- Fortnite's Chapter 2/Black Hole event
has the internet losing it's mind.
Fans of the Battle Royale Fortnite have been wondering
how Fortnite Season 10's finale was gonna top itself.
And it turns out, the answer was for Epic Games
to simply shut down the whole dang game.
Over the weekend, Fortnite players found
the entire game collapsing into a singularity
as the Battle Royale island was sucked into a black hole.
Ever since that moment, players trying to sign into the game
have been stuck watching this black hole for hours.
Which has lead to millions of views on Twitch
and YouTube of a swirling blue circle,
while occasionally numbers would appear.
And while this has lead fans to speculate
if these numbers are some sort of code
or Easter egg, one confirmed hidden surprise
is that if fans enter the classic konami code
up up down down left right left right b a start
it gives them a mini game to play.
Of course, many believe that this is all a precursor
to something even bigger,
and based on some of the leaks popping up,
which we will break down in a few moments,
it could be the launch of season one of chapter two.
However in the meantime, fans have taken
to social media to express their thoughts
and frustrations about the #FortniteBlackout.
First off, official Playstation support weighed in,
saying please be assured that your inventory items
and V-Bucks are secure during the Fortnite blackout.
For any other Fortnite questions, please visit
help.epicgames.com.
Well that's certainly got to be a relief for some people,
but that certainly didn't put everyone's fears at ease,
like streamer @CouRageJD who said, Fortnite is gone,
Twitch isn't loading,
I'm terribly scared I might have to go outside.
Some people were trying to figure out exactly
what caused this and @Friskkmkay might have
figured the whole thing out and the culprit
is a certain naughty goose from another viral game.
OMG, I know what happened to @Fornite game.
It's certainly as good an explanation as any,
but figuring out what the strange numbers mean
became an internet obsession, like @timthetatman
who tweeted everyone trying to figure out
what the Fortnite numbers mean.
And even Esports team got in on the speculation,
like @teamsecret who tweeted what do the numbers mean?
11, the average age of a hashtag Fortnite player
146, the amount of hours you will have to wait
for season 11.
15, the amount of days until you get bored of season 11.
62, the amount of Skittles we have eaten
since the black hole started.
Okay, well we don't know about you
but 62 Skittles seems on the low end.
There.
All right, others took to Twitter to express
their frustrations like @MedySignoret who said nice.
Fortnite is still down, now I have no excuse
to not do my homeworks and go outside, GG.
We will give ten to one odds that schools
will see test scores rise as a result next week.
@SypherPK turned the knife a bit more tweeting.
Imagine your parents said finish your homework
and do all your chores and you can play Fortnite all day.
You finish all of it and then epic said.
Even Satan himself got in on the viral tweeting action
torturing Fortnite fans with Fortnite is dead,
just like your hopes and dreams.
Yeah Satan we live in 2019, we know.
But some people found the silver lining to this whole thing
like @LilTreProd who said Fortnite ended
a couple hours ago and I finally went downstairs
to speak to my family, they actually pretty cool people.
And ZexRow from TSM who said Who knew the best thing
for Fortnite's viewership on Twitch was
to take away the gameplay.
It's the age old adage give the people what they don't want.
But maybe the most sobering tweet of them all was
from the unofficial Fortnite news outlet @FortniteBR.
I think the fact that we actually cannot handle Fortnite
being offline for 12 hours kind of tells you that addiction
really is a thing.
We bet some people feel like they were being attd with that.
But what does all of this mean?
Well as we mentioned, based on some of the leaks popping up,
it appears that all of this is a precursor
to chapter two season one.
Now, as always these should be taken with a grain of salt,
but it's fair to say these leaks do feel real,
so we will still throw up a quick spoiler warning
in case you care about that sort of thing.
According to Leaks, we will be getting a new map
as well as new features, like hiding in barrels,
and carrying down teammates.
There will also be new cosmetic changes
as well as the addition of boats and pogo sticks.
But it's no surprise that Fortnite's actual creator,
Epic Games, has been mom on what will happen
when the game comes back, or if it will at all.
At the end of the day,
the internet is continuing to do it's thing,
but when can players expect to sign back into Fortnite?
Rumors are now swirling that fans could see something
as early as Tuesday.
But we will see.
What do you folks think?
Are you pissed you couldn't play Fortnite this weekend?
Did you just switch to Apex Legends?
And what do you think will happen
once Fortnite comes back online, let's discuss.
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