showing old data on my friends list, or it could even have been a Microsoft issue. I just don’t know what would cause such a glitch.”
Perkins’ friend Dan is also unsure of how he could have appeared online.
“You’re publishing this quote, right? Yeah, I was just doing this big work project and Josh texted me saying I was online and in a party. Well, I definitely wasn’t. I was busy. He was gonna report my account as hacked but I checked it and it wasn’t hacked. Really weird glitch cause I was definitely not online. Definitely not.”
After a thorough investigation, Microsoft concluded that there was no issue on their end. Reporters have reached out to Dan for further questioning but he’s apparently just too busy.
